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Offline ShaunJ

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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #18 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 12:37 GMT (UK) »
Do you know how much of the insurance was for the buildings, how much for stock etc?
UK Census info. Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 13:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi Shaun,

This is a partial transcript of just one of the records.

On his now dwelling house only situate as aforsaid brick Eight hundred pounds.
Household goods, wearing apparel, printed goods and plate therein Two hundred pounds.
Storeroom behind rear brick and timber One hundred & fifty pounds.
Stock & utensils herein One hundred & fifty pounds.


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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 16:52 GMT (UK) »
I tried and failed but there might just be a tobacco trade journal that was circulating then. If it could be found, copies might be somewhere - Colidale, perhaps?
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
in Stirlingshire, Roxburghshire; Bucks; Devon; Somerset; Northumberland; Carmarthenshire; Glamorgan

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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 16:54 GMT (UK) »
They're an elusive bunch, but shouldn't be, so you're not the only one that's been stumped Graham! Thank you for trying anyway :)

What is Colidale?

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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 17:17 GMT (UK) »
Colidale - no idea except a typo of mine!

What I meant was Colindale - the British Library's newspaper library
http://www.bl.uk/aboutus/quickinfo/loc/colindale/index.html

An amazing experience which is going to disappear as digitisation takes over.
Simons Barrett Jaffray Waugh Langdale Heugh Meade Garnsey Evans Vazie Mountcure Glascodine Parish Peard Smart Dobbie Sinclair....
in Stirlingshire, Roxburghshire; Bucks; Devon; Somerset; Northumberland; Carmarthenshire; Glamorgan

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Re: A successful London tobacco/snuff manufacturer info needed!
« Reply #23 on: Tuesday 06 March 12 17:22 GMT (UK) »
Ah, with you now. I've searched loads of newspaper/gazette's/books etc all over the place and other than a small ad and an early mention, I've never found anything for this lot! I figure someone local may have more hope on this one. My online resources are just not giving up anything on either them or the business!
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