| Description | This large bundle containing quarterly statements of accounts paid by bill. The statements from 9 July 1829 to 14 October 1830 merely state the totals of the accounts paid by bills drawn on Soho, Soho Foundry and those paid jointly. So for example on 8 July 1830 £450.17.6 had been paid from the Soho account, £933.2.6 from the Foundry account and £1724.14.0 jointly. From 6 January 1831 statements list the accounts, what they were for and the amount paid as well as the totals. For example on 7 April 1831, Sims Tildasley & Adams were to be paid £1037.6.0 (£127.1.0 from Soho and £910.5.0 from the Foundry), The Lilleshall Co. was to be paid £270 from the Foundry alone for pig iron, and Peter Stubs £238.3.0 for steel from Soho. From 8 July 1841 the accounts are distinguished as payable by bill or cheque. The accounts are mainly with suppliers of raw materials, carriers, stationary suppliers etc. The bundle does contain other items, as follows:
Accounts due in Manchester & neighbourhood, Nov. 1830.
Memoranda relating to the weight of castings made at Soho Foundry, 14 Oct. 1835.
M. R. Boulton, Soho Mint, Account with Boulton Watt & Co. for ½ year ending 24 June 1840.
Debts due to Boulton Watt & Co.,13 Oct. 1841. |