Bowen Davies Family Economic Housekeeping Books, 1881-1892.

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Bowen Davies Family Economic Housekeeping Books, 1881-1892.

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Eleven volumes (1881-1883, 1885-1892) of THE ECONOMIC HOUSEKEEPING BOOK FOR FIFTY-TWO WEEKS; A SIMPLE PLAN FOR KEEPING A CORRECT ACCOUNT OF DOMESTIC EXPENDITURE AND INCOME, ALSO FOR SHOWING WHAT EACH ITEM OF EXPENDITURE AMOUNTS TO IN THE WHOLE YEAR, published by Groombridge & Sons, London. The Bowen Davies household filled in these printed schedules of weekly expenditures, including how much they paid their servants. Their annual expenditure increased from 451 pounds in 1881 to 755 pounds in 1892. Acquired as part of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. (01-044).

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Residents of England in the 1880s. From the description of Bowen Davies Family Economic Housekeeping Books, 1881-1892. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 47942672 ...