Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript

Description

Title: Fribourg & Treyer daybook : manuscript
Creator: Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Published / Created: 1798 June 1-1803 June 27.
Publication Place: London, England
Abstract: Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or container; destinations and transportation costs for orders sent by coach or river boat; and notes indicating payments received or entry into accounts. Notes on preliminary pages include names and accounts relating to suppliers and employees. Over 10,000 sales are listed, including entries for Queen Charlotte, George IV, as Prince of Wales, Beau Brummell, Charles Stanhope, Earl of Harrington, and others in their social circle
Description: Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer.
In English.
Binding: full sheep, with blind-tooled border; spine broken.
Provenance: Purchased from Pickering & Chatto on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection Fund, 2019.
Extent: 1 volume (circa 900 pages)
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Daybooks England London 18th century
Daybooks England London 19th century
Resource Type: text
Subject (Geographic): England
London.
London
London (England)
Subject (Name): Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840.
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818.
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851.
Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus)
Treyer, Martha Evans.
Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Subject (Topic): Cigar industry
Snuff
Tobacco industry
Tobacco use
Tobacco workers
Upper class
Social life and customs
Economic conditions
Subjects: Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851
Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus)
Treyer, Martha Evans
Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Cigar industry > England > London
Snuff > England > London
Tobacco industry > England > London
Tobacco use > England > London
Tobacco workers > England > London
Upper class > England > London > Social life and customs > 18th century
London (England) > Economic conditions > 18th century
London (England) > Social life and customs > 18th century
London (England) > Social life and customs > 19th century
England > London > 18th century
England > London > 19th century

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Citation: Fribourg & Treyer daybook. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.