| Disgrifiad | 1. Estate accounts, 1823 - 1834 : crop record of oats, red wheat and white wheat threshed and sold, 1823 - 1825; calves sold, 1825; estate labour record in weekly or fortnightly entries; private cash account, 1824; farming disbursements, 1824 - 1834
2. Scientific journal (n.d. but early 19th century) :compendious notes on the analysis of chemical compounds and acids and of chemical and human fluids; recipes for medecines, colours, vinegar, ink, soap, etc; composition and use of lute (cement made from Cornish "porcelain clay"); table of specific gravities of compounds, acids, extracts, gums and resins; "Table of some Electrical arrangements which form voltaic batteries"; table of metal expansions; assay of minerals by blowpipes; general entries and remarks on points of botany, chemistry, physics and medicine; etc.
3. Pedigree notes (c. 1750 onwards) : the profany of John Kenrick (son of John and Sarah Kenrick) who married Sarah Savage
4. Miscellaneous : the earliest entry is an unrelated leaf in an 18th cent hand, part of a rental (lands referred to as Sandford Street, Willnall and Borrowcope. |