Bankrupts' Dividends
(1854) Distributions of money raised from bankrupts' estates in England and WalesFIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts' Estates
(1854) Transfers of bankrupts' estates in England and Wales to assigneesFIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bribed in Hull
(1854) A Bill for the Prevention of Bribery in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Kingston-upon-Hull, passed 11 April 1854, stated that a commission of inquiry 30 August 1853 had found that over a hundred voters were bribed at one or more of the elections for the borough in 1841, 1847 and 1852: the names of those bribed, and those who gave the bribes, were listed in the bill, and all those persons were disqualified from any future parliamentary elections for the borough.FIRTH. Cost: £4.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dissolutions of Partnerships
(1854) Trade partnerships dissolved, or the removal of one partner from a partnership of several traders: in England and Wales
FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Insolvents
(1854) Insolvency notices for England and Wales: insolvency often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost linksFIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1854) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1854: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Scottish Partnerships Dissolved and Trustees of Bankrupts
(1854) Trading partnerships dissolved in Scotland, and appointment of trustees for Scotch Sequestrations: business failure and bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Bankrupts
(1855) Bankruptcy notices for England and Wales: bankruptcy often caused people to restart their lives elsewhere, so these are an important source for lost links
FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Contributions to the Evangelical Alliance
(1855) The Congregational and a number of other independent churches together formed the Evangelical Alliance, committed to promoting and supporting missions to the heathen. The areas chosen for their projects were Guiana, South Africa, India, the South Seas and China. The work of the missionaries was not only in preaching the Gospel, but also in translating the Bible into local languages, and establishing churches, schools and orphanages. Orphans and native teachers were often given the names of principal contributors or congregations back in Britain. In Britain the large amounts of money needed for this work were raised among the Congregational and independent congregations, arranged by auxiliaries for each county (although some contributions for each county might in fact come in from congregations and individuals in neighbouring areas); money was gathered by ministers, at special services, by supporters, and in missionary boxes. The accounts of all these contributions were published as part of a monthly magazine called the Evangelical Magazine. Each issue of the magazine carried obituaries of prominent members of the congregations; general articles on religion; reviews of newly-published religious books; home news, mainly about meetings of importance or interest by the alliance or in individual churches; and then a separate section called the Missionary Chronicle. The Missionary Chronicle was devoted to letters and reports from the missionaries; and concludes with a set of accounts of donations towards the missionary work. During the year it was discovered that the alliance had accumulated a considerable deficit, and a general appeal was made for assistance in clearing the debt: this is the index to the lists of contributors in response to that appeal.FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Dead Methodists
(1855) The Christian Miscellany and Family Visiter, a monthly publication, included in each issue this Tabular Record of Mortality, recording recent deaths. The tables give name (sometimes christian name, often just Mr. or Mrs.), residence (often omitted), circuit (always given), age, and date of death.FIRTH. Cost: £6.00. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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