A ledger used for different purposes at various periods and by a different merchant concern (1675-92) previous to its use by Joseph Lee. Its contents include invoices, details of cloths, rough accounts (1796-1825), a record of the letting of stands, a copy of a will, notes of Joseph Lee's income from land, and at the end a valuation of all lands in the town of Idle, including some mills
Joseph Lee, Business archive
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 BUS/Lee
- Dates of Creation
- 1675-ca.1834
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 vol. together with a parchment binding
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Joseph Lee, of Idle, near Leeds, was a woollen manufacturer, in Idle, near Bradford. The company was established ca. 1800 by Joseph with his brother, William Lee.
Access Information
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Note
In English
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