Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/238/51
Title
Christopher Richard Preston journal and account book
Date(s)
- [1806?]-1817 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 vol. with c 60 pages laid in loose
Context area
Name of creator
(1790-1867)
Biographical history
Entered Trinity College, Cambridge as a Fellow Commoner in Feb. 1808, and matriculated Michaelmas 1808, receiving the B.A. in 1813.
Repository
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Henry Bristow Ltd, 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Written in The Complete Pocketbook; or Gentleman's and Tradesman's Daily Journal, for ... 1812 with entries from January to 30 June, when he left Cambridge. The entries record payments to tradesmen, Christmas presents for the laundress, coal porter,… read more