Accounts

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 133 SO/4/2
  • Dates of Creation
      1788-1792
  • Physical Description
      22 pieces [originally listed as 36 leaves]. Condition: several pieces are very fragile [in melinex folder].

Scope and Content

Various accounts relating to payment of spinners comprising: pieces 1-7 record payments to spinners for work undertaken 18 Sep 1788 - 23 Dec 1788, include amount of yarn spun, count, cost per unit and total payment; pieces 8-12 are similar records for 9 Sep -30 Nov 1790 and pieces 13-15 are similar for the period 31 Jul - 23 Dec 1792`; piece 16 is similar but undated; pieces 17-21 (pieces 20 and 21 refer to spinners at the Carrs factory] record cash paid to spinners and are cross-referenced to a ledger book; piece 22 records payments to winders, reelers and slubbers.

Former reference: Eng Ms 760