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Cost Price Book
Nov 1845 - Feb 1849
Similar to item 114 including many tenders for various types of alpaca, 1845-7. Sorting and combing results and costs. Costs of producing various types of alpaca wefts, 1847-9. Costs of producing vari...
Wages for Weaving No. 3.
1868-81
Very detailed tables of wage rates for weaving various types of cloth. Quality, width, number of looms and picks are specified.
Cost Price Book
June 1849 - April 1854
Similar to items 115 and 118 but with very few suppliers named and giving more information on the cost of various types of wool. Cloths which are costed include Albert twills, evelinas, cashmeres and ...
‘Pieces No. 2'
Jan 1858-Nov 1868
Approximately-yearly costs of producing various ‘spring’ and ‘autumn’ pieces giving prices and types of raw materials, weaving, and dyeing, etc. costs. At the back are comparisons with G. & J....
Cost Price Book
Oct 1843 - March 1846
Similar to item 115 but many more calculations refer to the cost of production of cloth. Much information on the cost of alpaca and English wool of various types. Suppliers giving tenders are named.
Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway share capital
1857-1882
Amount of share capital created by the Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Company during the 25 years from 1857. Detailed with date, type of stocks and shares issued and ‘rate’. Summaries are included...
Memoranda Book (S. B. Foster’)
1845-1846
Notes on sundry dealings with named concerns, prices of cloths and yarns often being given. Notes on various calculations concerning the dimensions of cloths. Wage costs in the production of specified...
English Weighing-Off Book No. 2
1853-65
Details of weight, type, and value of wools purchased in packs of English hogs and wethers. Supplier sometimes named with sorting and other expenses indicated. Averages are detailed, for hogs and weth...
Prices of Yarn Cost
March 1838 - Feb 1839
Details of wool and yarn purchases from named suppliers. Various types are given with their costs. Lincs., Lancs., Yorks., Staffs., Leicester, and Norfolk suppliers. Combing and spinning costs are som...
Price of Wool Cost
March 1839-July 1841
Details of wool and yarn purchases from named suppliers. Various types are given with their costs. Lincs., Lancs., Yorks., Staffs., Leicester, and Norfolk suppliers. Combing and spinning costs are som...
Stock Book of Mohair in Merchants
June 1885 - May 1858
Detailed inventory of mohair of various types in the hands of named merchant importing concerns giving their locations, mainly London and Liverpool. Date of shipment from London to Liverpool is often ...
Mohair Weighing-Off Book No 2
1853-7
Descriptions of weight, quality, colour, etc., and values of bags of mohair ‘weighed-off’ with date, supplier and source sometimes indicated. Discount, and sorting, carriage and commission expense...