'An account of money received from, given to and paid for Captain Sabine. Bills drawn upon the Horticultural Society of London & money brought by George Don from London'
Information
Title
'An account of money received from, given to and paid for Captain Sabine. Bills drawn upon the Horticultural Society of London & money brought by George Don from London'
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/3/13
Date
c.1823
Scope & content
Accounts of George Don, with additions and amendments in pencil. Divided into sections, with sums in pounds and occasionally other currencies. With pencil annotations in another hand, with calculations of the sum totals
The paper has been folded and titled on the outside: 'An account of money received from, given to and paid for Captain Sabine. Bills drawn upon the Horticultural Society of London & money brought by George Don from London', with titles on the pages 'Money received' and 'Bills drawn upon the Horticultural Society of London & money received'
'Money received', Sep-30 Nov 1821: from Mr Turner [John Turner, assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society] (Sep 1821, 'in arrears £15'), Edward Sabine [astronomer and geophysicist, brother of Joseph Sabine] and 'from Smith [John Smith, Edward Sabine's assistant] for Captain Sabine', in Madeira '7 dollars, £1 15s', in Sierra Leone, in Jamaica '2 two dollar pieces, 4 dollars, 18s' and '4 dubloons £3 12s each, £14 8s', 'Debtor to Captain Sabine', 'at Ascension [Ascension Island, British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha] 2 dollars for washing' 10s, 'at Bahia' £1 and in Portsmouth £3 [here the list includes 7 more entries]
'Bills drawn upon the Horticultural Society of London & money received'. Divided into sections, with sums in pounds and occasionally other currencies. In Sierra Leone ('bill drawn in Spanish dollars, received at the rate of 5/ each' £20), in Bahia St Salvador [Salvador, Brazil] ('bill drawn in Portuguese dollars, received at the rate of 4/4 each' £13), in Maranham [Maranhao, Brazil] ('bill drawn in Portuguese dollars, received £12 12s 7d') and in Weymouth ('bill drawn, £10')
'Money paid or given to Captain Sabine', including in Portsmouth ('paid for Smith's [John Smith] bedding' £4 14s), in Jamaica ('returned to Captain Sabine 1 dubloon' £3 12s), in Sierra Leone, ('paid to Captain Sabine' £5) and 'bill drawn on Society, £10'
Includes a note: 'Brought from London £30 & above'