Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1839)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
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 British merchant seamen
(1835-1840)
At this period, the foreign trade of ships plying to and from the British isles involved about 150,000 men on 15,000 ships; and the coasting trade about a quarter as many more. A large proportion of the seamen on these ships were British subjects, and so liable to be pressed for service in the Royal Navy; but there was no general register by which to identify them, so in 1835 parliament passed a Merchant Seamen's Registration Bill. Under this act a large register of British seamen was compiled, based on ships' crew lists gathered in British and Irish ports, and passed up to the registry in London. A parliamentary committee decided that the system devised did not answer the original problem, and the original register was abandoned after less than two years: the system was then restarted in this form, with a systematic attempt to attribute the seamen's (ticket) numbers, and to record successive voyages. The register records the number assigned to each man; his name; age; birthplace; quality (S = seaman, &c.); and the name and official number of his ship, with the date of the crew list (usually at the end of a voyage). Most of the men recorded were born in the British Isles, but not all. The system was still very cumbersome, because the names were amassed merely under the first two letters of surname; an attempt was made to separate out namesakes by giving the first instance of a name (a), the second (b), and so on. During 1840 this series of ledgers was abandoned, and a new set started with names grouped together by surname. BT 112/6BIRTLES. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Petitioning Creditors and Solicitors
(1840)
Principal creditors petitioning to force a bankruptcy (but often close relatives of the bankrupt helping to protect his assets): and solicitorsBIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1841)
Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders, in England and Wales
BIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1841)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Assignees
(1842)
Assignees of bankrupts' estates (usually principal creditors and/or close relatives of the bankrupt) in England and WalesBIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1842)
Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksBIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Inhabitants of Derbyshire
(1846)
Samuel Bagshaw's Derbyshire directory lists traders, farmers and private residents in the county by town, parish and/or township.BIRTLES. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Railway Subscription Contracts
(1846)
£121,255,374 0s 8d was promised by about 8,000 subscribers of more than £2,000 to the nearly 556 railway bills deposited in the Private Bill Office during the Session of Parliament for 1846. This alphabetical list gives the full names of the subscribers (surname first), description (i. e., occupation), place of abode, a numerical reference to the title of the railway, the amount subscribed to each, and total. There is a separate key to the titles of the railways.BIRTLES. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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