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- Creator:
- Chitty, Abraham, 1683-1759
- Published / Created:
- 1735-1754
- Call Number:
- Osborn fc154
- Image Count:
- 133
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Account book
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- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 52
- Collection Title:
- Sir William Lee family papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 17 | Folder Legal
- Image Count:
- 8
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Alternative Title:
- Maximes Wing
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --History --1714-1837
- Subject (Name):
- Carthew, Thomas, 1657-1704
- Subject (Topic):
- Administration of estates --Great Britain, Family --England --Domestic relations, and Law --Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Maximis Bacon
4.
- Published / Created:
- Undated
- Call Number:
- OSB MSS 52
- Collection Title:
- Sir William Lee family papers
- Container / Volume:
- Box 17 | Folder Legal
- Image Count:
- 7
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Alternative Title:
- A lecture by Serjt Carthew at New Inn
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --History --1714-1837
- Subject (Name):
- Carthew, Thomas, 1657-1704
- Subject (Topic):
- Administration of estates --Great Britain, Family --England --Domestic relations, and Law --Great Britain
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The reading of Sejt Carthew at New Inn
