Series 4 > Scottish industrial history

JOURNAL OF HENRY BROWN
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B°u[gh]t of Matthew Young, Burdenside,1 about 130 St. of
wool at 1 os. Luckpenny £3.
Boswell Fair. Price of Border Laid wool from 9s. to ns.; White
from 14s. to 16s. Little done except by Gala[shiel]s folk. White
3s. od. lower nearly, laid 6d.
Robt. Richardson Selkirk, 1 p[iece] Drab at 2s. 6d.
James Isaac, Melrose 1 „ D. Blue at 2s. pd.
20 July. To twine for packing Wetherly2 wool, is. 8d. For
Wetherly wool Pd., £31 15s. od.
23 July. What we would reckon a fair stock of Cloths:
sh Blues 4 to 8 pieces
er » 2 „ 4
on er „ 2 „ 4
on » 6 „ 10
nd on „ 6 „ 12
nd „ 6 „ 16
nd
Drab
12 ,
c nd
sec Gray 2 ,
sc nd L. Blue 2 ,
sc „ 2 ,
sec sc „ 2 ,
sc nd 36 & 38 in 2 ,
sc „ „ „ & 40 [in] 4 ,
20
16
2
4
4
4
6
Blue flanfnel]
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1 Most likely Burdonside, which lies about ten miles west of Otterbum, Northumber¬
land.
2 Wetherly was probably located south-east of Otterbum in the vicinity of Wether