Auction No 422, Tag: George Bradshaw

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George Bradshaw (1800-1853, founder of Bradshaw’s Railway Guides): an archive comprising 1853 In Memoriam card, dried foliage gathered from his grave

Lot: 112

  • Auction Date: Wed 6th Dec 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £100
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George Bradshaw (1800-1853, founder of Bradshaw's Railway Guides): an archive comprising 1853 In Memoriam card, dried foliage gathered from his grave in 1856, an 1853 memorandum issued by members of the Committee of the Manchester & Salford Peace Society expressing their sorrow at the death of “their much valued friend and colleague George Bradshaw”; a clerk's copy of Bradshaw's will; offprints of Press obituaries; a photogravure of his widow (d.1875); and 1870 printed documents concerning The War Victims' Fund Committee of which his son William Bradshaw was a member. The copy will and 1853 memorandum are split the along folds requiring repair.