Annual accounts of monies received and spent on producing and selling almanacks, arranged principally by almanack title, 1801-1812; also includes statistics for individual almanack titles, 1801-1814, and Old Moore's Almanack, 1826-1847, and combined almanack statistics 1801-1847.

Draft accounts, lists and notes of monies received and spent on producing and selling almanacks, possibly used to compile statements of almanacks and almanack accounts; receipts are also included occasionally.

Folder is split into subfolders by date:

i: 1766; includes letter from Isaac Farrall to George Hawkins regarding gentlemen's diaries, 21 Nov 1766 [4 items]

ii: 1768 [3 items].

iii: 1771 [4 items].

iv: 1773 [5 items].

v: 1776; includes sheet of general English Stock accounts, 1776 [10 items].

vi: 1777 [19 items].

vii: 1778 [13 items].

viii: 1779 [15 items].

ix: 1780 [13 items].

x: 1737, 1755-1757, 1760-1761, 1764-1765, 1767, 1770, 1772, 1774-1777, 1782-1783, 1787, 1794, 1796, 1798, 1803 and 1823 [34 items].

xi: 1773-1778 [2 items].

xii: undated [30 items].

xiii: Tycho Wing's vouchers, 1737, 1742-1743 [3 items].

xiv: 1763 [4 items].

Receipts for monies paid out by the Treasurer, the manager of the English Stock whose duties included keeping the Stock accounts, looking after its paper and book stocks in the warehouse and organising printing of the books; many receipts consist of bills with receipt of payment added at a later date; some unreceipted bills are also included.

Folder is divided into subfolders:

i: printing bills of Samuel Borthwick, 30 Jul 1794-21 Jan 1799 [5 items].

ii: almanac printing bills of John March senior and junior, 26 Oct 1761-6 Jan 1780 [4 items]

iii: printers' bills of Robert and Matthew Brown, Henry Goldney, Harries Hart, Henry Hughes, Matthew Jenour, John Nichols, William and Alexander Strahan and unnamed, Feb-Dec 1779 [8 items].

iv: bills for almanac printing materials: James and Thomas Bowles, James Woodmason, Thomas Vallance and Samuel Conder, Thomas Wright and Messrs Wright, Gill and Pettivard, 4 Feb 1779-16 Dec 1785 [5 items].

v: bills for engraving and plate printing almanacs: J Ellis and John Smith, 10-14 Jan 1780 [2 items].

vi: miscellaneous, 4 May 1753-19 Nov 1796 [8 items].

Receipts for monies paid out by the Treasurer, the manager of the English Stock whose duties included keeping the Stock accounts, looking after its paper and book stocks in the warehouse and organising printing of the books; many receipts consist of bills with receipt of payment added at a later date; some unreceipted bills are also included.

Folder is divided into subfolders by names of newspapers.

Provincial newspapers:

Bath Herald and Register, Bath Journal and Bath Chronicle, 6 Feb 1781-Dec 1797 [16 items].

Birmingham Chronicle and Birmingham and Staffordshire Chronicle, 12 Feb 1778-15 Jul 1797 [6 items].

Birmingham Gazette, 26 Feb 1786-31 Mar 1797 [5 items].

Bristol Journal, 16 Feb 1787-24 Jun 1797 [7 items].

Bristol Mercury and Universal Advertiser, 17 Jul 1793-7 Mar 1796 [3 items].

Caledonian Mercury, 21 Oct 1776-24 Mar 1780 [2 items].

Cambridge Chronicle, 11 Jan 1779-24 Nov 1797 [8 items].

Chester Chronicle and Adam's Weekly Courant, Chester, 12 Feb 1788-17 May 1798 [4 items].

Coventry Mercury, 17 May 1780-16 Nov 1789 [2 items].

Cumberland Chronicle and Cumberland Pacquet, 28 Mar 1780-22 Oct 1792 [7 items].

Doncaster Journal, 20 Feb 1792 [1 item].

