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textile industry7
diaries3
business records3
poetry2
protestants1
persecution1
commercial correspondence1

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Bufton, Joseph2
Oates, Arthur Donald1
Unwin, Sarah1
Wilmot, John Earl of Rochester1
Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited1
Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)1
Calverley, William1
Leak, Albert Edward (1875-1931)1

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Diary of Joseph Bufton, together with four letters from Sarah Unwin to her son, Stephen Unwin.
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Diary of Joseph Bufton, together with four letters from Sarah Unwin to her son, Stephen Unwin.

Bufton, Joseph

1664-1825

Comprises personal notes made by Joseph Bufton, between 1664 and 1716, on blank pages and margins of a printed almanac 'Goldsmith's Almanack 1686'. These include ordinances of the Company of Clothiers...

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Leeds Petition, 1692-3, concerning the cloth trade, signed by William Calverley, mayor, and 176 others

Calverley, William

c.1692

Comprises 'the humble petition of the inhabitants within the town and parish of Leeds to the honourable the knights, citizens and burgesses in Parliament assembled'.

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Notebook compiled by Albert Edward Leak, 1895, containing specifications and data for the textile industry

Leak, Albert Edward (1875-1931)

1895

Includes some comparisons between British and French or Belgian practice

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William Lister Marriner notebook

Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)

c.1885

The file comprises a manuscript notebook written by William Lister Marriner containing anecdotes particurlarly about people local to Keighley. It contains one relating to Abraham Wildman, the Keighle...

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Diary of Joseph Bufton
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Diary of Joseph Bufton.

Bufton, Joseph

1680-1710

Comprises personal notes made by Joseph Bufton on blank pages and margins of a printed almanac 'Rider's British Merlin 1680'. These include miscellaneous collections of poems, extracts taken from book...

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Notebook referring to the business activities of Oates Brothers (Halifax) Limited

1880-1889

Notebook of Arthur Donald Oates, Prospect House, Halifax, containing: (1) Technical notes on spinning, finishing, winding, reeling, warping, and drawing processes and the machinery involved; (2) Detai...

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Business records of Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited

Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited

1899

Comprises a full and detailed price list for tweed, sergerette, vicuna, serge, worsted, card, and velvet garments in several thousand styles

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