Lot 75
Waste Book of Cash - William Manson - the Ship Arundel, commencing at Philadelphia
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
£475
Description
Waste Book of Cash disbursed by William Manson for his own use & for the Ship Arundel commencing at Philadelphia 31st of 10th Mo.[nth] 1772, continued 1773, 21 manuscript pages, stapled together, 33 x 21cm, tucked inside a custom-made red cloth covered case
Footnote
Note: An interesting account of the costs involved in running a ship in the eighteenth century. William Manson may have been a master mariner and controller of customs at Kirkwall, according to one modern accompanying letter, conducting research into the manuscript
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA