Album of 43 trade cards, of various formats, which have been used as receipts or invoices by the traders and have stab holes resulting from the pin they where put on by an accountant or secretary. A few trade cards are repeated, four are typographically printed, and the rest are engraved or etched. All trade cards and bills are addressed to Mrs. Forth and give a good idea of the expenses and needs of a fashionable household in mid 18th-century London.
- Creator: Forth, Mrs.
- Title: Collection eighteenth century trade cards and bills, between 1737 and 1756.
LWL Mss Vol. 230
Acquired March 2017