Edinburgh Evening Courant, 20 Jun 1780-16 Jun 1791 [2 items].

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette, Old Exeter Journal and Exeter Flying Post, 2 Jun 1774-1797 [6 items].

Gloucester Gazette and Glocester Journal, 24 Oct 1794-16 Feb 1797 [2 items].

Hampshire Chronicle, 23 Jan 1776-19 Jan 1796 [7 items].

Hull Advertiser and Hull Packet, 28 Mar 1792-2 May 1798 [2 items].

Hereford Journal, 7 Apr 1798 [1 item].

Kentish Gazette, 4 Dec 1773-20 Apr 1797 [9 items].

Kentish Chronicle and Canterbury Journal, 20 Jan 1780-7 May 1798 [8 items].

Leeds Mercury, 27 Jan 1790-1 Apr 1799 [3 items].

Leicester Journal and Leicester and Nottingham Journal, 22 Apr 1778-11 Apr 1798 [8 items].

Lewes Journal and Sussex Advertiser, 27 Jan 1783-11 May 1792 [5 items].

Lincoln, Rutland and Stamford Mercury, 4 Mar 1785-1 Jan 1787 [3 items].

Liverpool General Advertiser and Liverool Phenix, 12 Apr 1790-8 Sep 1798 [9 items].

Manchester Chronicle and Manchester Mercury, 12 Apr 1790-31 Mar 1797 [6 items].

Newcastle Advertiser and Newcastle Courant, 12 Apr 1790-31 Mar 1797 [4 items].

Norfolk Chronicle, 9 Nov 1775-12 Dec 1795 [10 items].

Northampton Mercury, 14 Jan 1780-20 Apr 1791 [4 items].

Reading Mercury and Oxford Gazette, Jackson's Oxford Journal, 1778-9 May 1798 [3 items].

Nottingham Journal, 8 Jan 1780-18 Jul 1798 [5 items].

Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 10 Oct 1774-4 Nov 1796 [4 items].

Sheffield Register, 28 Apr 1789-11 May 1792 [2 items].

Dorchester and Sherborne Journal, Sherborne Journal and Sherborne Mercury, 3 Apr 1780-16 Jun 1791 [9 items].

Shrewsbury Chronicle, 13 Jun 1798 [1 item].

Worcester Journal, 19 Jun 1786-5 Mar 1799 [2 items].

York Courant and Yorkshire Journal, 7 Dec 1785-12 Mar 1796 [4 items].

London newspapers:

General Evening Post, 25 Feb 1779-24 Feb 1783 [5 items].

Miscellaneous, 1 May 1780-31 Mar 1797 [9 items].

Miscellaneous including Mark Evening Express, 8 Jan 1776-1846 [9 items].

Miscellaneous, 21 Nov 1841-17 Dec 1846 [36 items].

Folder also includes summary lists of almanacks in which the Company advertised, with payment totals, 1777 and 1819 [2 items].

Folder contains:

i: commissioners of the stamp duties notice that printers, publishers and vendors of unstamped almanacks will be prosecuted, 8 Aug 1778.

ii: commissioners of the stamp duties note to the Company requesting that stationers comply with rules concerning binding of almanacks, 13 Aug 1778.

iii: letter to the Company from William Chapman concerning weights of 167 bundles of company paper, 25 Nov 1771.

iv: printed circular from the stamp office concerning the stamping of admission records, 21 Mar 1828.

v: lists of weights of crown paper bundles, examined by W Bayley, 15 Oct and 22 Nov 1771 [2 items].

Folder is divided into subfolders:

i: printed almanack advertisements, 1738-1799 [59 items]. Many were originally used as covers for bundles of Treasurers' vouchers and powers to pay dividends; others have handwritten annotations and were used to note numbers of almanacks sold, unsold, to be printed or to be returned to the stamp office.

ii: printed almanack publication notices, 1778-1873 [9 items]. The 18th century items were originally used as covers for bundles of Treasurers' vouchers.

iii: letter from William Chase to George Hawkins regarding advertisement and publication of almanacks, 5 Nov 1795.

iv: extract from 'Publisher's Circular', 1884 (missing).

