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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:

Lincoln Waterworks Penalties, 1848

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 052
Identifier: MSS034.02.052
Scope and Contents

The Lincoln Waterworks provides notice of penalties imposed by the company for a list of described offenses.

Dates: 1848

Lincolnshire Assizes, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 114
Identifier: MSS034.02.114
Scope and Contents

The broadside instructs all witnesses participating in any civil or criminal case to enter through the witness room. James Whiting Yorke, the sheriff of Lincoln, gives the order.

Dates: 1849

Lincolnshire broadside folios volume 2, 1818-1851

 Series — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565]
Identifier: MSS034.02
Scope and Contents

Volume two of the Lincolnshire folios consists of individual posters and broadsides documenting the history of Lincolnshire. The materials were created during the 1800s and contain public notices, advertisements, and sermons. Many of the items are fragile and require special handling.

Dates: 1818-1851

Lincolnshire broadside folios volume 3, bulk: 1800s

 Series — Box 03: Series MSS034.03 [Barcode: 35138007862573]
Identifier: MSS034.03
Scope and Contents

The folio functions as a scrapbook. The folio's pages hold clippings from newspapers, broadsides, books, maps, and other materials. The pages are arranged in sets and noted with the alphabet rather than numbers. The first set contains clippings of biographies or obituaries arranged on the pages according to the last name. The second set contains clippings and maps of buildings and geographic areas. Materials have a wide range of dates, as early as 1576.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1800s

Lincolnshire broadside folios volume 4, 1830s

 Series — Box 04: Series MSS034.04 [Barcode: 35138007862581]
Identifier: MSS034.04
Scope and Contents

The folio contains several loosely bound broadsides. The broadsides and folio are very fragile. The materials appear to focus on Lincolnshire during 1836.

Dates: 1830s

Lincolnshire Chronicle facts and figures, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 206
Identifier: MSS034.02.206
Scope and Contents

The notice contains various facts and figures about the Lincolnshire Chronicle.

Dates: 1849

Lincolnshire Daguerreotype establishment, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 331
Identifier: MSS034.02.331
Scope and Contents

The notice advertises the Lincolnshire Daguerreotype or photographic establishment on High street in Lincoln.

Dates: 1850s

Lincolnshire Fire Office, 1851

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 297
Identifier: MSS034.02.297
Scope and Contents

The notice lists the Trustees, Directors, Auditors, Bankers, and Secretary of the Head Office for the Lincolnshire Fire Office. There is also a statement explaining the Policies of Insurance.

Dates: 1851

Lincolnshire Law Library, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 260
Identifier: MSS034.02.260
Scope and Contents

The notice contains a report of the Lincoln committee appointed to consider establishing a law library. The report also discusses the means to carry out the effort. The document consists of three pages including the letter initially sent with the report.

Dates: 1850

List of constables for Boothby Graffoe, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 247
Identifier: MSS034.02.247
Scope and Contents

The notice contains a list of constables appointed in the Lincoln division of Kesteven, headlined by the name Boothby Graffoe.

Dates: 1850