Manuscript on paper tablet of Account book, being a record of Stiffkey mill belonging to Nathaniel Bacon (1546?-1622) for the time period 8 December 1576-1579/80. Contains weekly statements of George Brigges, John Wilson, Thomas Shorten, William Fether, Robert Merkyn, and Henry Corye
Description:
In English., Watermarks: unidentified pot., Script: Written by several individuals in informal cursive scripts., Most folios are wrinkled, torn; some have been mended., and Binding: Nineteenth century. Half green goatskin with green cloth sides, gold- and blind-tooled. Leaves of a didactic theological text (Germany, ca. 1250) bound at beginning and end; probably a bifolium. Parchment; 291 x 196 (220 x 155) mm. Written above top line in a small gothic bookhand. Initials in red or green with penwork designs of the other color. Stained, but with little loss of text.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bacon, Nathaniel, 1547-1622.
Subject (Topic):
Didactic literature, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Economic conditions
Highly detailed accounts of both receipts and expenses (written from opposite ends of the volume) kept by the London merchant Abraham Chitty, brother of Alderman Thomas Chitty. Receipts include records for rents on his properties in London, Westminster and Surrey, as well as income from an interest in a brewhouse and insurance records for warehoused goods such as wine. The record of Chitty’s personal expenses is particularly complete and includes 6s. "for Pamila. 2 Vollums;" "about L1.4s.6d to see The Conscious Lovers" at Covent Garden Playhouse in 1739; and 14s. for "Chockolate, Mackoroons, carraways and oysters." Also included are regular payments for housekeeping expenses "For Mrs. Chitty;" purchases at auctions and sales, such as "a barometer;" and frequent carriage repairs.
Description:
Both pastedowns contain notes on birth and death dates for family members., Related material: Abraham Chitty, Letters (Osborn c608)., and Volume contains unnumbered pages, blank pages (not digitized), and text written in both directions; both sections of text paginated separately.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Economic conditions --18th century and Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Chitty, Thomas
Subject (Topic):
Amusements --England, Chitty family, Cost and standard of living --England --18th century, Family --England --Domestic relations, Home economics --Accounting, Luxury, and Middle class --England --London --18th century
Manuscript account book, in unidentified handwriting, for Austin & Laurens, in Charleston, South Carolina, recording purchases and sales. Includes accounts relating to the sale of slaves.
Description:
Austin & Laurens, merchants in Charleston, South Carolina, engaged in the slave trade, founded by George Austin and Henry Laurens, later joined by George Appleby., From front: Pages 2-5, 152-155 wanting. From back: Pages [1?]-3 wanting., and Ledger discreetly paginated from front and back.
The account book kept by Assheton Curzon recording personal expenditure and management of his joint executorship, with his father Sir Nathaniel Curzon, of the affairs of his aunt Eleanor Curzon, 1754 December-1758 April. Expenses for servants' wages as well as payments for food, wine, travel, coal, dinners, books, jewelry, clothing, candles, silver dinnerware and candlesticks, tradesmen such as a coach maker and hatters, etc. as well as payments to his mother and brother for their share of the aunt's estate. Of particular note are payments to London bookbinder John Brindley, the Italian delicatessen Barto Valle, jewels from "Mr. Castelfrank", and a painting from Mr. Penny (possibly the painter Edward Penny), and payments to a dancing master named Mr. Vezin and a French teacher named Epinasse
Description:
Assheton Curzon (1730-1820), 1st Viscount Curzon, son of Sir Nathaniel Curzon (1675-1758), fourth baronet. He resided at Penn House, Amersham, which had extensively restored in 1760. His brother Nathaniel Curzon, first baron Scarsdale (1726-1804) was an art collector and commissioned the Palladian mansion Kedleston Hall., In English., Title on cover: Joint acct. of Sr. Nathl. & Assheton Curzon, Dec. 20 1754, This acct. clos'd Lady Day 1758., Title from first ruled leaf: Joint executorship of my Aunts affairs., Laid in, a signed note from Nathaniel Curzon, dated 30 December 1756, giving his son Assheton his share of the interest from the stocks and mortgages from the estate of his sister Eleanor Curzon, without accountability, until Lady Day 1758., Binding: original vellum., and For further information, consult library staff.
