With reference to the case of Lilian Lenton who was brought up at the Richmond (Surrey) Police Court on the 9th instant [dated this month] on a charge of arson and committed for trial, I am directed ...

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SUMMARY OF THE PROGRESS OF THE HUNGER MARCHERS. Five sets of hunger marchers are on the way. (1) The Scottish contingent, which is the biggest, was 256 strong when it arrived at Blackburn on the 9th.

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[This letter was written by Thomas Povey, a civil servant in the Naval Office who knew Samuel Pepys. The letter is to Joseph Williamson, an important politician in Charles II ‘s government, who was ...

John Doyle (1797-1868), portrait painter and caricaturist: scrapbook of the Reform Act 1832, including cartoons by John Doyle c1830-1832 (Acc 268) Broadheath Labour Party: minutes 1988-2002 ...

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Trace the voyages made by a merchant seaman, find a Royal Marine’s medal record or track the wartime history of an army regiment. Records charting the development of Britain, military, defence and ...

Provides general advice on the care of mixed collections. See Section 5.9 for hazards, and p,79 for general information on mould. The Enemy in Archives : Managing Mould, Catherine Firth – 2021 A short ...

We have become a founding member of EHRI-UK – the national body representing Holocaust-related collections in the United Kingdom. The other founding members are the Wiener Holocaust Library, the ...

Extract from ‘In Provincial Congress, Exeter, New Hampshire, 6 June 1775’ by Matthew Thornton, President. Catalogue ref: CO 5/939 f.164 These resolutions were passed by the provincial congress of New ...