Household Cash Book

Date:
1 April 1798 - 29 March 1823
Reference:
RET/3/4/2/1
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Description

There are gaps in the date coverage of this volume From 1 April 1799 to 30 March 1799 there are columns for the weekly cost of the following: meat, flour and oatmeal, tea etc, groceries, candles, soap, starch and blue, coals, malt, hops, wine, brandy, beer etc, cheese, sundries. The next few pages cover the period 4 February 1805 to end of September 1807 and have columns for cost of washing per named patient per week or fortnight (or longer). A summary of cost of washing per patient for the year 1807 follows There then once more begins a weekly analysis of cost per item (similar columns for items as before). The period covered is 10 April 1819 to 29 March 1823 Three quarters of this volume is blank Volume marked '41' on spine

Publication/Creation

1 April 1798 - 29 March 1823

Physical description

1 volume

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