Bills for building and decorating work on a house in Portugal Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields [manuscript].
1689
Available at Vault - Deck C
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Title
Bills for building and decorating work on a house in Portugal Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields [manuscript].
Created/published
1689-1693.
Description
23 documents, including 3 printed forms.
Associated name
Summary
An evocative archive of bills for renovating a London house in 1689 providing a detailed view of the arrangements of a fashionable household from the bookshelves in the study to the emptying of the privies by the night men. Also the costs of running such an establishment, including rent, rates, poll tax for the war with France and charitable donations for the local poor.
Language Note
Text in English.
Note
This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance.
Each bill accompanied by old typed bookseller's description. Letter from Roger Gaskell, bookseller, dated 20 November 2012 states that he believes the descriptions were written by H. T. Jantzen, preparing to split up the archive and price the documents individually.
Each bill accompanied by old typed bookseller's description. Letter from Roger Gaskell, bookseller, dated 20 November 2012 states that he believes the descriptions were written by H. T. Jantzen, preparing to split up the archive and price the documents individually.
Folger-specific note
Housed in two folders: the bills themselves are in a single manuscript folder, numbered sequentially 267706.1-.23. Typed bookseller descriptions housed in an upright acid-free folder with descriptions numbered .1-.23 to match the appropriate bill.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Call number
X.d.722 (1-23)
Folger-specific note
"Glazier" Adopted by Elizabeth H. Hageman in memory of Jeannie Dunnington, Acquisitions Night 2014.
"Joyner" Adopted by Elizabeth H. Hageman in memory of Lee Piepho, Acquisitions Night 2014.
"Emptying the vault"
Adopted by Edward Kenney, Acquisitions Night 2014, in honor of David and Helen Kenney, "For the new house - may the bills be low and the privies clean."
"Joyner" Adopted by Elizabeth H. Hageman in memory of Lee Piepho, Acquisitions Night 2014.
"Emptying the vault"
Adopted by Edward Kenney, Acquisitions Night 2014, in honor of David and Helen Kenney, "For the new house - may the bills be low and the privies clean."
Folger accession
267706