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- 1779-1811 (Creation)
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1 bundle (45 items)
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Accounts and bills relating to the sale of the Peterwell estate and inventories of the household contents, 1779-1811. The file includes inventories of the silver plate and feather beds, and catalogues of books with a printed notice for their sale by auction, 1779-1781. There are several statements of John Adams’ financial state, 1779-1811; a copy of the receipt of John Lewes of Carmarthen for the Lampeter Corporation books and papers, 1780; an account of expenses for the Cardigan election in which John Adams stood against John Campbell, 1780; accounts for professional services by John Lewes of Carmarthen; bills of William Cow, auctioneer, and other expenses attending the sale, 1781; and a letter [to John Adams] from Edward Lock of Oxford, 1781.