System Number: 08848
Date: December 1878[1]
Author: John S. Charles[2]
Place: London
Recipient: JW
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscripts Division, Pennell Whistler Collection
Document Type: MsD[3]
[Ledger, front cover]
[ACCOUNT STATEMENT BOOK?]
[illegible word] [ONLY?]
[Royal Coat of Arms]
JOHN S. CHARLES
FISHMONGER
AND MERCHANT
ARABELLA ROW
[PIMLICO?]
[Inside front cover] IT IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTED THAT ALL ACCOUNTS BE PAID AT THE SHOP, WHERE A RECEIVING CLERK IS IN ATTENDANCE FROM 8. A. M., TO 9 P. M.
9. ARABELLA ROW
S. W.
[Stamp of J. Anderson Rose]
[p. 1] [written in another hand] '182'
J. Whistler Esq,
In account with
J. S. Charles
Fishmonger
9 Arabella Row
Pimlico. S. W.
late 96 Cheyne Walk
from Tite Street Chelsea
late 2 Lindsey Houses
[in various hands:] '589' '216' '514' 'K' 'K' '208'
[p. 2]
1876 | ||||
July 31[4] | Ice | 4 | ||
Mullet | 9 | |||
Aug 2 | Ice | 3 | ||
3 | whitings | 2 | ||
4 | Lobster | 8 | ||
Soles | 2 | 3 | ||
Ice | 1 | - | ||
1. | 9. | 3 | ||
[p. 3]
1876 | ||||
Aug 7 | Whitgs[5] | 3 | ||
" | Soles | 1 | ||
" | Oyster | 3 | ||
" | Ice | 2 | ||
10 | Lobster | 3 | ||
11 | Mackl. | 2 | 3 | |
Oyster | 3 | |||
Ice | 2 | 6. | ||
19 | 9 |
[p. 4]
1877 [sic] | ||||
Augt 16. |
|
4 | ||
Mackl | 1 | |||
Lobster | 4 | |||
Ice | 3 | |||
17[6] | Salmon | 3 | 9 | |
18 | Soles | 4 | 6 | |
1 | - | 3 | ||
23 | Bloater | 1 | ||
Ice | 3 | |||
4. |
[p. 5]
1876[7] | ||||
Augt. 28[8] | Soles | 2 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
30 | Herrings - | 8 | ||
31 | " | 1 | ||
Sepr. 1 | Salmon | 3 | 3 | |
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
9. | 11 |
[p. 6]
1876 | ||||
Sept 2 | Oyster | 4 | ||
8 | Mackl | 4 | ||
|
Oyster | 4 | ||
15 | Ice | 2 | ||
Bloater | 1 | |||
- | 15 | - | ||
16[9] | Lobster | 4 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
21 | Soles | 3 | 6 | |
Oyster | 2 | - | ||
22 | Oyster | 6 | ||
- | 17 | - |
[p. 7]
1876 | ||||
Sept. 26[10] | Whitings | 4 | ||
Oyster | 4 | |||
27 | Sole | 2 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
28 | Crab | 3 | 6 | |
Oyster | 6 | |||
Oct 2 | Bloater | 1 | 6 | |
1. | 2 | 6 |
[p. 8]
1876 | ||||
Octr 17 | Soles | 3 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
18 | Lobster | 4 | ||
20 | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | |||
[sprats?[11]] | 1 | |||
12 | - |
[p. 9]
1876 | ||||
Oct 23 | Whitg. | 4 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
24 | Sole | 2 | ||
26 | Turbot | 2 | 6 | |
3 | Bloater | 1 | ||
11 | - | |||
6 | Turbot | 4 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
7 | Soles | 4 | ||
- | 10 | - |
[p. 10]
1876 | ||||
Nov. 11 | Oyster | 8 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
Whitgs | 3 | |||
13 | Lobster | 4 | ||
Soles | 3 | 6 | ||
15 | [D Hadd?] | 1 | ||
1 | 1 | - |
[p. 11]
1876[12] | ||||
Nov 18[13] | Oyster | 8 | ||
" | whitgs | 8 | ||
" | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
28 | Oyster | 8 | ||
Cod | 10 | - | ||
Ice | 2 | |||
1. | 18 | 6 |
[p. 12]
1876 | ||||
Dec. 5 | Salmon | 8 | ||
Ice | 1 | |||
8 | Lobster | 4 | 6 | |
Oyster | 8 | |||
Soles | 3 | |||
Ice | 1 | |||
Sole | 4 | |||
13 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
1 | 10 | 6 |
[p. 13]
1876 | ||||
Dec 18[14] | Herrings | 1 | ||
Oyster | 2 | |||
19 | Mullet | 6 | ||
9 | ||||
23 | Lobster | 4 | ||
27 | Sole | 2 | ||
28 | Mackl. | 2 | ||
29 | whitgs. | 3 | ||
Oyster | 4 | |||
30 | Mackl[15] | 17 | 6 | |
Crab | 5 | - | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
1 | 19 | - |
[p. 14]
1876 | Abstract | |||
