Slip 7: Tailor's bill

Slip 7: Tailor's bill

A bill for Breeches
Recipe for bread and boiled beef

1796 Mr Starkey Dr
A/c Edwd Barton
29 March To maken a pair pr of
Black Cashmere Cassomeer Breeches
s - d
& all materials £1 " 4 0
Receive’d the Contents
Edw Barton

1 pound lb. of Rice boiled & made into
bread with 4 1/2 pound lb of Wheat flower
with the Bran taken out makes
a loaf of 10 pound lb- white & light.
Costs 18d. A wheaten loaf
s d
of the same size and weight woul’d cost 2. 6 -
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15 pound lb of sticking Beef cut into
60 pieces, boiled & seasoned
with onions &c. for 3 hours
& afterwards stewed with
60 pound lb of potatoes for one hour-
makes a cheap & nutritious stew

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Edward Barton

Gillespie Family

1796

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1796 Mr Starkey Dr
A/c Edwd Barton
29 March To maken a pr of
Black Cassomeer Cashmere Breeches
                             s - d
& all materials £1  "  4   0
Rece[ive]’d the Contents
Edw Barton

1lb of Rice boiled & made into bread with 4 1/2 lb of Wheat flower with the Bran taken out makes a loaf of 10lb- white & light. Costs 18d.
A wheaten loaf of the same size and weight wou’d
       s  d
cost 2. 6 -
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15lb of sticking Beef cut into 60 pieces, boiled & seasoned with onions &c. for 3 hours & afterwards stewed with 60lb of potatoes for one hour- makes a cheap & nutritious stew

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