Record

Ref NoT/HIS/S15
TitleT Historical: Account Book
DescriptionAnonymous [possibly Luscombe or Palk family] leather-bound account ledger listing receipts and expenses in Dartington. Lists farm produce sold including culm, oats, barley, wheat and wool. Includes lime kiln accounts. Also, records sales of goods such as rum and gin. Incidental entries include recipes for folk medicine treatments for rheumatism and coughs in humans, for treating livestock, and for destroying rats and mice.
Date1760-1848
SubjectTraditional medicine
Agriculture
FormatManuscript
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