Item 51 - Christopher Richard Preston journal and account book

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.

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

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