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Collapse DEX1557 - Business and personal records of the Butler family of Reading, wine and spirit merchants.DEX1557 - Business and personal records of the Butler family of Reading, wine and spirit merchants.
Collapse 1 - Business records1 - Business records
1 - Partnership deeds and dissolutions of the same, relating to the Butler family's business as wine and spirit merchants in Chatham Street, Reading.
2 - Inventory of fixtures and fittings at Chatham Street premises, and receipt from retiring partner of his payment for his share of the same.
3 - Correspondence and papers relating to the dissolution of the partnership of Harry and William Edward Butler, and a subsequent dispute about certain outstanding liabilities.
4 - Monthly and annual totals of till receipts.
5 - Business and personal accounts of William Edward Butler.
6 - Detailed sales and purchase accounts, September 1892 - December 1894.
7 - Deposit account bank pass book, November 1918 - September 1919.
8 - Deposit account bank pass book.
9 - Agreement to employ James Tanner of Balham, Mddx, as manager of the retail department of the business at 89 Chatham St, Reading, salary including possession of 91 Chatham St.
10 - Papers relating to the registration of trademarks.
11 - Carpenter's bill for alterations to premises.
12 - Printed price list of wines and spirits produced by W & A Gilbey.
13 - Details of press advertising.
14 - Details of press advertising.
15 - Accounts of advertising costs.
16 - List of deeds (mostly assignments of lease) of Chatham Street premises, Reading, 1819-1873.
17 - Press cuttings: articles and advertisements re Butler & Sons and The Butler public house, Chatham St, Reading [Butlers Wine Bar, for ladies only, 1976].
18 - Printing blocks of advertisements and of photographs of Charles and Harry Butler.
19 - Licences to sell alcohol and tobacco at the Bakers Arms, 85 Chatham Street, Reading, for consumption on and off the premises.
20 - Papers relating to the settling of a dispute with Frank Butler.
21 - Correspondence relating to proposed new lease of Chatham Street property.
22 - Harper's Manual (3rd edition): directory and reference work for the wine and spirit trade.
23 - Provisional land duty valuation of Chatham Street premises.
24 - Correspondence and papers concerning attempts to keep Frank Ernest Butler out of the armed forces, principally on the grounds that 10 out of the 11 eligible staff employed in 1914 were already in the army, navy or doing other government work.
25 - Registration and warranty of Ford van purchased for the business.
26 - Inventories of stock, fixtures, utensils and plant, 1917, n.d. [c.1918-25] and 1926.
27 - Letter concerning recipe for Vibrona tonic wine.
28 - Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic) order concerning conditions for sale of alcohol.
29 - Circular letter from H & G Simonds Ltd concerning the supply of alcohol to tied houses, and letter of advice re. the same.
30 - Letter from insurance company concerning additional liability under Workman's Compensation Act.
31 - Correspondence relating to the reassessment of the Chatham Street premises by the Inland Revenue valuation office.
32 - Solicitor's bill relating to drawing up agreement with bar manager.
33 - Certificate of deposit (security for loan of wire sealed machine).
34 - Automobile Association member's ticket for the firm.
35 - Receipts for lump sum and annuity due to Catherine Selina Butler, widow of W E Butler, in return for her share in the business.
36 - Agreements for William Wallace Kent to act as manager of the Butler Arms, 1939 and 1943, and letter re agreement with Mr D J H Kent, 1956.
37 - Letters of condolence to the firm on the death of W E Butler junior.
38 - Business card of Hugh McBride, agent for Martin-Bird Hallowes & Co [suppliers].
39 - Price lists.
40 - Advertisements, mostly coloured postcards.
41 - Bottle labels from wine and whisky produced by or for the firm.
42 - Notes on the history of the business.
43 - Cash book (receipts and payments), January 1927 - May 1929.
44 - Cash book (receipts and payments), May 1929 - September 1931.
45 - Day book (cash sales accounts), October 1933 - March 1935.
46 - Day book (cash sales accounts), March 1935 - October 1936.
Expand 2 - Papers of W E Butler, senior2 - Papers of W E Butler, senior
Expand 3 - Miscellaneous personal papers3 - Miscellaneous personal papers
Expand 4 - Miscellaneous4 - Miscellaneous

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