Documents Collection (page 7)

Cambrian Railways Staff
Cambrian Railways Company Staff Register Date: 19th century

Will of John Combe
Will register entry for John Combe, 1615 Date: 1615

Biggleswade parliamentary return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, 1275 Date: 1275

British North Borneo Company
Original grant by the College Of Arms, of arms and crest for British North Borneo Company, 1882 Date: 1882

Cession of Fiji to Great Britain
Colonial Office Fiji. Instrument of cession to the Crown, 10 October 1874 Date: 10th October 1874

Old Sarum electoral return
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Old Sarum returning Thomas Pitt, 1734 Date: 1734

Margaret Thatcher return notice
Chancery, Petty Bag Office and Crown Office Parliamentary Election Writs and Returns. Parliamentary Return for Margaret Thatcher, 1979 Date: 7th April 1979

Proclamation of Governor Bourke
New South Wales, proclamation of Governor Bourke against settlers stealing crown lands, page 2 of 2, 1835 Date: 1835

General Assembly 1619
Page 1 of the proceeding in the General assembly at James City, Virginia, 30 July 1619 Date: 1619

Fair charter
Confirmation of a charter for a fair at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1200 Date: 1200

Act of Supremacy
The Act Of Supremacy, 1534 Date: 1534

Court Martial document
Court Martial of four HMS Hampshire sailors, 8 June 1680 (earliest RN document) Date: 1860

Medical Journal
Frigate Success 1840 medical journal, diving operations by Col Pasley, RE on the wreck of HMS Royal George Date: 1840

Exposition du 1er au 30 octobre 1917... organisee par la Ligue Souvenez-Vous... documents, photographies, affiches, ... aux crimes allemands

Public Records Office
The Public Records Office, Chancery Lane, London, where many records and documents used to be kept. Date: 19th century

The Heathen and the Christian - Play
The Heathen and the Christian - promotional postcard for this play - performed at The Grand Theatre Southampton between 1908-1909

Archive service at Paris Peace Conference
Gendarme officers in the archive service of the Paris Peace Conference which followed the end of the First World War. It was their job to classify three tons of documents. Date: circa 1919

Esperanto Club Members
ESPERANTO : members of the Hamburg Esperanto Club pose for their group portrait, holding an Esperanto newspaper and other documents Date: circa 1900

Items belonging to George Moore, Titanic seaman
Assorted items belonging to George Alfred Moore, seaman on the ill-fated Titanic cruise ship which sank on 15 April 1912 -- a pocket watch with ornate fob, a cigarette lighter

RMS Carpathia medal and paperwork
Various paperwork, including a Certificate of Discharge, together with the silver RMS Carpathia medal (image side) presented to Thomas Alfred Holmes

SS Patrol searching Civilians, Warsaw, 1944
Illustration showing a German SS Patrol searching Polish civilians, for weapons and documents, in a Warsaw street, 1944. This drawing was made during the Second World War by Captain Bryan de Grineau

Poor Richard - 3
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : If you would know the value of money, try to borrow some

Poor Richard - 1
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : He that hath a trade, hath an estate

Poor Richard - 2
POOR RICHARDs ALMANAC Franklins Lessons in Industry, Temperance, Frugality &c, a typical item : Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee

Stamp Office 1809
Housed in Somerset House : at this time the government derived substantial duty from the stamping of documents of all kinds, including newspapers

Female Clerk in china factory
A female clerk at work in a china factory

Londoners Prepare Blitz
Londoners prepare for aerial attack, removing valuables and important documents, and sandbagging buildings against the bomb attacks which they expect

Using a Copying Device
A female employee uses Louis Jamins copying device which copies all documents to perfection, he assures us

Destroying Documents
Before the house search - Warned of an imminent visit from the police, a Russian subversive destroys incriminating letters and documents

Pichegrus Treachery
In 1804, while campaigning, he learns of Pichegrus defection to the enemy from documents found in the carriage of captured Austrian general Kinglin

Benedict Arnold and Major Andre
Benedict Arnold persuades Major Andre to conceal papers in his boot, causing him to be hanged as a spy when captured by the patriots

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