Aug 4 | [written sideways, see below] | 1 | 9 | 3 |
11 | 19 | 9 | ||
18 | 1 | - | 3 | |
23 | 4 | - | ||
Sept 1. | 9 | 11 | ||
15 | 15 | - | ||
22 | 17 | - | ||
Oct 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
20 | 12 | - | ||
Nov. 3 | 11 | - | ||
7 | 10 | - | ||
15. | 1 | 1 | - | |
28 | 1 | 18 | 6. | |
Dec- 13 | 1 | 10 | 6 | |
19 | - | 9 | - | |
30 | 1 | 19 | - | |
£ | 15. | 8. | 8 |
[written in second column above] | Amount of Abstract | ||||
Cr. | 15 " | 8 " | 8 | ||
By Cash | 10 | 7. | overpaid | ||
14. | 18. | 1. |
[p. 15]
1877 | ||||
Jany 1 | Soles | 2 | 3 | |
3[16] | Herrings | 1 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
5 | Turbot[17] | 12 | ||
Oyster | 4 | 6 | ||
Whitgs | 4 | 6 | ||
1. | 6. | 3 | ||
8[18] | Soles | 3 | 6 | |
Crab | 5 | - | ||
Oyster | 4 | - | ||
- | 12 | 6 |
[p. 16]
1877 | ||||
Jany 16 | Whitgs | 6 | ||
Oyster | 4 | |||
17 | Salmon | 1 | - | - |
Ice | 1 | |||
Ice | 1 | - | ||
1 | 12 | |||
23 | Sole | 2 | - | |
26 | whitgs | 1 | 6 | |
3 | 6 |
[p. 17]
1877 | ||||
Jany 27- | Turbot | 6 | ||
Oyster | 5 | - | ||
30 | Salmon | 12 | 6 | |
Oyster[19] | 4 | - | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
Feby 1 | Cod | 2 | 6 | |
Oyster | 2 | |||
5 | whitgs | 4 | 6 | |
Oyster. | 4 | - | ||
Ice | 6. | |||
6 | Sole | 2 | 6 | |
Oyster | 4 | |||
9 | D[ressed] Crab | 4 | 6 | |
Ice | 6 | |||
2. | 18. | 6 |
[p. 18]
1877 | ||||
Feby 10 | whitgs | 8 | ||
12 | Ice | 6 | ||
14 | Salt fish | 2 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
15 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
16 | Oyster | 4 | ||
Salmon | 9 | 6 | ||
whitgs | 3 | |||
Ice | 6 | |||
19 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
21 | Mackl | 1 | 3 | |
Kipper | 1 | |||
22 | Salmon | 8 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | |||
23 | Ice | 6 | ||
Oyster | 8 | |||
2 | 3 | 11 |
[p. 19]
1877 | ||||
Feby 27 | Cod | 3 | 3 | |
Oyster | 2 | - | ||
Mar 1[20] | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
- | 6 | 9. | ||
2 | Salmon | 3 | 4 | |
5. | Herrings | 1 | ||
6 | Oyster | 4 | ||
7 | Salmon | 5 | - | |
8 | Mullet | 3 | ||
- | 16. | 4. |
[p. 20]
1877 | ||||
Mar.10 | Salmon | 15 | - | |
Oyster | 4 | |||
Ice | 1 | |||
12 | Crab | 4 | ||
Natives[21] | 7 | |||
13 | Sole | 2 | ||
Oyster | 4 | |||
14 | Ice | 6 | ||
15 | Mackl | 1 | ||
1 | 18. | 6 |
[p. 21]
1877 | ||||
March 17[22] | Salmon | 5 | 3 | |
20 | Cod | 2 | ||
" | Ice | 6 | ||
21 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
22 | Mullet | 1 | 6 | |
23 | Salmon | 10 | 6 | |
Ice | 6 | |||
1. | 1. | 9 |
[p. 22]
1877 | ||||
March 24 | Cod | 2 | ||
26 | Oyster | 4 | - | |
27 | whitgs | 4 | - | |
Ice | 2 | - | ||
28 | Salmon | 8 | - | |
Oyster | 4 | - | ||
29 | Saltfish | 1 | 6 | |
30 | Ice | 1 | ||
1. | 6. | 6. |
[p. 23]
1877 | ||||
Apl 2 | Cod | 2 | 6 | |
4 | Mackl | 1 | ||
5 | Sole | 2 | ||
5. | 6. | |||
7 | Herrings | 1 | ||
D Haddock | 1 | |||
Ice | 6 | |||
9 | Oyster | 4 | ||
10 | Sole | 2 | 6 | |
Ice | 6 | |||
12 | Oyster | 4 | ||
13 | 6 |
[p. 24]
1877 | ||||
Apl 14 | Whitgs | 1 | ||
" | Salmon | 5 | - | |
" | Ice | 6 | ||
16 | Turbot | 2 | 10 | |
18 | Mackl. | 1 | - | |
" | Ice | 6 | ||
20 | Soles | 2 | - | |
Oyster | 4 | - | ||
16. | 10. |
[p. 25]
1877 | ||||
Apl 21 | Mullet | 3 | - | |
Lobster | 3 | 6 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
23 | Salmon | 4 | - | |
Ice | 6 | |||
24 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | - | ||
25 | Natives | 7 | - | |
26 | Oyster | 4 | ||
1. | 5. | 0 |
[p. 26]
1877 | ||||
April 28 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
