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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:

Exhibition of Ancient Jerusalem, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 188
Identifier: MSS034.02.188
Scope and Contents

The notice describes an exhibition of Brunetti's Model of Ancient Jerusalem during the time of the Redeemers, held at the Corn Exchange Rooms.

Dates: 1849

Extension of the Elective Franchise, 1826

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 004
Identifier: MSS034.02.004
Scope and Contents

The broadside provides notice of a meeting held on April 3rd, 1826 at the Rein-Deer Inn in Lincoln by the owners of the Freehold lands and houses to petition the legislature of the city of Lincoln.

Dates: 1826

Fireworks, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 162
Identifier: MSS034.02.162
Scope and Contents

The notice announces an "unequaled gala" at the grammar schoolyard in Lincoln in which the pyrotechnic artist, Mr. G. Levey, provides a superb display of fireworks.

Dates: 1849

Fly Sheets, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 190
Identifier: MSS034.02.190
Scope and Contents

The large broadside seeks the author of several fly sheets recently seen in Linconlshire. The broadside also advertises the sale of the collected fly sheets.

Dates: 1849

Freehold Land Society, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 174
Identifier: MSS034.02.174
Scope and Contents

The notice advertises a prospectus of the Lincoln and Lincolnshire benefit building, investment, and Freehold Land Society with an address to the public. The reverse contains tables relevant to shareholders.

Dates: 1849

Garden Ground, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 284
Identifier: MSS034.02.284
Scope and Contents

The notice advertises several lots available in Cherry Willingham Parish. The ground is suitable for gardening.

Dates: 1850

General Gaol Sessions, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 338
Identifier: MSS034.02.338
Scope and Contents

The handwritten letter concerns the general gaol sessions held at the castle of Lincoln. The letter names individuals to the committee that oversees the assizes.

Dates: 1850s

George Boole appointment, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 194
Identifier: MSS034.02.194
Scope and Contents

The broadside is a copy of an inscription printed in gold upon white vellum and inserted in a copy of Johnson's Physical Atlas. Presented initially to George Boole by the members of Lincoln and Lincolnshire Mechanics' Institution upon his appointment to the professorship of mathematics to Queen's College, Cork.

Dates: 1849

Gold Seekers of California, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 133
Identifier: MSS034.02.133
Scope and Contents

A playbill for a production entitled "Gold Seekers of California" presented on Wednesday, April 25 by Theatre Royal, Lincoln. Also being performed that day will be a New Petite Drama entitled "Marceline or, The Soldiers Legacy," A ballad by Mr. Travers, a favorite dance by Mrs. Marshall, and concludes with a Laughable Farce, entitled Out of the Sly.

Dates: 1849

Great Northern Railway, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 180
Identifier: MSS034.02.180
Scope and Contents

The memorandum explains the rules and guidelines regarding the Great Northern Railway and the farmland around it, as well as, the duties of the Tenant and Occupiers with land adjoining the company's property.

Dates: 1849