| Description | The first two Wages Books are named "Time and Wages Books" and the second two "Wages Books," but there does not seem to be any essential difference between them. They record the names of the workmen, divided under the several departments of the Mint, and the weekly wages paid to each. The series begins 17 Feb. 1798; prior to that date payments to Mint workmen were recorded individually in the Cash Creditor Books of the firm of M. Boulton [see MS 3782/2/7 - 9]. The entries in the Wages Book, 1825-1834, also appear at the beginning of the succeeding volume. A note at the end of the Wages Book, 1834-1841, refers to a new Wages Book, but this is wanting. |