[Duncan Robertson, wig maker and perfumer.] Two Manuscript Itemised Accounts and one Signed Manuscript Receipt, with General Robertson of Lawers and his wife.

Author: 
[Duncan Robertson, wig maker and perfumer; Lieutenant-General Archibald Robertson of Lawers]
Publication details: 
The receipt dated from Edinburgh, 12 January 1810. The accounts for the periods December 1808 to April 1809, and January to December 1809.
£70.00
SKU: 14195

The three items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The accounts are both 1p., foolscap 8vo., and written in a sprawling uneducated hand. The first account is headed 'Genl Robertson to Duncan Robertson', and deals with the period from December 1808 to April 1809. Totalling £6 18s 2d, it includes 'two box Dubessons opiate', 'two bottles oil of rose', 'Two Crop wigs', 'Blacking', 'Riggs magnetic Tablet', 'a lib of old windsor soap', 'pott pomatum'. The second account is headed 'Mrs Genl Robertson to Duncan Robertson'. Totalling £8 13s 0d, it includes: 'a box Dubissons opiate', '3 pr fine Gloves', 'necklace & Snaps', 'Black broch', '4 Square Berry Soap', 'a fine Shell Dressing Comb'. The receipt is on a slip of 8 x 21 cm paper, with two embossed twopenny tax stamps. It reads: 'Edinh 12 Jany 1810 Received by the Hands of Mr Dundas W S for account Rendered to Genl & Mrs Robertson of Lawers fifteen pounds Eleven Shillings Sterling being i full of all Demands to this date | Duncan Robertson'. Docketted on reverse: 'Genl. Robertson | Receipt by Duncan Robertson Wigmaker for £15 .. 11/ paid 12 Jany 1810'.