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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:

Sick Instructions, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 325
Identifier: MSS034.02.325
Scope and Contents

The appendix entitled "Sick Instructions," discusses an allowance of sick full pay due to sick or inform depositors. The text provides instruction concerning how depositors can apply for sick pay. The document also explains how sickness will be verified.

Dates: 1850s

Smallpox Vaccination, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 178
Identifier: MSS034.02.178
Scope and Contents

The notice requests that all parents have their children vaccinated against Cow Pox and Small Pox under the provisions of the Act of the 3rd and 4th years of the reign of Queen Victoria. The notice describes the danger of being unvaccinated. The text reminds readers that spreading Smallpox is an offense punishable by one month's imprisonment.

Dates: 1849

Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 120
Identifier: MSS034.02.120
Scope and Contents

The broadside includes the reprinting of a four-page document first published in 1704 titled "An Account of the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts." Much of the account focuses on North American and the Indian Nations. A fifth page outlines the origin and objects of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel since it was incorporated in 1701.

Dates: 1849

Speed the Plough, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 171
Identifier: MSS034.02.171
Scope and Contents

The theatre poster advertises a performance of "Speed the Plough" under the patronage of the Hon. W. Monson. This Theatre Royal performance includes a comic song and a farce.

Dates: 1849

Statement of accounts for Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Road, 1851

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 299
Identifier: MSS034.02.299
Scope and Contents

The notice provides a general statement of the income and expenditure of the eastern district of the Leadenham and Southwell Turnpike Road in the counties of Lincoln and Nottingham.

Dates: 1851

Statement of Accounts for Saxleby Schools, 1848

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 063
Identifier: MSS034.02.063
Scope and Contents

The statement of accounts of the Saxleby Schools lists the receipts, expenditures, and private subscriptions. Also included is a letter that was written by EDW. Garfit to the parents of the children attending those schools explaining the accounts.

Dates: 1848

Statement of accounts for the Bible Association, 1850

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 271
Identifier: MSS034.02.271
Scope and Contents

This statement of accounts of the Navenby, Boothby, Wellingore, and Coleby Bible Association provides a list of receipts and payments for their 24th year. The report also lists subscribers by name.

Dates: 1850

Statement of Accounts of the Saxleby Schools, 1847

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 042
Identifier: MSS034.02.042
Scope and Contents

The Statement of Accounts of the Saxleby Schools includes a listing of receipts, expenditures, private subscriptions, and a letter to the parents of the children attending. The statement covers September 1846 thru September 1847.

Dates: 1847

Subscribers to the Review Polka, 1850s

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 329
Identifier: MSS034.02.329
Scope and Contents

The notice contains a handwritten list of subscribers to the Review Polka. The Review Polka lists B Whall, Esq., and Frank M. Ward in the dedication.

Dates: 1850s

Summer Assizes, 1845

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 032
Identifier: MSS034.02.032
Scope and Contents

The Summer Assizes Sessions. The document lists jurors along with their profession.

Dates: 1845