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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

20 Guineas Reward, 1848

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 056
Identifier: MSS034.02.056
Scope and Contents

The broadside advertises a reward of twenty guineas for anyone providing information regarding a lost or stolen sheep. Included is a description of the sheep supposedly taken and from where, created by order of Henry Williams, Treasurer, and Secretary.

Dates: 1848

20 pounds reward, 1851

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 295
Identifier: MSS034.02.295
Scope and Contents

The broadside offers a 20 pounds reward for information concerning the person or persons who committed a burglary of Mr. John Danby's shop in Scothern.

Dates: 1851

21 Pounds Reward, 1848

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 065
Identifier: MSS034.02.065
Scope and Contents

The broadside advertises a reward of 21 pounds for anyone providing information regarding a man who carved up a sheep, stole the body, and left the head, skin, pluck, and entrails in the field. The suspect took the sheep from John Goude Stevenson, Esq. of Skellingthrope. The reward was issued by order of Henry Williams Treasurer and Secretary.

Dates: 1848

26 Guineas Reward, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 090
Identifier: MSS034.02.090
Scope and Contents

The broadside announces a reward of 26 guineas for information on a stolen he hog sheep belonging to Mr. Frederick William Harrison. Henry Williams, Treasurer and Secretary for the Association, and Mr. Frederick William Harrison offer the reward.

Dates: 1849

£36. 16s. Reward, 1849

 Item — Box 02: Series MSS034.02 [Barcode: 35138007862565], Object: 097
Identifier: MSS034.02.097
Scope and Contents

The broadside announces a reward of £36. 16s. for information leading to the discovery of a person who stole a lamb-hog sheep from a turnip field at Riseholme. Henry Williams, Treasurer and Secretary for the Association and Mr. John Marshall offer the reward.

Dates: 1849

Lincolnshire broadside folios

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS-034
Abstract

The Lincolnshire broadsheet folios are a collection of broadsheets, texts, plays, sketches and other ephemera bound into four volumes. The materials date to the 1800s. A few of the items appear older. The items originated in Lincolnshire England.

Dates: 1579-1899