Autograph Letters: Miscellaneous Papers

7659/1 - William Harrison Ainsworth folder

Transcribed verses of poetry originally written by William Harrison Ainsworth while a student at Manchester Grammar School, including: 'Lines on the Coronation of George 4th', 'A Cheshire Ballad', and 'Lines on Sir Walter Scott'

Dinner in honour of William Harrison Ainsworth folder

Brochure printed for the guests attending the dinner 15 Sep 1881, highlighting stories written by Ainsworth

A printed report of the proceedings at the dinner 15 Sep 1881

7659/2 - Signatures folder

Edward Rothwell

Thomas Braddock

Johannis Newton De Ashton

Hugh Birley

John Harrop

J. Whitaker

Mary Randall

John Pope

Robert Philips

William Davenporte

James Hulme

Robert Hulme

Robert Hulme

Robert Hulme

Dorithirus Hullme [?]

Jonathan Hooley

Jonathon Howley

Robert Diggle

Faphe Gardner [?]

Robert Diggles

Thomas Patten

Joannis Brereton

Thomas Carill Worsley

James Horrocks

Richard Whaley

William Sutton

Richard Sutton

Thomas Swanwick

Charles Rider

Samuel Heywood

M. Montagu Brown

H. Andrew

James Gornall Barton

T. Hebbert Ware

James Barratt Jr

Robert Barbour

T. Panting

W. Miner [?]

Alex. Paterson

Joseph Brotherton

John Ivon Mosley

Peter Clare

Thomas Samuel Mynshull

Labers Winfor Coffam [?]

Segh

George Hulme

Richard Clowes

John Carill Worsley

James Lyon

Thomas Carill Worsley

James Ainsworth

Capt. Dickinson

James Barlow

Charles Duckenfield

Edward Byran

Charles Cholmondeley

Lady Curzon

A H Sheild [?]

Lady Isabela Legh

Johannis Crodac de Ashton

Thomas Barone

Thomas Lees

Leopold H Grindon

John Windsor

Leo H. Grindon

Elizabeth Green

Nathan

R W Pankhurst

Lady Is. Legh

Johannis H F Leresohe [?]

J. Newcome

R. M. Pankhurst

Charles Kenrick Prescot

Sir Thomas Armytage

List of autographs contained in a collection purchased from J E Cornish on 21 Nov 1901

7659/3 - Autograph Covers folder

Transcribed letter to F.H. Ashworth from Duke of Wellington regarding corporal punishment in the army, 18 Aug 1846

List of 60 autographs contained in collection bought from James Wilson of Birmingham, including a description of the collection from a catalogue, March 1901 (same handwriting as transcribed letter).

List of about 180 autographs contained in a collection

7659/4 - Book Labels folder

Hulme Philosophical Society

Queen Street, Hulme Sunday School Library

Moss Side Welsh Sabbath School Library

Whittle's New Circulating Library, Johnson's Head, Preston

Withington Library and Reading Room

Manchester Subscription Library

Peel Memorial presentation to Manchester Mechanics Institution

John Chesworth, confectioner, Manchester

Manchester Circulating Library

H & Co

Manchester Subscription Library

Green Heys Book Society circulation bookplate

Newspaper article regarding Green Heys Book Society bookplate, 9 Feb 1907

James Thomson & Sons Circulating Library, Manchester

Bohanna's Circulating Library and Newspaper Office, Salford, Rules and Conditions

Cavendish Street Chapel and Sunday School Library (2)

J. Harkness's Circulating Library, Preston, Rules

Atkinson's Circulating Library, Preston, Rules

Mrs. Walton's Circulating Library, Manchester, Terms of Subscription

Fairfield S Sisten Library

Ich Dien Society, for diffusing useful information amongst the Welsh

Macclesfield Useful Knowledge Society

W. Meadows' Circulating Library, Halshaw Moor, Rules

Library of the Manchester Radical Association

Lever Street Wesleyan Sunday School Library

Chorlton High School Library Rules

Wigan Subscription Library

A Note regarding the care of books borrowed from library

The Minister's Library at Stand Parsonage

Council of the National Anti Corn Law League, Manchester

Manchester Commercial Schools Library

St. George's National School, Hulme

Irwell Street Wesleyan Sunday School Library (2)

Higher Broughton Congregational Library

Library of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, Didsbury

Manchester Pamphlet Society

Liverpool Library

Lime Place Academy, Higher Broughton

Newton-Heath Wesleyan Methodist Library

Oldham Lyceum Library (2)

Radcliffe and Pilkington Lyceum Library

Oldham Subscription Library

Grovesnor Square Library Welsh Sabbath School

Cambrian Institution

Mosley St. Independent Chapel Library

Rusholme Road Sabbath School Library

Scotch Church Library

Manchester Circulating Library

Knot Mill Sunday School Loan Library

Library at David Street Sunday School

J. Pownall's School Library, Hulme

Leigh Subscription Library

Methodist New Connexion Sunday School Library, Hulme

Grovesnor Square Sabbath School Library

Zion Chapel P.M.C. Society, Manchester

7659/5 - George Nicholson folder

3 original pencil drawings by George Nicholson 'Bromboro Creek from New Ferry, Oct 15 '35', 'Vale Crucis distt. Dee 1 mile above Lln.', 'Dee'

List of 'Relics of George Nicholson, the Artist and Contemporaries.' (numbers 4, 5, and 6 are the above mentioned pencil drawings)

Historic Society Transactions 'The Norris Chapel at Childwell' by Charles R. Hand, read 1 Feb 1917, regarding relics of George Nicholson

Drawing by Ephraim Pugh of Sandfield-Waterloo near Liverpool (number 11 in 'Relics' list)

7659/6 - Misc. items folder

Seal of Geoffrey of Manchester, chaplain. Apparently from a Barritt drawing

Book cover - Specimen of stamped binding

The Cobden National Tribute Fund with regard to honouring Richard Cobden, subscriptions listed