COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
SO_1_335.pdf
Reference Number:
SO/1/335
Link to Catalogue:
Series Title:
Correspondence
Parent Work Title:
Letter from Watts, Lowe and Co to Samuel Oldknow
Creator:
Watts, Lowe and Co
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1788-08-11
Description:
Letter from Watts, Lowe and Co received by Samuel Oldknow in the course of his business; discuss an order for cotton wool [raw cotton]; say received twenty bags but only ordered ten bags from Mr Parker; complain the tare [weight allowance] granted is considerably less than they have from Bristol or London, making a penny a pound difference and they are not satisfied unless they can have the merchant's customary allowance. They will be writing to Parker [Robert Parker?] on this subject.
Language Code:
eng-GB
Language:
English
Subject:
Textile industry
Category of Material:
Archives
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Copyright of The University of Manchester
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2016-07-28
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2016-10
Metadata Language:
eng-GB