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Collapse D5238 - John Joseph Briggs of Kings Newton, Melbourne (1819-1876), notable antiquarian, poet and naturalist - 1790-1904

D5238 - John Joseph Briggs of Kings Newton, Melbourne (1819-1876), notable antiquarian, poet and naturalist - 1790-1904

Expand 1 - Accounts - 1838-1873

1 - Accounts - 1838-1873

Expand 2 - Correspondence - 1844-1904

2 - Correspondence - 1844-1904

Expand 3 - Briggs family papers - 1790-1864

3 - Briggs family papers - 1790-1864

Expand 4 - Local History and Genealogy - 19th century

4 - Local History and Genealogy - 19th century

Expand 5 - Natural History - 19th century

5 - Natural History - 19th century

Collapse 6 - Poetry - 19th century

6 - Poetry - 19th century

1 - Poem on Needwood Forest and elegy on a young woman who was found dead in St George's Field - 19th century

2 - Bundle of miscellaneous poems and notes on poetry, including 'Honesty Yet to be Found, a Poem in Praise of Leicestershire' by J B (1721), an ode to the author of 'The Trent and other Poems' by Thomas Pars (1858), 'A Visit to Melbourne' by Westby Gibson (1859), notes on John More, poet, and notes on the glorious work of poets, sculptors and painters - 18th century-19th century

3 - Five Christmas Poems, Gage Earle Freeman - 1860

7 - Bundle of miscellaneous notes and articles on subjects such as a Leicestershire hermit, 'a surprising feat in ploughing', graylings, churchwardens, rabbits and gamekeepers, a speech to the Mechanics' Institute, and drawings by J H Boots - 19th century

8 - Memorandum book, which includes 'to make a cow cleanse after calving', 'on the growth of carrots', and a list of subscribers to the History of Melbourne, begun in 1847 - c. 1847

9 - A letter to the protestant inhabitants of Wednesbury, by the Revd M Crewe, catholic priest - 1849

10 - Rules and catalogue of the agricultural book society for Greasley, Selston and the neighbourhood - 1850

11 - 'Volunteer Jottings in Belgium', by Sergeant (from the Derby Mercury, 31 Oct 1866) - 1866

12 - Notice to the ratepayers of Melbourne, King's Newton and Derby Hill advocating the re-election of Messrs Robson and Salsbury as guardians of the parish - 4 Apr 1874

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm

Local Studies Periodicals

Local Studies Periodicals

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

National Coal Board

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