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A Collection of Halifax West Yorkshire Legal and Business Documents, 1918-1949 - A collection of early-to-mid 20th-century legal and business manuscript and typed documents primarily associated with Halifax, West Yorkshire. The archive is contained within original brown paper filing folders and envelopes, many featuring calligraphic handwritten titles. Notable subjects include correspondence for Mr Selwyn Kitchen regarding a property at 4 The Park, Southowram, involving solicitor A. Russell Firth; investment papers for Mr Elsworth Longbottom in a Halifax Corporation Mortgage dated 1934; and a 1919 file for Mr Henry Edward Broadbent concerning the commencement of business as a waste dealer. Other named parties include Hannah Taylor (1918), Mr Clarence Dyson (1928) regarding sand pits at Uxbridge, and documents for Mr Clifford and Mrs Cicely Mary Dodgson relating to Milton Place, Halifax (1949). The group includes abstracts of title, handwritten notes, and typed correspondence on professional letterheads, including one for Jackson & Co of Halifax.