Charge book of the Laxey Mining Company
Date(s): 1845-1855
Creator(s): Miller, Thomas
Scope & Content: Records lists of payments made to individuals for goods and services. Examples include: Michaelmas Quarter, 1845, Edward Hoggatt - attending pumps one month. Xmas Quarter, Sundry account, Jas Cain - 3 loads of clay, John Moore and Co- Timber, Elizabeth Gelling - Castings. Includes some mention of wages for the engineer and clerk but trades are grouped together and men not individually named. For example Ladyday Quarter, 1846 (page 44) - Blacksmiths £13 5s, Joiners £9 4s and 3d, machinemen, washers, millers and labourers.
Language: English
Extent: 1 volume
Item name: Charge book
Collection: Manuscript Archive
Level: ITEM
ID number: MS 00067
Retrieval number: MS 00067 C
Record class: Business
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