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Quite a few are to be found for free by searching Google books - but it helps if you know what you are looking for, as you need to wade through a lot of stuff otherwise. Perhaps the single most...

Jonathan retired in 1841 and the business was in Henry's hands until his death in 1892. That left a year after the Mckinley Tariff Act to include 'England' on the tang. There were at least three...

As far as I know, Jonathan Crookes (heart/pistol makers mark) had nothing to do with Brookes and Crookes (bell makers mark). The Crookes in Brookes & Crookes was Thomas Crookes (born 1825 died...

In which case W. W. Tait was the agent or retailer who commissioned the razor, and Jonathan Crookes was the maker.

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Neil

I can't find any W. W. Tait's in Nottingham, but there was a merchant of that name (William Watson Tait) in Liverpool, at one time in business as "Wm. W. Tait & Thomas Danson, Co, Merchants". The...