Facts and traditions collected for a family record

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FACTS AND TRADITIONS.
My father's private ledger records the particulars of the capital he
advanced into the new firm, and his transactions with it, as follows : —
Dr.
Sandfoeds, M'Connel, & Kennedy.
Cr.
1791.
1791.
Feb. 22.
To Cash, . £20


March 26.
By
Cash, .
£2
6

Tools, &c. . 6


1792.
jj
1 Mule, 144 Spin-
dles, . 37


Nov. 10.
1793.
n
Bank-note, .
6


n
1 do. 120 do. 33


March 16.
Cash, .
10


March 4.
Bill, . . 10
Sundries, . 3

3


„ 20.
1794.
3)
Do. .
13


i)
Kovings, . 3
4

Jan. 16.
Do. .
6


„ 19.
»
Bill, . . 49
19

J)
Machinery,
2
17

»
A Carding En-
March 7.
1*
A Desk,
6


gine, . 6


Aug. 2.
»
Bill, .
16
19

1795.
£168
6

£63
2

March 2.
»
One -fourth of
Gain in Part-
nership with
them, from
March 2, 1791,
to this date, 816
6
Oi
1795.
March 2.
)>
Sundries at
different
times after
this date,
921
10
o*
£984 ]
2
o*
£984
12
o^
The mules of 144 and 120 spindles respectively were, no doubt, the
mules above alluded to, wherewith he first began his business of cotton-
spinning.
From this, it will be seen, that the capital advanced by my father into
the new firm, was j?168, 6s.
Mr Kennedy, in his " Early Eecollections," says, that after serving a
seven-years' apprenticeship with Cannon & Smith, he went to Man-
chester, on the 13th or 14th February 1791. "I" (I now give his
words) —