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Account of what I pay for my father, 1754 1 June-1754 July 19

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An itemized list of payments made between 1 June and 19 July 1754, an accounting for expenses by a young man to his father (possibly a brewer). The approximately 89 transaction give a glimpse at the young man’s life style; among the expenses are payments for loads of coal, food (sugar, tea, and bread most frequently), foreign postage, paper, church dues , and unspecified services; also included are payments for apprentice fees, the care and feeding of his horse, new clothing, mending and washing; other fees for services include payments to washerwomen, brick makers, carters, field laborers for weeding potatoes, etc.

  • Title: Account of what I pay for my father, 1754 1 June-1754 July 19.

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LWL Mss File 110

Acquired January 2013

Collection of bills and receipts relating to the Gordon family, 1769-1796.

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A collection of eleven bills and receipts for items purchased by members of the Gordon family of Scotland signed and dated over a period of 17 years. Included are lists of goods purchased by Thomas Gordon brought from Madeira by Captain Smith on the Britannia; several receipts for goods purchased by Miss Annie Gordon including gloves, cottons, meals, corn, and from a variety of tradesmen as well as drugs from a chemist; and a receipt for feathers purchased by James Gordon. Also included are receipts for goods purchased by Alexander Gordon who founded Gordon’s London Dry Gin in the Southwark area of London in 1769.

  • Author: Gordon family.
  • Title: Collection of bills and receipts relating to the Gordon family, 1769-1796.

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LWL Mss File 108

Acquired January 2013

Letter : East Indies, Reverend J. Roberts, 1798 December-1799 January 2

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A letter signed and in his hand, from John Rist, a captain in the 12th Regiment of Foot, Arcot, East Indies, to his friend in Chelmsford England, J. Roberts. Having joined the army with his brother and left England against the advice of his friends, Rist describes his voyage to India, the distress of the ship after being damaged in a storm, and the efforts made to keep the ship afloat until it reached Ceylon where repairs were made. The regiment landed at Madras on 3 October 1798 and stayed there one week. Rist describes Madras, its architecture, and living conditions. After a week, the regiment moved to the fort at Arnee; again Rist describes living conditions at the fort for the regiment and for the natives. He calls upon Roberts to support his application to his father for an increase in allowance for both himself and his brother so they could purchase lieutenancies. He then relates his response upon hearing of Nelson’s victory over Bonaparte at the Battle of the Nile. In a postscript he relates the news that the regiment moved to Arcot and speculates correctly that their target is Seringapatam.

  • Author: Rist, John, Captain.
  • Title: Letter : East Indies, Reverend J. Roberts, 1798 December-1799 January 2.

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LWL Mss File 107

Acquire January 2013

Churchwarden’s accounts, Gamlingay, 1739 April-1740 June

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An account of the disbursements made to the churchwarden Christopher Parson for expenses paid out from April 1740 to April 1741. Recorded are the expenses for trips to Cambridge, payments to ringers for a celebration on the anniversary of the restoration of Charles II, the coronation of George II, and for Guy Fawkes Day; payments for hedgehogs, beer, books, repairs to the bells, etc.; with later annotations describing the location of the town and reasons for the expenditures. On the verso, the names of ten individuals who approved the accounts.

  • Author: Parson, Christopher.
  • Title: Churchwarden’s accounts, Gamlingay, 1739 April-1740 June.

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LWL Mss File 106+

Acquired January 2013

Industry and idleness exemplified …

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A writing sheet with borders decorated with scenes from Hogarth’s series Industry and idleness.

  • Title: Industry and idleness exemplified in the conduct of two fellow apprentices in twelve moral & instructive prints [graphic].
  • Published: London : Published by R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs Novr. 1, 1775.

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775.11.01.02+

Acquired January 2013

House list 1801

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An alphabetic list of the 24 directors of the bank, starting with Thomas Boddington and ending with Samuel Thornton.

Lewis Walpole Library 63 B218 801: With contemporary annotations on both recto and blank verso. The single digits ‘2’, ‘3’ and ‘4’ follow each name, but the significance is unclear. It is possible it signifies the number of years of service.

  • Author: Bank of England.
  • Title: House list 1801.
  • Published: [London] : Printed by John March, Tower Hill, [1801]

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File 63 801 B218

Acquired January 2013

Foundling Fields 1795 : payable on demand

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Obverse depicts in the circle the crest of a lamb holding in its mouth a sprig of thyme and the legend ‘Foundling Fields – 1795″. On the reverse side in the circle the initials JB (i.e., James Burton 1761-1837, builder and developer of much of the foundling hospital in the 1790s) and the legend ‘Payable on demand”.

1 token, copper, 3 cm diameter.

  • Title: Foundling Fields 1795 : payable on demand.
  • Created: [London : J. Burton, 1795]

Catalog Record

File 66 795 F771

Acquired January 2013

[Bookplate of] John Andrews’s Circulating Library

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Two classical figures stand on either side of a view of the interior of a library with its shelves filled with books and an arm chair on the right.  Putti are shown in the foreground and in the image in various stages of engagement with books. In the banner above the dome of the alcove in the library reads ‘Utile dulci’.

  • Printmaker: Shepperd, Joseph, d. 1787
  • Title: John Andrews’s Circulating Library / Shepperd fe.
  • Published: Calcutta : [The Library], 1774.

Catalog Record & Digital collection

File 66 774 J65

Acquired: January 2013