Daybooks. Bookkeeping records.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes used in bookkeeping containing daily records of receipts and expenditures in the order of their occurrence.
Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:
Daybook of William Wilson and Son., 1771-1780.
File
Identifier: MS.9672
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Group:
The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).
Dates:
1771-1780.
Daybooks of the Airth estate., 1807-1816.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.10828
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1807-1816.
Early company records., 1752-1935.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-30
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-1935.
Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books., 1792-1839.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13827/882-898
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1792-1839.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
Fettercairn Daybook., December 1799 - July 1802.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/887
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
December 1799 - July 1802.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Fettercairn Daybook., May 1793 - April 1794.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/883
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
May 1793 - April 1794.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Fettercairn Daybook., April 1794 - April 1795.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/884
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
April 1794 - April 1795.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Fettercairn Daybook., April 1795 - September 1797.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/885
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
April 1795 - September 1797.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Fettercairn Daybook., April 1797 - January 1800.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/886
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
April 1797 - January 1800.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Fettercairn Daybook, rents., 1792-1799.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13827/882
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...
Dates:
1792-1799.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Further papers of the Forbes and Stuart Forbes families of Fettercairn and Pitsligo, with papers of the Trefusis family relating to Fettercairn and Pitsligo.
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Estate Papers of the Forbes, Stuart Forbes and Trefusis Families.
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Estate Management Papers.
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Fettercairn Day Books and Work Books.
Journals and daybooks of the Airth estate., 1766-1816.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10826-10836
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1766-1816.
Ledgers, wastebooks and journal of the Airth estate., 1770-1789.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10837-10838
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1770-1789.
Manuscript day books of Lewis Robertson., 1979-1982, 1995-1999, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12345/139-179
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1979-1982, 1995-1999, undated.
Miscellaneous financial records of the Incorporation of Tailors of the Canongate., 1737-1801.
File
Identifier: MS.1970
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Dates:
1737-1801.
Papers of and concerning the firm of William Wilson and Son., 1770-1886, undated.
Sub-Group
Identifier: MSS.9662-9678
Scope and Contents
The papers, consisting of correspondence, account-books, and legal papers, form an addendum to the main Wilson collection (MSS.6660-7000).
Dates:
1770-1886, undated.
Photocopy of the daybook, 1796-1797, of the ‘General Goddard’; and correspondence, 1796-1836, of Thomas Graham Stirling relating to Indian trade., 1796-1836.
File
Identifier: MS.10921
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Photocopy of the day-book, 1796-1797, of the ‘General Goddard’ (folio 1);
(ii) Correspondence of Thomas Graham Stirling relating to Indian trade with James George, 1816-1836, (folio 40), James Sandilands, Lord Torphichen, 1800-1827, (folio 104) and Sir Robert Wigram and his family, 1796-1825, undated (folio 162).
Dates:
1796-1836.
Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'., 1924-1953.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/129-134
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1924-1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Financial records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', containing balance sheets, private ledgers, journals, cash books, purchase books, records of contributors and other miscellaneous papers.
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Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', 'Evening Dispatch', and 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'.
Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman'., 1858-1953.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/96-121
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1858-1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Financial records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', containing balance sheets, private ledgers, journals, cash books, purchase books, records of contributors and other miscellaneous papers.
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Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', 'Evening Dispatch', and 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'.
Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', 'Evening Dispatch', and 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'., 1858-1953.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/96-134
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates:
1858-1953.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Titles, financial records and papers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'.
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Financial records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', containing balance sheets, private ledgers, journals, cash books, purchase books, records of contributors and other miscellaneous papers.
Various account books, Airth., 1728-1751.
File
Identifier: MS.10899
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: house-books, 1732-1734; meal-book, 1728-1730; day-book, 1732-1733, including the cost of wine, meal, victual, butter, pigfeed, nails and cooperwork; meal distribution book, 1732-1733; wine-book, 1732-1734; and household cash-books, 1735, 1751.
Dates:
1728-1751.
Volume of rules, accounts and other papers of the Society of Stentmasters of Edinburgh., 1721-1833.
Item
Identifier: MS.1992
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: rules of the Society of Stentmasters of Edinburgh, 1721, 1833 (two copies) (folios 1, 33 verso); lists of members and payments, 1761-1765 (folio 3); and treasurer's accounts, 1761-1767 (folio 27 verso).
Dates:
1721-1833.
'Waste book cash', 'Dd', numbered '151', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1750-1751.
Item
Identifier: MS.16974
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Dates:
1750-1751.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Waste book, numbered '131', of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton., 1746-1747.
Item
Identifier: MS.16969
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
No completely logical arrangement of these books is possible, due to multiple use of the same book, to the existence of the same accounts in draft and final form, and to the fact that in his old age Lord Milton repeatedly revised and extracted old accounts. The basic division into ledgers and other books (subdivided by size) goes back to him. Most are in his own hand, a few (in whole or in part) in those of his clerks. Personal, estate, and professional matters are all included.
Dates:
1746-1747.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.
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Financial books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
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Octavo account books of Andrew Fletcher, Lord Milton.
Waste book of Daniel Spalding., 1747-1753.
Item
Identifier: MS.17585
Scope and Contents
The waste book contains (folio 1) a journal of the expenses of growing and milling flax at Saltoun, 1747-1751, and (folio 1 inverted) similar expenses elsewhere, 1752-1753.
Dates:
1747-1753.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun.
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Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun concerning public affairs.
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Papers concerning the Commissioners and Trustees for improving Fisheries and Manufactures in Scotland (later, for Fisheries, Manufactures and Improvements in Scotland), appointed in 1727.
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Papers of and concerning James Spalding, flax-dresser and linen-manufacturer.
Wastebook of John Richardson and Company concerning fish curing, labelled ‘20’., 1800-1802.
Item
Identifier: MS.20921
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The early volumes are general account books, but from 1800 the financial side was divided into three branches. The ledgers, journals, and waste books concerning shipping are distinguished by a letter, those for fish curing by a number, and those for fishing by neither.
Dates:
1800-1802.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
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Ledgers, journals, waste books, fishing receipt and disposal books, freight account books, and miscellaneous financial papers of John Richardson and Company, covering all aspects of the family's business.
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Wastebooks or rough account books of John Richardson and Company.
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Wastebooks of John Richardson and Company concerning fish curing.