30 | Mackl | 1 | ||
May 3- | Salmon | 4 | 3 | |
4 | Soles | 1 | 6 | |
" | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
5 | Crab | 4 | ||
" | Mackl | 1 | ||
" | Ice | 1 | ||
14 | 9 |
[p. 27]
1877 | ||||
May 10 | D Haddock | 1 | ||
11 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
12 | Bognors. | 2 | ||
17 | Salmon | 3 | 9 | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
18 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
- | 9. | 9. |
[p. 28]
1877 | ||||
May 19 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
21 | Salmon | 3 | 9 | |
" | Oyster | 4 | ||
" | Ice | 2 | - | |
23 | Sole. | 1 | - | |
24 | W[hite]bait | 2 | ||
" | Oyster | 3 | ||
25 | Sole. | 1 | - | |
- | 18. | 3. |
[p. 29]
1877 | ||||
May 26 | Salmon - | 12 | - | |
Lobster - | 4 | 6 | ||
Oyster | 10 | - | ||
Prawns - | 2 | 6 - | ||
Ice | 2 | - | ||
31 | Shrimps | 2 | - | |
Ice | 1 | |||
1. | 14 | - |
[p. 30]
1877 | ||||
June 2[23] | Lobster | 4 | ||
" | Kippers | 1 | ||
4 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
6 | Ice | 1 | ||
8 | Mack. | 1 | 6 | |
£ | 1. | 1 |
[p. 31]
1877 | ||||
June 9[24] | Lobster | 4 | ||
" | Ice | 1 | - | |
11 | Lobster | 3 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
13 | Salmon | 5 | - | |
14 | Ice | 1 | ||
16 | Soles | 4 | - | |
Bloater | 1 | |||
£ | 1. | 1 | - |
[p. 32]
1877 | ||||
June 19 | Shrimp | 1 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
20 | Ice | 1 | ||
21 | Lobster. | 4 | - | |
22 | Ice | 1 | ||
Salmon | 3 | |||
11 | 6 |
[p. 33]
1877 | ||||
June 23 | D Crab | 4 | 6 | |
26 | Ice | 2 | ||
[D laf?] | 6 | |||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
28 | Whitgs | 1 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | |||
11 | - |
[p. 34]
1877 | ||||
July [sic] 30 | Trout | 3 | ||
" | Lobster | 4 | ||
July 1 | Ice | 1 | ||
3 | Turbot | 1 | 10 | |
4 | Ice | 1 | ||
5 | Sole | 1 | 9 | |
6 | Salmon | 2 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | |||
- | 16. | 1. |
[p. 35]
1877 | ||||
July 7 | Prawns | 2 | ||
10 | Turbot | 2 | ||
12 | Bloater | 1 | ||
" | Ice | 2 | ||
13 | Sole | 1 | ||
17 | Ice | 1 | ||
" | Trout | 3 | 6 | |
20 | Sole | 1 | ||
Ice | 1 | |||
- | 14 | 6 |
[p. 36]
1877 | ||||
July 21 | D Crab | 4 | ||
26 | Salmon | 2 | 4 | |
28 | Lobster | 3 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
Shrimps | 6 | |||
30 | Sole | 1 | ||
D Hadd | 1 | |||
Shrimp | 6 | |||
31 | Ice | 1 | ||
Aug 1 | Trout | 3 | - | |
3 | Whitgs | 1 | 6 | |
4 | Lobster | 8 | - | |
Salmon | 2 | 6 | ||
Ice | 1 | |||
1. | 9. | 10 |
[p. 37]
1877 | ||||
Aug 6 | Mullet | 2 | ||
7 | Ice | 1 | ||
8 | Trout | 4 | 6 | |
9 | Herrings | 1 | - | |
" | Shrimps | 6 | ||
10 | Sole | 2 | 3 | |
11 | 3 |
[p. 38]
1877 | ||||
Aug 11 | Smelts | 2 | 6 | |
Ice | 1 | |||
13 | Ice | 1 | ||
14 | Salmon | 2 | 6 | |
16 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
Mullet | 3 | - | ||
17 | Herrings | 1 | ||
12 | - |
[p. 39]
1877 | ||||
Aug 18 | Shrimp | 3 | ||
" | Brill | 5 | ||
" | Lobster | 4 | 6 | |
20 | Lobster | 4 | - | |
21 | Salmon | 6 | - | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
" | Lobster | 4 | 6 | |
23 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
24 | Ice | 1 | ||
1. | 7. | 9. |
[p. 40]
1877 | ||||
Aug 25 | Oyster | 2 | ||
28 | Ice | 1 | ||
29 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
31[25] | Cod | 2 | 6 | |
- | 7 | - |
[p. 41]
1877 | Abstract | |||
bro[ugh]t forward: | 14 | 18 | 1 | |
Jany 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |
8 | 12 | 6 | ||
17 | 1 | 12 | - | |
26 | 3 | 6 | ||
Feby 9 | 2 | 18 | 6 | |
23 | 2 | 3 | 11 | |
