Christmas expenditure 1829

From Anne Sophia Harvey's account book (brown leather), Domestic Expenditure, [from] 1 January 1829, part of Library's extensive Harvey Collection. Anne Sophia Grut (1802-1844) was daughter of Peter Grut and Anne Collings, and married John Harvey. This account book ends in December 1834. A second account book, Anne Sophia Harvey's Household Expenditure, 1 July 1838, ends in December 1842.

December 1829

December		£	s	d
1	Porterage J Hale of 2 Benches 30 Nov			5
2	3 lbs brown sugar			11¼
3	Wesleyan Missions		2	3½
"	Mangling 1d, Black Lead Pencil 3d			4
"	4 Doz. Sherry of Js De Lisle/gratuity @ 26/-
"	Subscription to the Verdict against the Irish	5	5
"	P Harris 1 Doz. Port Wine 20 Aug.		15
"	" 6 T[-] 22 lbs Candles @ 6½ [unintelligible note]		11	11
"	" [third] Pipe Port Wine £33	11
8	Remnt. Sage Cold Bombazeen 3½ yds		2	11
	First Week	17	18	9¾
9	Turnips 1d, 10 yds Brown lining @ 3d		2	7
"	Couple of Sark Chickens		1	8
11	Whiting 3d, two Rabbits 1/4		1	7
14	Postages @ 7 Sep to this day	3
15	Lye 1d, Jews' Society 4/7		4	8
16	Washerwoman 3/-, ½ H Tea 1/4		3	4
"	Plate Chest	1	14
17	Mrs Falla, ironing 1/3		1	3
"	2 large Whiting			6
	Second Week	5	10	7
	Amount carried over	23	9	4¾
18	3 yds flannel @ 1/-		3
"	figs 4d½, Carrots 1d, poor woman 1/3		1	8½
20	Sacrament Sunday		2	3½
21	highly carved Tortoiseshell Comb	1	5
"	Mother of Pearl visiting Card Case		9
23	P Henry mending writing table		2	1
24	Turkey 8 lbs 3/10, Partridge 10d		4	8
"	34 lbs Beef & Suet/ribs & rump @ 6d		17
"	Flour 8¼ months milk to 19th 4/4½		5	0¾
	Third Week	3	9	9¾
26	Kitty Riley, 6 mths wages to this day	3	13	6
"	Hare 2/6, 2 pces Tape 6d & 1/6d		4	6
"	2½ yds flannel 1/1 per yard		2	8½
"	1 paper needles 3d			3
"	7 yds coloured print @ 9d (New Year's gift to Nancy)		5	3
"	12 yds print @ 8½		8	6
29	Clearing away the snow			5
"	Salt 4d, 12 thrushes 5d, larks 5d		1	2
30	A water hen/poule d'Auregny			5
	Fourth week	4	16	8½
	Total in December	31	15	11