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Book number 01 Page 002 Wenlock Agricultural Reading Society -Minutes Feb 25th 1850

Book number 01 Page 003 Wenlock Agricultural Reading Society – Minutes Feb 25th 1850 continued

Book number 01 Page 004 W A R S Meeting Minutes 18th Oct 1850

Book number 01 Page 005 Accounts covering Meeting 22nd + 23rd Oct 1850

Book number 01 Page 057a A letter published in the Shrewsbury Chronicle 26 August 1859.

Book number 01 Page 057b Part 2 of the Shrewsbury Chronicle letter.

Book number 01 Page 064a Newspaper report of meeting – Part A

Book number 01 Page 064b Newspaper report of meeting – Part B

Book number 02 Page 001 A meeting of the Wenlock Olympian Society at the Raven Hotel, on 21st March 1877.

Book number 02 Page 007c Newspaper reports of 27th Festival

Book number 02 Page 007d Newspaper reports of 27th Festival

Book number 02 Page 119 Programme for 37th Meeting – May 31st 1887

Book number 02 Page 169a Newspaper report of Autumn Festival – October 25th 1890

Book number 02 Page 169b Newspaper report of Autumn Festival – October 25th 1890

Book number 02 Page 173b Letter from Coubertin to Dr W P Brookes August 9th 1890 er from Coubertin to Dr W P Brookes August 9th 1890