Mar. 1 | 6 | 9 | ||
8 | 16 | 4 | ||
15 | 1 | 18 | 6 | |
23 | 1 | 1 | 9. | |
30 | 1 | 6 | 6 | |
Apr 5. | 5 | 6 | ||
12 | 13 | 6 | ||
20 | 16 | 10 | ||
26 | 1 | 5 | - | |
May 5 | 14 | 9 | ||
18 | 9 | 9 | ||
for[war]d: - | 33. | 9. | 11 |
[p. 42]
1877 | ford.: - | 33 | 9 | 11 |
May 25 | 18 | 3. | ||
31 | 1 | 14 | - | |
June 8 | 9 | 3. | ||
16 | 1 | 1 | - | |
22 | 1 | 6. | ||
28 | 11 | - | ||
July 6 | 16 | 1 | ||
20 | 14 | 6 | ||
Aug 4 | 1 | 9 | 10. | |
10 | 11 | 3 | ||
17 | 12 | - | ||
24 | 1 | 7 | 9. | |
31 | 7 | - | ||
£ | 44. | 13. | 4 |
[p. 43]
1877 | ||||
Sept. 1 | Lobster | 4 | ||
4 | Salmon | 3 | 6 | |
7 | 6 | |||
8 | Sole | 2 | ||
19 | Mullet | 3 | ||
11 | Cod | 2 | 6 | |
- | 7 | 6 |
[p. 44]
1877 | ||||
Sept 15[26] | Mackl. | 1 | ||
Salmon | 3 | 6 | ||
Lobster | 4 | |||
Ice | 1 | |||
17 | Herrings | 6 | ||
18 | Sole | 2 | 3 | |
Kipper | 1 | |||
Shrimps | 6 | |||
Oyster | 6 | |||
Ice | 1 | |||
20 | Mackl | 9 | ||
1. | 1. | 6 |
[p. 45]
1877 | ||||
Sept 24 | Bloater | 1 | ||
25 | Whitgs | 3 | ||
" | Ice | 1 | ||
26 | Oyster | 4 | ||
" | Oyster | 2 | ||
" | Lobster | 6 | ||
" | Oyster | 4 | ||
28 | Sole | 2 | ||
- | 17 | 6 |
[p. 46]
1877 | ||||
Sept 29 | Lobster | 3 | 6 | |
Oct. 1 | Mackl. | 8 | ||
2 | Cod | 2 | 6 | |
3 | [Dd Hadd?] | 1 | ||
5 | Haddock | 2 | ||
- | 9. | 8. |
[p. 47]
1877 | ||||
Oct 6[27] | Dd Crab | 4 | 6 | |
" | Oyster | 4 | - | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
8 | Oyster | 2 | 6 | |
" | Turbot | 2 | 6 | |
10 | Salmon | 3 | - | |
11 | Ice | 1 | - | |
12 | [Hadd?] | 4 | - | |
[D Hadd?][28] | 1 | |||
1 | 3. | 6 |
[p. 48]
1877 | ||||
Oct 17 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
19 | Ice | 2 | - | |
Lobster | 2 | |||
- | 5 | - |
[p. 49]
1877 | ||||
Oct 20 | Shrimp | 6 | ||
23 | Whitgs | 3 | - | |
" | Herrings | 1 | - | |
" | Ice | 1 | - | |
24 | Oyster | 2 | - | |
25 | Turbot | 3 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | ||
26 | Oyster[29] | 4 | ||
- | 16 | - |
[p. 50]
1877 | ||||
Oct 27 | Lobster | 2 | 6 | |
" | [D Hadd?] | 1 | ||
29 | Mullet | 1 | ||
30 | D Salmon | 2 | 6 | |
31 | Sole | 1 | ||
Nov. 1[30] | Cod - | 5 | - | |
2 | Herrings | 1 | ||
14 | - |
[p. 51]
1877 | ||||
Nov 3[31] | Sole | 2 | 3 | |
" | Lobster | 4 | - | |
" | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
" | Oyster | 2 | - | |
6 | Bloater | 1 | ||
8 | Sole | 1 | ||
9 | Cod | 1 | ||
12 | 9 |
[p. 52]
1877 | ||||
Nov. 10 | Lobster | 4 | ||
" | Shrimp | 6 | ||
14 | Sprats[32] | 6 | ||
15 | Mackl | 9 | ||
- | 5 - | 9 |
[p. 53]
1877 | ||||
Nov 17 | Dd Crab | 4 | - | |
19 | [D Hadd?] | 1 | ||
21 | [Hadd?] | 2 | ||
23[33] | Oyster | 4 | ||
Sole | 2 | 3 | ||
[Hall?] | 1 | |||
Ice | 1 | |||
- | 15 | 3 |
[p. 54]
1877 | ||||
Novr 24[34] | Lobster | 6 | - | |
28 | Sole[35] | 2 | 3 | |
" | D Hadd | 1 | - | |
" | Ice | 6 | ||
29 | Cod[36] | 2 | - | |
" | Oyster - | 1 | ||
30 | Bloater - | 1 | ||
- | 13 - | 9 - |
[p. 55]
1877 | ||||
Dec 1[37] | Whitgs | 1 | ||
" | Oyster | 2 | ||
" | Ice | 1 | ||
3 | Cod | 2 | ||
6 | Salmon[38] | 2 | 6 | |
7 | D Hadd. | 1 | ||
8[39] | Whitgs | 3 | - | |
" | Sole | 2 | ||
" | Oyster | 4 | - | |
11 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
12 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
13[40] | Mullet | 2 | ||
1 | 3 | - |
[p. 56]
1877 | ||||
Dec 15 | D Hadd | 1 | ||
" 17[41] | Cod | 2 | ||
" | Hadd. | 1 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 6 | ||
19 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
21 | Whitgs | 1 | 4 | |
22 | Shrimps. | 1 | ||
- | 8 | 4 |
[p. 57]
1877 | ||||
Dec 27[42] | Salmon | 4 | 6 | |
" | D Hadd | 1 | ||
