Leeds University Library
Business Archives MS Sykes
Business records of Messrs David Sykes and Sons
1870-1872
Messrs David Sykes and Sons
1 vol. (160 ff.)
The main body of the ledger is paginated 1-294, of which only the first 56 pp. have been used. This sequence is preceded by a thumb index of 12 ff. Bound partly with leather and with marbling on both the endpapers and the outside covers. The word LEDGER is embossed in gilt lettering on the spine
English
Messrs David Sykes and Sons, of Hunslet, Leeds, were possibly cloth finishers
Comprises sales accounts relating to named purchasers with their locations in the West Riding and London. Goods sold are not detailed. Several loose contemporary letters, bills, and invoices are inserted
Access is unrestricted
In English
Described in Patricia Hudson,
The West Riding wool textile industry: a catalogue of business records from the sixteenth to the twentieth century, 1975
Messrs David Sykes and Sons
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