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Collapse D4627 - John Joseph Briggs (1819-1876), antiquary and naturalist, of King's Newton - 1837-20th century

D4627 - John Joseph Briggs (1819-1876), antiquary and naturalist, of King's Newton - 1837-20th century

Expand 1 - Correspondence - 1837-1875

1 - Correspondence - 1837-1875

Expand 2 - Family history

2 - Family history

Expand 3 - Personal papers

3 - Personal papers

Expand 4 - Manuscript work

4 - Manuscript work

5 - Newspaper articles, writing as A Naturalist - [1850s-1860s]

6 - The Trent and other poems by John Joseph Briggs - 1857-1858

7 - Natural History of Melbourne

8 - Fauna of Derbyshire Quadrupeds Chapter III (reprinted from The Reliquary) Jul - 1861

9 - Newscuttings

Collapse 10 - Memorials

1 - In Memoriam John Joseph Briggs Esq FBJL died March 23rd 1876 poem (printed) by Jane Adcock of Melbourne 29 Mar - 1876

2 - John Joseph Briggs A Memory by Llewellynn Jewitt (reprinted from The Reliquary) Jul - 1876

11 - Miscellaneous letters and papers relating to the Briggs family - 1793-1880

12 - Newscuttings and articles about John Joseph Briggs including extract from diary in 1843 relating grandmother's recollection of Jacobite uprising in 1745 (D4627/12/1) - 20th century

13 - Papers not identified as connected with Briggs - 19th-20th century

14 - Obituary of Thomas Bateman by L. Jewitt reprinted from Derby Telegraph Aug 1861 (D4627/14/1), A "Memory" of the late Thomas Bateman Esq by Llewellynn Jewitt reprinted from The Reliquary Oct 1861 (D4627/14/2), alphabetical list with manuscript additions (? galley proof) addressed to Jewitt (D4627/14/3) - 1861

15 - Manuscript Newscuttings and notes on Florence Nightingale - [1850s]

16 - Printed material relating to Derbyshire people, possibly collected for work on Derbyshire worthies - [18th-19th cent]

17 - Miscellaneous items - 19th century

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Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

National Coal Board

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Harpur Crewe family of Calke

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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