Reference
FAC93
Title
Business Account Book, James Ward, market gardener, Henlow
Date free text
1888 - 1914
Production date
From: 1888 To: 1914
Scope and Content
Page No.
1. Brief account of business as market gardener from 1888-91 with details of land held and when acquired.
2 - 3 Personal expense account - clothes, housekeeping, guns, furniture etc. January 1888 - September 1889. October 1891 - May 1892.
4 - 25 Business expense account - labour, manure, cartage, rates due on land, purchase of onion and potato seed etc. January 1888 - April1889.
26 - 27 Sewing machines on hire - lists names of clients December 1896.
28 - 29 List of home cures - diphtheria, prevention of bruises
30 Sewing machines on hire - lists clients at Leighton Buzzard. circa 1904
31 - 39 Income account - potatoes, barley, onions, piglets and manure sold January 1888 - March 1895
40 Tables of figures; sums of money opposite clients' names. Untitled.
41 - 85 Details of sewing machines business - repair, cleaning, new needles etc. Many entries give names, sometimes addresses of clients November 1912 - December 1914.
86 - 88 Purchase account - pigs, poultry and cattle and animal feed July 1888 - April 1895
89 - 91 Sales of poultry, pigs and cattle. August 1888 - February 1894.
92 - 93 Details of sowing of oats, beans and barley.
Received from Mr A. J. Ward, 129 Chiltern Road, Dunstable. The original belongs to his cousin, Mr D. Janes of Taunton.
Level of description
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