" | Ice | 6 | ||
29 | Cod | 2 | ||
" | Shrimps | 6 | ||
31 | Salmon | 4 | ||
12 | 6 |
[p. 58]
1877 | Abstract | |||
Bt ford.: - | 44 | 13 | 4 | |
Sept 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
11 | 7 | 6 | ||
20 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
28 | 17 | 6 | ||
Oct 5 | 9 | 8 | ||
12 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
19 | 5 | - | ||
26 | 16 | - | ||
Nov. 2 | 14 | - | ||
9 | 12 | 9 | ||
16 | 5 | 9 | ||
23 | 15 | 3 | ||
30 | 13 | 9 | ||
Dec 13 | 1 | 3 | - | |
22 | 8 | 4 | ||
31 | 12 | 6 | ||
£ | 55 | 6 | 10 |
[p. 59]
1878 | ||||
Jany 1 | Salmon | 3 | 6 | |
2 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
4 | Oyster | 2 | - | |
" | Whitgs | 3 | ||
" | Ice | 6 | ||
5 | Sole | 5 | - | |
6 | D Hadd[43] | 9 | ||
" | Ice | 6 | ||
11 | Cod | 2 | 9 | |
19 | 0 |
[p. 60]
1878 | ||||
Jany 12 | Whitgs | 1 | ||
" | Sole | 1 | 9 | |
14 | [D Hadd?] | 1 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
16 | Haddock | 1 | 9 | |
" | P Shrimps[44] | 3 | - | |
18 | Bloaters | 1 | ||
11 | 6 |
[p. 61]
1878 | ||||
Jany 19 | Lobster | 4 | 6 | |
Ice | 6 | |||
21 | Soles | 1 | - | |
22 | Turbot | 4 | 6 | |
" | D Hadd | 1 | ||
25 | Cod | 1 | ||
- | 12. | 6. |
[p. 62]
1878 | ||||
Jany 26 | Dd Crab | 4 | 6 | |
" | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
28 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
29 | Cod | 2 | - | |
31 | Mackl[45] | 1 | 6 | |
Feby 1 | Soles | 1 | 6 | |
- | 12 | - | ||
2 | Salmon[46] | 12 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
Lobster | 5 | - | ||
6 | D Hadd | 1 | - | |
7 | Mack | 1 | - | |
8 | Bloater | 1 | - | |
1 | 1. | 6 |
[p. 63]
1878 | ||||
Feby 9 | Lobster | 6 | - | |
Shrimps | 6 | |||
12[47] | Salmon | 5 | - | |
Ice | 6 | |||
13 | Cod | 3 | 6 | |
15 | D Had | 9 | ||
16 | 3 | |||
16 | D Crab | 5 | - | |
Oyster | 3 | - | ||
18 | Bloater | 1 | 6 | |
21 | D Hadk | 1 | - | |
22 | Turbot | 3 | - | |
Ice | 6 | |||
14 | - |
[p. 64]
1878 | ||||
Feb 25 | Oysters | 3 | - | |
Shrimps | 3 | - | ||
26 | Salmon | 7 | - | |
28 | Bloaters | 1 | 6 | |
14 | 6 | |||
Mar 2 | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
Oysters | 2 | - | ||
Lobster | 4 | - | ||
6 | Salt Fish | 2 | 8 | |
7 | Dd Had | 1 | 3 | |
11 | 5 | |||
9 | Dd Crab | 4 | 6 | |
Prawns | 2 | - | ||
12 | Dd Had | 1 | 3 | |
7 | 9 |
[p. 65]
1878 | ||||
Mar 16 | Soles | 2 | 6 | |
Oysters | 3 | 9 | ||
Shrimps | 3 | - | ||
18 | Salmon | 3 | 9 | |
Bloaters | 1 | 6 | ||
20 | Sole | 3 | - | |
17 | 6 | |||
23 | Oysters | 2 | 6 | |
Dd Crab | 5 | - | ||
27[48] | Cod | 7 | - | |
29 | D Had | 1 | - | |
15 | 6 |
[p. 66]
1878 | ||||
Mar 30 | Sole | 5 | - | |
Mack | 1 | 6 | ||
Pk'd Shrimps | 3 | - | ||
31 | Oysters | 4 | 6 | |
Apl 1 | Dd Had | 1 | 3 | |
2 | Mack | 1 | - | |
3 | Shrimps | 3 | - | |
19 | 3 | |||
6 | Sole | 3 | - | |
Oysters | 3 | 9 | ||
Ice | 2 | - | ||
Mack | 1 | 6 | ||
8 | Sole[49] | 3 | - | |
9 | Shrimps | 1 | 6 | |
10 | Whitgs | 1 | - | |
D Had | 6 | |||
11 | Cod | 1 | - | |
17 | 3 |
[p. 67]
1878 | ||||
Apl 13 | Pk'd Shrimps | 3 | - | |
Mack | 1 | 3 | ||
Red H[errin]g's | 1 | 6 | ||
Oysters | 3 | - | ||
15 | Whitgs | 2 | - | |
17 | Cod | 1 | - | |
18 | Salmon[50] | 4 | - | |
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
19 | Salt Fish | 2 | 6 | |
19 | 9 |
[p. 68]
1878 | ||||
Apl 20 | Mack | 1 | - | |
Oysters | 3 | - | ||
Shrimps | 1 | 3 | ||
Ice | - | 6 | ||
22 | Sole | 2 | 9 | |
[24?] | D Hadd | 1 | - | |
26 | [Hall?] | 1 | - | |
10 | 6 |
[p. 69]
1878 | ||||
Apl 27 | Soles | 4 | 6 | |
Oysters | 4 | 6 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
