Account book recording personal expenditures and receipts, 1772 Jan -1775 July.

1 v. (ca. 152 p.) ; 33 cm

English

Purchased from Samuel Gedge, November 2016.

This material is available for research.

Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th baronet and Tory MP. His country mansion in southwest Norwich, Kimberley Hall was built in 1712 and the surround park landscaped by Lancelon "Capability" Brown in 1762.

Manuscript account in a single hand of personal expenditures and receipts between 1772 and 1775 for Sir Armine Wodehouse, both in Norwich and visits to London and elsewhere, offering insight to the life of an affluent and active public figure. In addition to wages for servants and laborers, the entries record expenses for travel and houskeeping; food and drink; personal expenses of every kind including ink and paper and books, hair care and other personal care items, clothing, rental on piane forte, clocks, framing for prints, chocolate, clocks, furnitures, etc.

December 12, 2016

Armine Wodehouse, Account Book Recording Personal Expenditures and Receipts. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Armine Wodehouse, Account Book Recording Personal Expenditures and Receipts. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Account books.