Manuscript, in a single hand, which records the amounts of money, bonds, and interest earned each year, as well as debentures, bounties, certificates, and salaries paid on such items as duties on wine, peppers, candles, apples, and glass; beaver skins; hops; coal; wrought plate; East India wrought silks; rice; linens; and sugar. Following these accounts, possibly in another hand, is a entry in which the writer reflects on "the public welfare" and the contrasting views of youth and age. The manuscript also includes poems and stanzas, with numerous corrections, of poems praising the sun; a poem to "Dr. John"; and a poem titled Farewell Dr. Mai[?].
Description:
In English., Pasted onto flyleaf at end of volume: newspaper clipping regarding a "most remarkable case" which was heard in the Court of the King's Bench circa 1687: Mrs. Booty v. Captain Barnabty., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration, large metal clasps intact.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Exchequer.
Subject (Topic):
Customs administration, Finance, Public, Accounting, and Revenue
Manuscript accounts of expenditures and receipts related to the children of King George III, king of Gt. Brit. (1730-1820), including Frederick Augustus, duke of York (1763-1827), and ""the younger princes"" William, Edward, Ernest, Augustus, and Adolphus, but not including George, Prince of Wales (later King George IV), nor the princesses and youngest two princes.
Description:
Two leaves, cut separately, joined in digital facsimile.
Subject (Name):
George, III, King of Great Britain--Family
Subject (Topic):
Princes--Great Britain--Salaries, etc and Princes--Great Britain--Salaries, etc.
Manuscript daybook of Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a lawyer in Kent, Connecticut, recording credits and debits for services, including the representation of clients in court, from 1795 to 1799.
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson daybook, 1795-1799
Description:
Pages numbered through page 146., Title partially taken from the preliminary page., Yale Law Library's label on inside of front cover: "Presented to the Yale Law Library by Mr. Otto J. Leonhard of Kent, The Flanders Arms, Kent, Conn., 1931.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258892~S1, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.3 flat, Description based on print version record., and Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.3 flat.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Practice of law, Business records, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Manuscript account ledgers in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting document payments made to him by the town residents of Kent, Connecticut, some of the accounts being settled in goods rather than money, and some recorded in pounds and shillings instead of dollars. The ledgers identify clients, goods purchased, and charges for services rendered. Additionally, the second ledger contains "Catalogue of my law books &c., October 24, 1794-May 16, 1806" at the end
Alternative Title:
Barzillai Slosson ledgers, 1 and 2, covering period 1793-1811
Description:
Ledger 1: 84, [2 ]; ledger 2: [1], 173, [5] leaves., Leaves are numbered on verso only., Loose papers laid into Ledger 1., On front pastedown of ledger 1: "B. Slosson's ledger bought Feby. 5th of T. Collier, 1795.", Also available in original print http://morris.law.yale.edu/record=b258894~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library, MssA Sl55 no.6 flat, In English. , Description based on print version record., Hicks classification: MssA Sl55 no.6 flat., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., Fees, New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Name):
Slosson, Barzillai, 1769-1813
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Library, Law, Bibliography, Manuscripts, American, and History
Account sheet in Barzillai Slosson's handwriting documenting payments made to him by town residents for his legal work, identifying clients, services rendered, and charges for those services, as well as payments he made to the town of Kent, Connecticut, covering the period from February 26, 1805, to January 6, 1806. The majority of the payments are from 1805, with only one recorded in 1806
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. , Holograph, signed., Manuscript 33 x 40 cm, folded to 33 x 20 cm, Docketed on page [1]. , Also available in original print http://morris.law.yal.edu/record=b258890~S3, Digital reproduction. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale Law Library cMssA Sl55 no.2 xtall, In English. , Description based on print version record., and Barzillai Slosson (1769-1813), a Yale College graduate of 1791, was an attorney from Kent, Connecticut, who also served as a clerk for the Connecticut House of Representatives.
Publisher:
Barzillai Slosson
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, Kent, Kent., New Haven., and Kent (Conn.)
Subject (Topic):
Lawyers, Accounting, Fees, Business records, Practice of law, Manuscripts, American, and History
