Account book, leather tanning

This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London

  • Reference
    • GB 96 MS 742
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1806-1817
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • French
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume containing 141 leaves

Scope and Content

Account book, Jan 1806-Feb 1817, containing details of the sale of wheat, wool and the raw materials needed for tanning leather and leatherworking, as well as wages to servants and workmen, loans and rents. Among nine loose items enclosed in the volume are a letter stamped at Roanne on 1 Jul 1831 to Claude Marie Chartre, 'Proprietaire a Cremeaux', and a fragment of another letter to the same person, who may have been the compiler of the accounts.

Administrative / Biographical History

No information available at present.

Arrangement

Single item.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Given by André Simon, via the British Records Association, in 1969.

Other Finding Aids

Collection level description.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

11" x 7½"

Archivist's Note

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

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