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XI. INCOMING LETTERS: SPECIFIC SUBJECTS 1849-1880

c.1849-1880

(Most are extracted from Private Letter files) 166. Miscellaneous Banking. 1849-62. There are three main types of letters. Correspondence from banks about banking services and accounts, e.g. Allian...

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Weavers 'Wages No. 1

June 1844-Dec 1849

Weekly wages paid to named weavers, mostly women. There are about 240 in 1844 increasing to approximately 500 by 1849. Weekly totals of wages paid and pieces woven are given with the number of pieces ...

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Clewes Moor Colliery

1846-56

Similar to item 128, ‘coal gotton’ balanced against expenses. New Keelham and Nursery Pit have separate accounts, 1846-7. Nursery Pit account, 1847-56, is usually marked Joseph Lassey. New Keelham...

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VI. WAGE BOOKS. 1820's-1881

c.1820-1881

97. Sorters’ Reckoning Book. Early nineteenth century. ‘Ready Reckoner’ giving amounts of pay for sorting various weights at different rates of pay. 98. Spinners’ Wages Book. Aug. 1828-Jan....

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Journal and Stock Accounts

1841-1889

A detailed list of debits and credits outstanding to the various major accounts of the firm, e.g. stock, mill, bank, colliery, pit, and gas works accounts, naming debtors and creditors, 1 Jan. 1841. F...

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II. PRIVATE LEDGERS. 1841-1889

c.1841-1889

(for Private Balance Sheets, 1870-84, see item 296, section XV) 4. Private Ledger. No. 1. Jan. 1841 - Dec. 1849. 5. Private Ledger. No. 2. Jan. 1850-Dec. 1862. 6. Private Ledger. No. 3. Jan. 1...

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IX. COLLIERY AND CLAY PIT RECORDS. 1826-1863

c.1826-1863

127. Clay Ledger, Foster & Lassey. 1826-48. Clay sales ledger of Messrs Foster & Lassey, Queens Head, nr Bradford. Accounts of named purchasers of clay giving location (mainly West Riding and South L...

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VIII. COST AND PRICE BOOKS. 1838-1873

c.1838-1873

113. ‘Prices of Yarn Cost No. a\ March 1838 - Feb. 1839. Details of wool and yarn purchases from named suppliers. Various types are given with their costs. Lincs., Lancs., Yorks., Staffs., Leiceste...

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John Foster and Son, Business Archive

John Foster and Son

c.1820-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Black Dyke ...

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IV. MEMORANDA BOOKS. 1842-1858

1842-1858

60. Memoranda Book (6S. B. Foster’). March 1842-April 1843. Notes about appointments, receipts, orders, and purchases, naming various concerns involved. Quantities, descriptions, and prices of yarns...

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III. STOCK BOOKS. 1830-1890

c.1830-1890

10. Stock Book, etc. 1834. 1830-4. Marked John Foster. Includes 1830-2 account of John Foster with George Oxley (yarn supplier) giving details of twist and warp purchases with prices paid. Also a ‘...

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