A volume of memoranda and accounts originally in the possession of Benja[ min] Edwards, 'purser of the Advice, man of War', and containing a number of entries relating to provisions, laundry, financial transactions, and other matters connected with Edwards's duties as purser on board the said ship during the period 1745-1748. Entries made subsequent to these include an account of money laid out by Benja[min] Edwards in partnership with John Williams in connection with an unnamed colliery in 1751, miscellaneous entries relating to wages paid to hired servants or labourers, tradesmen's bills, and various other financial transactions, 1749-1762 [? whether these by Benjamin Edwards], and a record of rents received ?by Mary Edwards to the use of Mr. Wickham, 1761-1762.