TREASURY HOUSEKEEPING. Vol. I A. Notebook; 1815-1827. Including details of the staff numbers, rooms, stairs and galleries at the Treasury in 1819 (ff. 17v-18). ff. 39. 177 x 114mm.
TREASURY HOUSEKEEPING: two notebooks and related papers by Mary Thorpe, Housekeeper to the Treasury from 1788 to 1835; 1815-20th cent. Containing accounts and memoranda relating to her work, conditions of service and salary from 1815 to 1831. Purchased at Phillips', 16 Feb. 1984, lot 38. Paper. Three parts.
Scope & Content:
Treasury: Accounts: Mary Thorpe: Accounts and memoranda of M. Thorpe as housekeeper to the Treasury: 1815-1831.
TREASURY HOUSEKEEPING. Vol. I B. Notebook; 1824-1831. Including (ff. 21-41) notes and accounts referring to the maintenance of apartments in Downing Street when occupied by the Duke of Wellington and Lord Grey, Feb. 1828-Jan. 1831; together (ff. 9-10, 14-16) with some autobiographical details. ...