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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...
Marshall and Company, Business Archive
1788-1886
The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...
Thomas Benson Pease, plans and related materials from the Sheepscar estate
Pease, Thomas Benson (1782-1846)
1839-1880
Includes samples of cloth, plans of the estate, sketches of properties on the estate and a schedule of purchased from the estate.
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,
George Crowther and Company Limited, Business Archive
George Crowther and Company
1833-1883
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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive
1845-1888
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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 ...
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 (...
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...
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.
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...
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...