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.PITTAR. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and professionals in London
(1851) The Post Office London Directory for 1851 includes this 'Commercial and Professional Directory', recording about 80,000 individuals. PITTAR. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Mathematics students at Cambridge University
(1852) Tripos lists or examination results for the year, arranged by class (Wranglers, Senior Optimes and Junior Optimes), and within each class in order of score in the examination (the names of candidates with equal scores are bracketed together, with the word 'AEq.'). Each student's surname and college is given: this list was printed in 1890, and was annotated with asterisks to show which students had subsequently become fellows of the university; and with footnotes showing those who became headmasters, &c., elsewhere. Winners of Dr Smith's Mathematical Prizes are marked (1) senior, (2) for junior. The Greek letter alpha is affixed to the names of those students who had gained first class results in the Classical Tripos; beta to those entered in the second class; and gamma to those entered in the third class. These lists are particularly useful in identifying for an individual the fellow-students who will have attended lectures with him; and, where from the college, are likely to have been even more closely associated by having been under the same supervisor. (The sample scan is from the start of the Mathematics Tripos list for 1770)PITTAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Private Residents in Greenwich, Woolwich &c.
(1852) W. Archdeacon's Greenwich and Woolwich Directory for 1852 (including Deptford, Blackheath, Lewisham, Charlton, Plumstead, Shooter's Hill, Lee,&c.) has two long alphabetical listings, commercial and private residents.
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1852-1853) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 October 1852 to 31 December 1853: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.PITTAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Customs Officers of the Port of London
(1853) This list of customs officers at the Port of London, arranged by department and rank, is corrected to 5 January 1853.PITTAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1854) 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. July to December 1854
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Patentees of New Inventions
(1855) Abstracts of British patents for new inventions applied for and granted from 1 January to 31 December 1855: giving date, name and address, and short description of the invention. It is then stated whether 'Letters patent sealed' or 'Provisional protection only'.PITTAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Calcutta Death Notices
(1856) A compilation of death notices from Calcutta newspapers published in England in the Indian Mail in 1857, and covering the period 21 October 1856 to 7 November 1857. Most, but not all, of the deaths recorded happened within the Bengal presidency.PITTAR. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Crystal Palace Company Shareholders
(1856) The management of the Crystal Palace, built for the Great Exhibition of 1851, was restructured by a Deed of Settlement in 1852, and then incorporated as the Crystal Palace Company by royal charter in January 1853. This alphabetical list of shareholders was published in January 1856.PITTAR. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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