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Business records of R and R Clark Ltd, printers, including six boxes of George Bernard Shaw's letters to the firm, and related printed material by Shaw.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.229
Dates:
1900-1965.
'Journal of the Management of the Coall and Salt Works of Prestongrange', 2 April 1748-24 November 1750.
Item
Identifier: MS.3720
Scope and Contents
The journal is preceded by a 'narrative of some part of the management of the said works' from 15 May 1745, a few days before the works were bought by William Grant, until 2 April 1748; with weekly coal bills from 9 August 1745 to 2 April 1748. Weekly salt bills for the same period are not given (see folio 16).The journal from 2 April 1748 (folio 16 verso) contains, in its earlier stages, a considerable amount of technical matter relating to mining. On the financial side, the...
Dates:
1745-1750.