28 | Oysters | 4 | 6 | |
29 | D Hadd | 1 | - | |
May 1 | Sole | 1 | 9 | |
2 | Shrimps | 1 | 6 | |
3 | Soles | 4 | - | |
£ | 1 | 2 | 3 |
[p. 70]
1878 | ||||
May 4 | D Hadd | 1 | ||
Dd Crab | 5 | - | ||
Ice | 1 | |||
6 | Mack | 1 | ||
7 | Bloaters | 1 | 6 | |
9 | 6 |
[p. 71]
1878 | ||||
June [sic] 11 | Mackl | 1 | 6 | |
May | P Shrimps | 2 | 6 | |
13 | Salmon | 3 | 9 | |
16 | Soles | 2 | 6 | |
D Hadd | 1 | |||
18 | Sole | 1 | 6 | |
Lobster | 1 | 6 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
21 | Shrimps | 1 | 6 | |
23 | Mack | 1 | ||
26 | Sole | 2 | 6 | |
P Shrimps | 2 | 6 | ||
Lobster | 2 | 6 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
29 | D Hadd | 1 | 6 | |
1 | 7 | 9 |
[p. 72]
1878 | ||||
June 1 | Dd Crab | 4 | 6 | |
Sole | 2 | 6 | ||
P Shrimps | 6 | |||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
5 | Bloaters | 6 | ||
9 | Dd Crab | 5 | - | |
Sole | 2 | 6 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
11 | Bloaters | 6 | ||
13 | D Hadd | 1 | ||
14 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
15 | Sole | 2 | 6 | |
15 | Lobster | 2 | 9 | |
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
18 | Bloaters | 9 | ||
20 | Mack | 1 | 0 | |
20 | Ice | 1 | ||
21 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
£ | 1 | 11 | 6 |
[p. 73]
1878 | ||||
June 22 | Sole | 2 | 6 | |
Lobster | 3 | 9 | ||
Ice | 1 | 3 | ||
24 | Bloater | - | 6 | |
25 | Ice | 1 | ||
26 | " | 1 | ||
28 | Hall. | 1 | ||
11 | - |
[p. 74]
1878 | ||||
June 29 | Bloaters | 6 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
July 2 | Trout | 3 | ||
4 | Shrimps | 1 | 6 | |
5 | Hall | 1 | ||
6 | 6 |
[p. 75]
1878 | ||||
July 6 | Lobster | 1 | ||
8 | Soles | 1 | ||
10 | Dd Hdk | 1 | ||
12 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
4 | - |
[p. 76]
1878 | ||||
July 15 | Bloaters | 1 | ||
19 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
Shrimps | 6 | |||
Dd. Hadd | 1 | |||
3 | 6 |
[p. 77]
1878 | ||||
July 23 | Ice | 1 | ||
24 | Bloaters | 6 | ||
26 | [Hall?] | 1 | - | |
2 | 6 |
[p. 78]
1878 | ||||
July 27 | Ice | 6 | ||
Crab | 5 | - | ||
Aug 2 | [Hall?] | 1 | - | |
6 | 6 |
[p. 79]
1878 | ||||
Aug 3 | Salmon | 9 | ||
Shrimps | 6 | |||
Ice | 6 | |||
5 | " | 1 | 6 | |
9 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
12 | 6 |
[p. 80]
1878 | ||||
Aug 11 | Salmon | 8 | 9 | |
Lobster | 4 | 6 | ||
12 | Bloater | 6 | ||
16 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
14 | 9 |
[p. 81]
1878 | ||||
Aug 23 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
28 | Ice | 6 | ||
29 | [Blips?] | 2 | - | |
Bloaters | 6 | |||
Ice | 6 | |||
30 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
5 | 6 |
[p. 82]
1878 | ||||
Sep 3 | Salmon | 2 | 6 | |
4 | [Hall?] | 1 | ||
6 | " | 1 | ||
7 | Lobster | 4 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
11 | Bloaters | 6 | ||
13 | [Hall?] | 1 | - | |
10 | 6 |
[p. 83]
1878 | ||||
Sep 14 | Lobster | 4 | 6 | |
18 | Sole | 2 | - | |
20 | [Hall?] | 1 | - | |
7 | 6 |
[p. 84]
1878 | ||||
To amount | ||||
brought from | ||||
Old Pass Book | ||||
to September | ||||
1878 | £76 | 6 | 9 |
[p. 85]
1878 | ||||
Sep 28[51] | Oysters | 4 | ||
Soles | 2 | 6 | ||
Ice | 6 | |||
29 | Lobsters | 8 | ||
39 | Haddock | 2 | 6 | |
17 | 6 |
[p. 86]
1878 | ||||
Nov. 2 | Prawns | 3 | ||
Mackl | 1 | |||
Ice | 6 | |||
3 | Lobsters | 8 | ||
7 | Soles | 2 | 3 | |
Dd. Hadk. | 1 | - | ||
15 | 9 | |||
Nov. 13 | Cod | 2 | - |
[p. 87]
1878 | ||||
Nov 16 | Ice | 1 | 6 | |
Sole | 3 | 6 | ||
Dressed Crab | 5 | - | ||
Bloaters | 1 | - | ||
19 | Sole | 2 | 9 | |
21 | Mackl | 1 | 3 | |
