19th century accounting records which were brought together with an explanatory note dated 1951.

Includes Accounts for 1875, 1876, 1878, 1880, 1883, which comprise balance sheets, profit and loss accounts, ledger stock and various other accounts.

Also includes sundry records relating to stock (1873), and notes on book-keeping with extracts of various ledgers and accounts (1870). An accompanying note suggests that these were used by Samuel Priestman to show William Dent Priestman how to keep books)

Also includes a letter of introduction from Joseph Bevan Braithwaite (1870, recipient unknown) regarding the raising of funds for a patent.

These records are all loose sheets, some of which have been pasted together.