| Description | There are nine surviving cash books of Mrs Mary Anne Boulton, covering 1813 to 1826. There are two books for 1817, but there is no surviving cash book for 1821 - 1822. The expenditure the books record is varied, but the most common items of expenditure are travelling and clothing for herself and her children
LIST OF CONTENTS
Pages. 1. Receipts. 1819. 2-19. Disbursements (Household and Personal accounts*). 1819. 21. Receipts. Jan.-Feb. 1820. 22-25. Disbursements (Household and Personal accounts*). Jan.-Jun. 1820. (A draft of the entries on pp. 28-31.) 27. Expenses of a journey from Soho to Tew. 28-41. Disbursements (Household and Personal accounts*). 1820. 43 f. Bills, in two alphabetical series. 1819. (The bills for 1820 were also formerly stuck into this book, but were later removed.)
*On alternate pages.
The following bill was inserted in this book- Bill. Catherine Cooper (Banbury) to Mary Anne Boulton. c. 23 Nov. 1819. Sundry dressmaking expenses, 12 Dec. 1818-23 Nov. 1819. £86 19s.
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