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Preferred Citation

Shoe Dealer's Account Book, Manuscript MS 50.5, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 1950.

Alternative Form

Also available on microfilm M-1555.

Scope and Content Information

Book of accounts for large lots of all types and sizes of shoes sold in southeastern England, especially Kent, to customers who included Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Sarah Culmer, Mrs. Friday, Thomas Hamilton, Richard Ide, Edward Jackson, Mrs. Sarah Palmer, Mrs. Rebecca Patience, William Simmons, Mrs. Susanna Simson, John Sole, and Mrs. Catherine Walk. There are also a few accounts in connection with the estate of Mrs. Ann Kemp of Ramsgate.

Index Terms

Persons:

• Kemp, Ann--Estate.

Subjects:

• Shoemakers--England.

Genre and Form Terms:

• Account books--England--18th century.
• Estate records--England--18th century.