Bills for building and decorating work on a house in Portugal Row, Lincoln's Inn Fields

Folger bibliographic ID: 266769
Folger call number: X.d.722 (1-23)
Folger holdings ID: 352718
Accession Number: 267706

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

General notes

This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. Please email HamnetHelp@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 Text in English

Item information about Folger X.d.722 (1-23)

Adopted by Elizabeth H. Hageman in memory of Jeannie Dunnington, Acquisitions Night 2014 Adopted by Elizabeth H. Hageman in memory of Lee Piepho, Acquisitions Night 2014 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."

associated with: Clark, Sarah, 1645-after 1718?