| Description | The metal sales day books include cross references to metal sales ledgers. In the margin of each entry in the sales day books, appears a letter with a number beneath. This combination is a reference to an entry in the Hardman Powell and Company metal sales ledgers where more information on specific orders can be found.
To illustrate how these numbers cross reference with each other, the sales day book entry from May 9th 1903 referring to the Holy Child Convent, St Leonard's on Sea will be used. In this entry, the letter E with the number 403 underneath is found in the margin. The letter E refers to the Hardman Powell and Company Metal Sales ledger, marked E on its spine. The number 403 refers to page 403 of the ledger where more information on the work carried out regarding the Holy Child Convent can be found. |