The household account book of Sarah Fell
Subtitle: of Swarthmore hall
By: ed. by Norman Penney, F. S. A.
Contributors: Penney, Norman, 1858-1933, ed.
Publisher: The University press
Published: 1920
Place of publication: Cambridge [Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
Subjects: Prices -- Great Britain -- History; Society of Friends -- Great Britain; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 18th century -- Sources; Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 17th century -- Sources
Genres: Sources.
Notes: "The manuscript now printed for the first time...has been for some years in the possession of the Society of Friends in London."--Pref.
The manuscript is in the handwriting of Sarah Fell, daughter of Margaret Fell, and stepdaughter of George Fox. It includes in its items various sums received or spent on behalf of the local meetings of the Society of Friends. The notes at the end contain biographical notices, mainly of members of the Society of Friends.