Rules and directions to be observed by Mr Chambers at the end of June 1823 ... : concerning deposits, vouchers, error ledger, and other circumstances of Mr Lamb's department of the Journal system ; to obviate the inconvenience of my absence ; drawn up by desire of Mr Chambers by his obed't Lamb : ma

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Rules and directions to be observed by Mr Chambers at the end of June 1823 ... : concerning deposits, vouchers, error ledger, and other circumstances of Mr Lamb's department of the Journal system ; to obviate the inconvenience of my absence ; drawn up by desire of Mr Chambers by his obed't Lamb : manuscript, 1823.

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Humorous set of rules to be observed by Lamb's office mate at the East India Company during his absence.

1 v. (2 leaves) ; 32 cm.

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

East India Company

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The East India Company (formally called the Governor and Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies (1600-1708) and the United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies (1708-1873)), was an English company formed for the exploitation of the spice trade in East and Southeast Asia and India. It was incorporated by Royal Charter in December 1600. From the guide to the East India Company, 1647, 1647, (Senate House Library, University of London) ...