1864 11 11 : 01 : Dairy maid’s wages

Update on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 8:46PM by Petra Mitchinson

11 Nov 1864 (1). DAIRY MAID’S WAGES. A superbly fresh, small very neat and clean wages receipt with an Inland Revenue one-penny stamp. 4” x 7”. Eden Hall, Nov. 11. 1864. Received from Sir Geo. MUSGRAVE, Baronet, the sum of Seven pounds, being one Half-year’s wages due to me this day, as Dairymaid. [signed] Elizabeth OUSBY £ 7 . 0 . 0 .