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Total number of records: 19

Count of Collection group

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Novello Cowden Clarke Collection18
Brotherton Collection15
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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railway transport19
transport engineering8
investment7
time7
design6
architecture4
finance4
legal procedure4
mining4
letter writing3

Count of Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom3
Brazil1
Genoa, Italy1
Leeds, United Kingdom1

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Novello, (Joseph) Alfred2
Purslow, Douglas A.1
Shaen, Roscoa and Co.1

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From 180018
From 19001

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Up to 189918
Up to 19991

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NOVELLO, (Joseph) Alfred

1824-1896

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co. and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways, business contracts, designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat, sketches and desi...

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Accounts

1833-1890

Financial documents relating to Novello & Co and (Joseph) Alfred Novello's investments in shipping and railways.

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1957

1957

Notice of assessment of income tax for Maurice de Sausmarez, invoice to the University of Leeds for the transport of two pictures from the Victoria and Albert Museum, an invoice and accompanying lette...

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Press cuttings on Charles Dickens

1865-1870

Seven press cuttings related to Charles Dickens. One press cutting with pencil notes describes the Staplehurst rail crash on 9 June 1865, in which Dickens was involved. (Joseph) Alfred Novello and (Ma...

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Shaen, Roscoa and Co. to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

1865-1889

Handwritten letters from the solicitors Shaen, Roscoa and Co. to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, agreeing to be named as an executor, noting that they had not been successful in avoiding financial claims rel...

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Designs

1862-1883

Designs for the 'Novello Skimmer' sculling boat alongside a number of sketches and designs for a 24 hour clock face by (Joseph) Alfred Novello dating from around 1883. He argued that the increase in r...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

15 Sep 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, describing pleasant weather and their brother (Joseph) Alfred meeting a visitor to Villa Novello at the train station, ...

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Certificate for 50 shares in the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company

16 Jan 1882

Certificate for 50 shares in the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company puchased by (Joseph) Alfred Novello. The railway had been proposed in the 1870s but the line was not completed.

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Banker's receipt for shares in the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company

21 Oct 1881

Banker's receipt for the payment of £75 for 50 shares in the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company purchased by (Joseph) Alfred Novello, dated 21 October 1881[?]. See also the original share ce...

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Letter from the San [sic] Paulo (Brazilian) Railway Company, Limited

1 Jul 1864

Letter from the San [sic] Paulo (Brazilian) Railway Company, Limited dated 1 July 1864 to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, inscribed at the bottom with details of the interest accrued on 120 shares.

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Solicitors' bill and receipt relating to the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company

1883

Itemised solicitors' bill and receipt from January and February 1883 relating to the Cleveland Extension Mineral Railway Company, which (Joseph) Alfred Novello had purchased shares in the previous yea...

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Solicitors' bill and receipt relating to the Royal Exchange Shipping Company, Limited

1890

Itemised solicitors' bill and receipt relating to the Royal Exchange Shipping Company, Limited, which (Joseph) Alfred Novello had purchased shares in. See also the original share certificate and recei...

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