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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D6948/K/10/2
Former ReferenceD6948/17/1
TitleStrutt business papers, mainly loose items taken from unidentified ledgers, account books and other volumes
Date1806-1907
DescriptionComprising:
(1) Folder of business letters, notes, accounts (c125) from agents and customers to Messrs Strutt, 1806-1814, 1826, 1831, 1844-1858 and 1906-1907, including correspondence relating to Rio de Janeiro account (8 accounts) 1809-1811, and Charleston and New York accounts (13 items), 1807-1809.
(2) Envelope of 4 cheques from overseas clients in Basle, Switzerland, 1845, Burgdorf, Switzerland, 1848, Munich and Bonn, Germany, 1849.
(3) Folder of local government records, comprising:
(i) Letter from Vestry Clerk of St Werburgh's, Derby dealing with parish administration. 1808-1856,
(ii) Rules and Regulations for the government of the Workhouse in the parish of St Werburgh's, Derby, including diet sheet. Nov 1823 (See http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/DBY/Derby/StWerburgh/WorkhouseCorrespondence.html for a transcription),
(iii) Abstract of accounts of the Township of Belper 1830-1831 giving details of receipts and payments. Nov 1823,
(iv) Letter addressed to the Rector of Southwell from the overseer of the poor, Stoke-on -Trent, outlining administration in the parish with proposed improvements having visited Liverpool, Chester, Sheffield, Manchester, and Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Mar 1830-Mar 1831 (see http://www.genuki.org.uk:8080/big/eng/DBY/Derby/StWerburgh/WorkhouseRules.html for a transcription).
(4) Folder of papers and notices on the dissolution of partnerships (12 items), June 1844-March 1890.
(5) Folder of papers on debtors and creditors (9 items), 1845-1853.
Extent1 bundle
LevelItem
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
Archive CreatorMessrs W G & J Strutt
English Sewing Cotton Company Limited
CopiesA digital copy of the St Werburgh's parish workhouse rules and regulations with diet sheet is available to view on the public computers at the record office.
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Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site 
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