Account book. Includes references to work at, and visits to, the cathedrals of Ely, Lincoln and Winchester., and all three occur in this account book. The volume contains references also to Essexs money-lending activities. Also includes credit and debit accounts, 1769-76, mixed personal and professional transactions. Miscellaneous later notes in two different hands. From the back: Account of all the land wch I occupy, some apparently at Boxworth, Cambs.
James Essex: Personal professional accounts
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- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.9463
- Dates of Creation
- 1769-1776
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 1 volume(s) 1 volume, paper paper
Scope and Content
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Acquisition Information
purchased 1997
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Additional Information
In rubbed calf backed boards, with tooled decoration and metal clasps.