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Description: HM 82606 - Brewings notebook, Sept. - Decr. 1781. Contemporary limp reversed calf covers; fragile manuscript paper label secured to front cover with wax. Initialed and dated by Barclay. 8x12 cm., 92 pages; laid into volume manuscript page titled "Example" with "Brewed..." on verso. Notebook tabulates the brewery's production on a daily basis from Sept. to Dec. 1781; recording volumes and temperatures for each of the mashing stages and also includes a plan for the daily timings of these processes over several days.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1781-1799.
Call number: mssHM 82606-82608
Creator: Barclay, Robert (1740-1828)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from Bernard Quaritch Ltd, January 2016.
Associated people: Johnson, Samuel, (1709-1784.)
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