22 | Oysters[52] | 5 | ||
Soles | 4 | 6 | ||
Ice | 1 | 6 | ||
£ | 1 | 6 | - |
[p. 88]
1878 | ||||
Sep [sic] 23[53] | Bloaters | 1 | ||
25 | Cod | 2 | ||
27 | Had | 1 | ||
4 | - |
[p. 89]
Abstract | |||
To Dec 1878 | 55 | 6 | 10 |
19 | - | ||
11 | 6 | ||
12 | 6 | ||
12 | - | ||
1 | 1 | 6 | |
16 | 3 | ||
14 | - | ||
14 | 6 | ||
11 | 5 | ||
7 | 9 | ||
17 | 6 | ||
15 | 6 | ||
19 | 3 | ||
17 | 3 | ||
19 | 9 | ||
10 | 6 | ||
1 | 2 | 3 | |
Forward | 68 | 9. | 3 |
[p. 90]
1878 | Abstract fwd | 68 | 9 | 3 |
9 | 6 | |||
1 | 7 | 9 | ||
1 | 11 | 6 | ||
11 | - | |||
6 | 6 | |||
4 | - | |||
3 | 6 | |||
2 | 6 | |||
6 | 6 | |||
12 | 6 | |||
14 | 9 | |||
5 | 6 | |||
10 | 6 | |||
7 | 6 | |||
4 | - | |||
Carried | £ | 76 | 6 | 9 |
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Notes:
1. December 1878
The ledger contains JW's long account at the fishmongers, starting on 31 July 1876 and ending in December 1878.
2. John S. Charles
John S. Charles (fl. 1876-1887), fishmonger in Pimlico, London [more].
3. MsD
JW was declared bankrupt on 6 May 1879. This bill came with his bankruptcy papers to James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), solicitor [more].
4. July 31
The date of JW's purchases at the fishmonger's helps to date the carefully written menus that he wrote out, at times almost daily, for 'breakfasts' and dinners. For instance, mullet appeared on the menu for dinner on 31 July [1876] (#06898).
5. Whitgs
The abbreviations commonly used are 'Whitgs' for whitings; 'Mack' or 'Mackl' for mackerel; 'D' for Dressed, as in dressed crab. To preserve the appearance of the account book, these have been transcribed as written.
6. 17
Salmon was on the menu for 17 August 1876 (#06899) and sole on the following day (#06900). These were not necessarily lavish dinners, but might have included friends. Some of the smaller items purchased could have been for the family or servants dining alone.
7. 1876
Written over '1877'.
8. Augt. 28
Sole was on the menu for 28 August [1876] (#06926).
9. 16
On 13 September 1876 JW had invited S. Tucker for Sunday breakfast (#05862). On 16 September A. S. Cole recorded the occasion in his diary (#12986; Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, p. 189.)
10. Sept. 26
Fried whiting and oyster soup appeared on the menu the following day, 27 September [1876] (#06854).
11. Sprats?
Smelts appeared on one menu dated 20 October (#06848) but the word is largely illegible and this may not be for the same meal.
12. 1876
Written over '1877'.
13. Nov 18
Oyster soup and whiting fish-balls appeared on the menu for 18 November [1876] (#06901).
14. Dec 18
Oysters appear on a menu dated 18 December which may be in 1876 (#02813).
15. Mackl
This was an amazing amount of mackerel to buy, and implies that a large party of guests were to be fed on it. With such an obliging fishmonger they hardly needed to salt mackerel away for the winter.
16. 3
Herrings appeared on a menu for 3 January [1877] (#06905).
17. Turbot
This amount of an expensive fish suggests that JW was entertaining guests to dinner.
18. 8
Sole appeared on the menu for 8 January [1877] (#06906).
19. Oyster
Oysters, but no cod, appeared on a menu dated 1 February, so it may not be the menu for that day in 1877 (#06872). However, it is apparent from the size of the bills from late January through February 1877 that JW was both eating well and entertaining lavishly.
20. Mar 1
A menu dated 1 March (#06912) includes fried sole, but also oysters which were not on this bill, and it does appear from the butterfly signature to date from earlier, possibly 1876.
