Harley family papers
(1690-1708)
This collection of letters and papers is particularly interesting in that it includes a file of petitions and memorials to queen Anne from 1704 to 1708, and a similar file of petitions to Robert Harley in his post as Secretary of State during the same years. The collection includes a few items earlier than 1690. Mostly relates to Britain and Ireland.COURTEEN. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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 Apprentices and articled clerks
(1765)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 2 January to 31 December 1765.COURTEEN. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices and clerks
(1793)
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 17 June to 31 December 1793. IR 1/36COURTEEN. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Scarborough Lodging House Keepers
(1797)
'A full and accurate list of Houses, appropriated to the accommodation of company', from A New Scarborough Guide, of 1797.COURTEEN. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Sailors on board H. M. S. Swiftsure
(1796-1798)
His Majesty's ship the Swiftsure took part in the destruction of the French fleet in Aboukir Bay at the mouth of the Nile ('the Battle of the Nile') on the evening of the 1st and morning of the 2nd August 1798. This is the muster book for 1 August to 30 September 1798: being a continuation book in a series covering wages and victualling from May 1796, it also includes the names of some men who had died, deserted or been discharged from the ship from then to August 1798. Of the ship's complement of 590, this index covers the sailors, volunteers, and boys, as well as the supernumeraries and the retinue of William Parker, Rear-Admiral of the Red: but not the marines, or the French prisoners taken after the battle. Usually each man's entry gives his birthplace, and also his age on entering the ship.COURTEEN. Cost: £8.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1786-1806)
William Smith's abstracts of bankrupts, dividends and certificates for England and Wales from 1786 to June 1806. Bankruptcy causes abrupt changes in people's lives, and is often the reason for someone appearing suddenly in a different location or in a different occupation.COURTEEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts: Dividends and Certificates
(1807-1810)
William Smith's abstracts of bankruptcy certificates and dividends for England and Wales from December 1807 to 1810, referring to commissions taken out before December 1807. Each entry gives the year of the commission; the full name of the bankrupt, address, occupation, and the dates of dividends and certificate as appropriate. COURTEEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts and solicitors
(1810)
English bankrupts and their solicitors, as reported in the European Magazine. July to December 1810.
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London Traders
(1814)
The fifteenth edition of The Post-Office Annual Directory includes this 'List of More than 17,000 Merchants, Traders, &c. of London, and Parts Adjacent', arranged alphabetically by surname, with trade in italics, and address.COURTEEN. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, Bankrupts, Dividends and Patents
(1819-1820)
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, bankrupts and dividends, and patents, as reported in the Monthly Magazine or British Register. Includes some marriages and deaths from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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