Railway Subscription Contracts
(1845) £21,386,703 6s 4d was promised by about 10,000 subscribers of less than £2,000 per contract to the nearly 200 railway bills deposited in the Private Bill Office during the Session of Parliament for 1845. 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.PETER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Graduates of Cambridge University
(1760-1846) Joseph Romilly, registrar of the university of Cambridge, compiled Graduati Cantabrigienses, a catalogue of graduates from the academic year of admissions 1760 through to 10 October 1846. The names are arranged alphabetically by surname, and then chronologically by christian name: the college is given, with an asterisk in those cases where the man became a fellow, and then, in chronological order, his degrees. PETER. Cost: £4.00.  | 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.PETER. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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The Edinburgh Gazette
(1846) The Edinburgh Gazette is the official publication in which various Scottish legal notices are issued, as well as promotions and casualty lists for the British army as a whole, and brief lists of English bankrupts. The key source for tracing details of Scottish bankruptcies, insolvencies, and dissolutions of business partnerships.PETER. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1847) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad. January to June 1847
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Inhabitants of Arbroath (1847) This alphabetical directory gives full names, occupation and address.
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Inhabitants of Forfar (1847) This alphabetical directory gives full names, occupation and address.
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Masters of Ships Registered at Arbroath (1847) This list of the 101 ships registered at Arbroath gives each vessel's name; rig (bg=brigantine; br=barque; sc=schooner; sh=ship; sl=sloop; sm=smack; st sh=steamship; st tug=steam tug); surname of the master; year built; tonnage; and the name of the owner or agent.
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Owners of Ships Registered at Arbroath (1847) This list of the 101 ships registered at Arbroath gives each vessel's name; rig (bg=brigantine; br=barque; sc=schooner; sh=ship; sl=sloop; sm=smack; st sh=steamship; st tug=steam tug); surname of the master; year built; tonnage; and the name of the owner or agent.
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Owners of Ships Registered at Dundee (1847) This list of the 329 ships registered at Dundee gives each vessel's name; rig (bg=brigantine; br=barque; sc=schooner; sh=ship; sl=sloop; sm=smack; st sh=steamship; st tug=steam tug); surname of the master; year built; tonnage; and the name of the owner or agent.
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