Folder contains:

i: account of numbers of almanacks given to important people, 26 Dec 1678-1 Jan 1679.

ii: letter from Thomas Vaughan to Mr Hawkins concerning a prize of 10 ladies' diaries, 9 Jan 1759.

iii: letter from Edward Pass to Mr Hett concerning delivery of 20,000 Wing's sheet almanacks, 28 Jun 1762.

iv: letter from John Potter concerning payment for almanacks, 25 Feb 1771.

v: letter from Henry Hughes requesting permission to print almanacks following the death of his father, 11 Nov 1771.

vi: letter from S Crowden to Mr Hawkins concerning the company's refusal to take county drawn bills for almanacks, 13 Jan 1772.

vii: letter from Mr Newbery to Mr Hawkins requesting almanacks for ready money, 14 Nov 1772.

viii: letter from Thomas Parker to the Company requesting permission to print almanacks following the death of his mother, 9 Dec 1772.

ix: letter from Thomas Jackson to the Company concerning his wish to produce an almanack, giving qualifications, 25 Jan 1773.

x: letter from C Etherington to Mr Hawkins concerning an almanack advertisement in the York Chronicle, 25 Oct 1775.

xi: letter from Thomas Wright concerning receipt for compiling the Seasons Almanack, with receipt added at end, 8-12 Jun 1775.

xii: letter from William Cuttwell to George Hawkins concerning terms for sale of almanacks, 28 Oct 1775.

xiii: letter from W Bowyer and J Nichols to the Master, wardens and stock keepers, requesting permission to continue printing the title sheet of Moore's Almanack, 9 Feb 1774.

xiv: letter from Thomas Field to the Master, wardens and stock keepers stating that he has not deviated from his contract to supply the company with paper for almanacks, 8 Mar 1779.

xv: letter from John Knowles to George Hawkins ordering delivery of Ladies' Diaries, 21 Nov.

xvi: letter from Edward Rollington to the Company complaining that widow Simpson threatens to take away care of the Ladies' Diary from him, undated.

xvii: printed list of counties and their abbreviations, undated. [MISSING]

Folder also includes a letter from Charles Jacobi to R T Rivington concerning Francis Moore and sheet almanacks for 1924, 23 May 1924.

Folder contains:

i: correspondence between A Llewellyn Roberts and C R Rivington regarding editorships of almanacks, 8 Jan 1886 and 23 Nov 1893 [2 items].

ii: letter from John Saddler to C R Rivington agreeing to terms for making a plate for the company almanack, 11 Jun 1884.

iii: letter from anonymous correspondent to his brother concerning delivery of almanacks, 6 Feb 1758.

i: copy case and indenture of agreement touching the University of Oxford, with G Hill's opinion on whether the agreement with Oxford and Cambridge is null and void, 19 Sep 1775.

ii: copy case with an unidentified opinion on whether the agreement with Oxford and Cambridge is null and void, undated.

iii: case as to the University rights, enlarged after Serjeant Hill's opinion on a former case, undated.

i: case between Thomas Burke and John Burke, printers of Cambridge University, the Stationers' Company and Bonham Norton and John Bill, His Majesty's printers, undated.

ii: case between the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and the Stationers' Company, respecting almanacs, late 18th century.

Two copies.

Item 2. i is missing

'A Letter to a Member of Parliament from Mr. John Partridge, touching his Alamanack for the Year 1710, and the Injunction, whereby the Publishing of it is staid for the present'; 'The Last Wills and Testaments of J. Partridge, Student in Physick and Astrology; and Dr. Burnett, Master of the Charter-House', 1716; 'The Second Part of Mene Tekel: Treating of the year 1689', by John Partridge.

Arrest warrants for 'hawking' untaxed almanacs. .