21. Natives
'Natives' and 'Bognor' were different sorts of oysters.
22. March 17
A menu dated 17 March contains salmon, but also whiting which does not figure on this bill, and it has been dated slightly earlier [1876?] (#06882).
23. June 2
The lobster was probably made into the shellfish soup ('bisque') that figured on a menu dated 2 June [1877] (#06894).
24. June 9
On 7 June 1877 JW invited Stephen Isaacson Tucker (1835-1887), collector, genealogist and Queen's Herald [more], to 'breakfast' the following Sunday (#09468). Judging by the weeks' lavish purchases lobster and salmon would have been on the menu.
25. 31
Fried cod appeared on a menu dated 31 August [1877] (#06853).
26. Sept 15
Salmon appears on a menu dated 15 September [1877], but neither lobster nor mackerel were mentioned (#06950).
27. Oct 6
On 6 October 1877 JW invited Walter Theodore Watts (later Watts-Dunton) (1832-1914), solicitor, novelist and poet [more], to breakfast on Sunday (#07364).
28. D Had?
A menu dated 12 October [1877] included 'merluche', which indicates that one of these two, practically illegible, words may read 'Hake'.
29. Oyster
A menu dated 26 October included 'Kramouskis' which were a Russian oyster savoury. However, it also included mackerel, which did not appear on the fishmonger's account, so the menu may not date from 1877 (#06935).
30. Nov. 1
A menu dated 31 October included sole; one for 1 November, cod; and 2 November, herrings, suggesting that JW really was writing out a menu every day (#06936, #06937, #06939). He was not necessarily entertaining guests, although a letter inviting Charles Augustus ('Owl') Howell (1840? - d.1890), entrepreneur [more], to dinner in November 1877 mentioned James Anderson Rose (1819-1890), solicitor [more], and Mrs Rose as guests (#02182). It is ironic that the costs of such entertainments contributed to JW's bankruptcy, which was handled by Rose.
31. Nov 3
A menu dated 3 November [1877] included fried sole and lobster 'rissoles' (#06938).
32. Sprats
A menu dated 14 November [1877] included 'éperlans frits', or fried sprats, a very economical dish (#06941).
33. 23
A menu dated 23 November [1877] included oyster soup and fried sole (#06902).
34. Novr 24
JW entertained A. S. Cole to dinner on 24 November 1877. A. S. Cole recorded in his diary for 24 November 1877: 'Went to Whistler's, met Sir Garnet Wolseley. Whistler etched him - got two first proofs, second one touched, 42s. Met Pellegrini and Godwin.' Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, I, p. 195. The etching referred to was Lord Wolseley (K.164). The guests were Alan Summerly Cole (1846-1934), textile expert and museum official [more], Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more], Carlo Pellegrini (1839-1889), alias 'Ape', cartoonist for Vanity Fair, designer and lithographer [more], and Garnet Joseph Wolseley (1833-1913), 1st Viscount Wolseley, army officer [more]. There is a menu dated 24 November, which may relate to this meal, but it does not include the expensive lobster which appeared in the fishmonger's accounts (#06942).
35. Sole
Sole figured on a menu dated 28 November [1877] (#06945).
36. Cod
Cod appeared on the menu for 29 November [1877] (#06946).
37. Dec 1
Both whiting and oysters were on the menu for 1 December [1877] (#06947).
38. Salmon
Salmon did not figure on a menu dated 6 December [1877] unless 'Purée à l'Ecossaise' was a salmon paté ! (#06948).
39. 8
Oyster soup and fried sole appeared on a menu dated 8 December [1877] (#06903).
40. 13
Mullet was on the menu for 13 December [1877] (#06955).
41. 17
'Merluche' (hake or dried cod) was on the menu for 17 December [1877] (#06956).
42. Dec 27
JW had salmon on the menu on 27 December, and salmon steaks on 31 December [1877] (#06949, #06904).
43. D Hadd
Although they figure repeatedly in the accounts, these words are not clear. They may stand for dressed or dried haddock.
44. P Shrimps
Potted or pickled shrimps.
45. Mackl
The frequently used abbreviations include Mack or mackl for mackerel, and 'D' for dressed. as in dressed crab. 'Hadd' may be haddock. Mackerel figured on a menu dated 31 January [1878] (#06957).
46. Salmon
Salmon in Hollandaise sauce was on a menu dated 2 February [1878] but the lobster did not appear until 4 February, by which time it had become a 'gateau de Homard' (#06958, #06959).
47. 12
Salmon appeared again on a menu dated 12 February [1878] (#06960).
48. 27
In his diary, A. S. Cole described dinner with JW on 27 March 1878 (Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, and Joseph Pennell, The Life of James McNeill Whistler, 2 vols, London and Philadelphia, 1908, vol. 1, p. 189; #12986).
49. Sole
Sole appeared on a menu dated 8 April [1878] (#06953).
50. Salmon
Salmon appeared on a menu dated 18 April, which may date from 1877 or 1878 (#06887).
51. Sep 28
A menu dated 28 September included oysters and may date from 1878 (#06954).
52. Oysters
The sole and oysters bought on 22 November appeared on a menu dated 23 November, which may date from 1878 (#10617).
53. Sep [sic] 23
This should read November.