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broadsides (notices)

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing
Scope Note: Sizeable single-sheet notices or advertisements printed on one or both sides, often chiefly textual rather than pictorial, and printed to be read unfolded.

Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:

Visit by Prince Albert, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 126
Identifier: MSS034.02.126
Scope and Contents

The program lists the proceedings for the visit of His Royal Highness the Prince, Albert.

Dates: 1849

Warrant template, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 257
Identifier: MSS034.02.257
Scope and Contents

The notice contains a template of a warrant under the common seal of the Railway company and issued by the sheriff of the county.

Dates: 1850

Wesleyan Times article, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 131
Identifier: MSS034.02.131
Scope and Contents

The reprint of an article from the Wesleyan Times by Andrew Marvel concerns Wesleyanism.

Dates: 1849

William Norriss article, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 202
Identifier: MSS034.02.202
Scope and Contents

The broadside provides the text of an article by William Norriss published in the Boston Herald. The article concerns Wesleyan agitators and Puritan dissenters.

Dates: 1850

Wonga of the branded hand, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 078
Identifier: MSS034.02.078
Scope and Contents

The advertisement for upcoming shows at the Theatre Royal, Lincoln. The featured play, Wonga of the Branded Hand will star Mr. A. Abel and his two highly trained Mount St. Bernard Dogs. The play describes the characters of Wonga of the Branded Hand as the grateful savage, and the Shawnee Chief Black Vulture as the Native American villain. The broadside describes the play as "Robert and Edith Happy -- The white men triumphant, and Black Vulture's death by the dog."

Dates: 1849

Wonga of the branded hand, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 079
Identifier: MSS034.02.079
Scope and Contents

The large broadside details the play through several storyboard style illustrations. The advertisement promotes the first appearance of Mr. A. Abel and his two highly trained St Bernard Dogs, Hector, and Wallace, in a show called Wonga of the Branded Hand, also known as The Dogs of the Forest Log House.

Dates: 1849

Wool Market, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 143
Identifier: MSS034.02.143
Scope and Contents

The notice announces the opening of the wool market in Lincoln by order of the town clerk, Rd. Mason.

Dates: 1849

Writing lessons, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 175
Identifier: MSS034.02.175
Scope and Contents

The notice advertises the services of Mr. A. S. Pryse from London and Dublin. Mr. Pryse offers lessons on penmanship, writting, and shorthand.

Dates: 1849