Newton Day Book 1870

Title:

Newton Day Book 1870

Date:

1870

Description:

This book contains records of the names of yearly renters and the rents paid, a detailed record of all monetary transactions taking place on the plantation, both money received and money paid out as well as who it was paid to and for what purpose it was paid, these records date from January 1870 to December 1870. It also contains records of the the disposal of rum, sugar and molasses from the crop of 1870. The last four pages of the book consists of a detailed list of cattle and the increases and decreases of both cattle and mules. Note that the book was flipped and these last four pages were started from the back which became the front for this sequence. This appears to be a method used to make a separate record sequence.

Collection Title:

Newton Plantation Collection

Contributing Institution:

Barbados Museum and Historical Society

Media Type:

Manuscripts

Topical Subject:

Animal industry--Accounting, Plantations--Barbados--1870, Crop quality, and Account books--Barbados

Geographic Subject:

Barbados

Date Digital:

2012-08-29

Digitization Specifications:

600 dpi, 24-bit depth, color, Plustek Opticbook Book Edge Scanner, Archival masters are tiffs.

Copyright Status Statement:

Digital image copyright 2012, Barbados Museum and Historical Society. All rights reserved. For more information contact The Barbados Museum and Historical Society, St. Ann's Garrison, St. Michael, Barbados, West Indies.http://www.barbmuse.org.bb/

Admin ID:

24070

Admin ID (Page)

lcdl:45577/164444