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Archive Collection:
SC MS Cloth

1749-1897

Comprises three accessions MS 449, MS 283, MS 1947.

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 283/1

1752-1775

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1947

1757-1896

Copy of a deed relating to 'Ye Mixt Cloth Hall' [incomplete], 1757 2 copies of printed White Cloth Hall rules, 1850 Circular letter regarding the raising of subscriptions for the building of a new...

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 283/2

1775-1868

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 283/3

1868-1896

Contained in envelopes M to X.

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 283

1749-1897

The papers in this collection consist largely of legal documents and correspondence, of which very many are copies or drafts. No attempt has been made to describe the latter more closely than as 'draf...

Archive Sub-collection:
MS 449

1756-1897

The Leeds White Cloth Hall papers (MS 283) were listed in Handlist 2, now supplemented by the list on pp 484-517 of The West Riding Cloth industry : a catalogue of business records, compiled by Patric...

Archive Series:
MS 283/4

18th-19th century

Contained in envelopes U, V, W & X

Archive Series:
MS 283/A

1752-1775

Minutes of meetings of Trustees of White Cloth Hall

Archive Series:
MS 283/C

1774-1775

Documents relating to the establishment of the Third White Cloth Hall, 1774-5. Bound volume & 4 envelopes. Bound volume – Items C1A & B, C2-6, C8, C9B, C10-13, C15-16 Envelope C.1 Items C7A-J, E...

Archive Series:
MS 283/D

1775-1780

Documents relating to the period following the opening of the third White Cloth Hall on 17th October 1775 - c.1776-1780. Envelope D.

Archive Series:
MS 283/F

1780-1799

Envelope F.