Comprises: (1) General ledgers, 1775-1904; (2) Customers' ledgers, 1848-1904; (3) Colonial and bank ledgers, 1877-1904; (4) Interest accounts, 1876-94; (5) Status report books, 1881-1913; (6) Cash books, 1827-1907; (7) Analysis of sales and purchases, 1842-1909; (8) Letter books, 1802-59; (9) Private business, 1877-1909; (10) Private ledgers, 1806-1914; (11) Letters
Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited, Business Archive
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 BUS/Jowitt
- Dates of Creation
- 1775-1955
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 170 vols and 1 large tin
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited, of 153 Sunbridge Road, Bradford, were wool merchants, topmakers, wool combers, wool scourers, wool carbonisers, and fellmongers, established in 1776.
Access Information
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Other Finding Aids
Described in Patricia Hudson, The West Riding wool textile industry: a catalogue of business records from the sixteenth to the twentieth century , 1975