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Total number of records: 13

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SubjectCount
textile industry13
business records10
commercial correspondence4
samples (commerce)1
diaries1
letters1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited1
Oates, Arthur Donald1
Willans, William (1800-1863)1
William Willans and Company Limited1
William and Jonn Clarkson Limited1
Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)1
Joseph Lee1
Akroyd, Jonathan1
George Crowther and Company1
Hanson, T W1

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Jonathan Akroyd Business Archive

Akroyd, Jonathan

c.1772-1802

Lane Head, Ovenden, near Halifax. Clothier, in partnership until c. 1782 with his younger brother James, founder of James Akroyd & Sons, stuff manufacturers, worsted spinners and merchants, 49 North...

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William and Jonn Clarkson Limited, Business Archive

William and Jonn Clarkson Limited

1855-1862

William & Jonathan Clarkson, Ltd Smale Well Mill, Pudsey. Woollen cloth manufacturers,

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George Crowther and Company Limited, Business Archive

George Crowther and Company

1833-1883

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Chronologic...

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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1845-1888

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Summary of ...

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Hobson, Clegg and Company, Business Archive

Hobson, Clegg and Company

1876-1889

Comprises: (1) Personal letters including a letter to 'Jonas' from B.L.' expressing displeasure at the way business had been conducted in his absence, dated 1876. Three letters, dated 1877, to the ...

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Joseph Lee, Business Archive

Joseph Lee

1675-c.1834

A volume used for different purposes at various periods and by a merchant concern (1675-92) previous to its use by Lee,1675-92. Invoices of cloths (plus a few skins) bought and sent to Mr John Sykes (...

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John Raistrick and Sons, Business Archive

John Raistrick and Sons

1864-1893

Comprises: (1) Order book, 1864-77, with a few other papers inserted; (2) Correspondence, in a letter book, with W.H. Chard and Company, Sydney, and W. Pearce and Company, Durban, 1875-90, together wi...

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William Willans and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Willans and Company Limited; Willans, William (1800-1863)

1825-1836

Comprises: (1) Journal, 1825-26, and wool sales, 1831-36; (2) Cash book, 1825-30; (3) General ledger, 1825-30; (4) Scrapbook of invoices and correspondence, 1825-31.

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Papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall

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...

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Additional papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall

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...

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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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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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