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R & H Jefferson, wine and spirits merchants, of 27 Lowther street, Whitehaven
Catalogue reference: YDB 18
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This record is about the R & H Jefferson, wine and spirits merchants, of 27 Lowther street, Whitehaven dating from 1754-1988.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- YDB 18
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Title (The name of the record)
- R & H Jefferson, wine and spirits merchants, of 27 Lowther street, Whitehaven
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1754-1988
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Description (What the record is about)
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Ledgers day Books, Journals, cash books invoice files, Balance Books, diaries, Sales Books, invoice Books, stock Books sundries Books, cash Books, financial volumes etc.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For further information see local studies file 'Jefferson family', Jeffersons of Whitehaven' by B Clark (56JEF) and From Cumberland to Cape Horn by D Hollett (29HOL).</p>
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>R H Jefferson, Whitehaven, wine and spirits merchants</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 40 Series
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Deposited by Miss E Jefferson, co-proprietrix, whitehaven; 10 August 1978; and YDB 18/62-70 in June 1998 (W168)
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Founded in 1785 (Kelly's Directory, 1938) the firm, which had remained in the same family ownership, closed for business on Saturday 27 June 1998.
R & H Jefferson's is recorded in trade directories as follows:
1811 Jefferson & Son, merchants and spirit dealers, Lowther Street
1829 Robert and Henry Jefferson, wine and spirit merchants and importers, 27 Lowther Street
1847 Robert and Henry Jefferson, wine and spirit merchants and importers, 26 Lowther Street
1858 Robert and Henry Jefferson, West India merchants, wholesale wine and spirit merchants, and shipowners, 29 Lowther Street
1869 Robert and Henry Jefferson, wine and spirit merchants and importers, 29 Lowther street
1884-1954 Robert and Henry Jefferson, wine and spirit merchants and importers, 27 Lowther street
The pre-1814 records were lost in a fire. The records deposited date from 1814-1959. A quantity of material relating to the business and to the estates in Antigua was sold into private hands by the Jefferson family in 1994.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ef3d007f-9751-469f-a919-1fd145a0cad5/
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R & H Jefferson, wine and spirits merchants, of 27 Lowther street, Whitehaven