Account book of the Gibson family, 1735-1797

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MS. Eng. c. 3200

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(fols. 95-117 and 123-134) are blank

Kept successively by Gibson's son, Thomas (c.1710-1742), Clerk of the Treasury, Thomas's widow, Mary (née Haynes), and their son, Edmund (1740-1798), mainly relating to South Sea Stocks and to property, with other accounts, including

(pp. 121-122, 135-137) accounts of expenditure on the education of the children of Thomas and Mary Gibson, 1743-1758
(pp. 142-143) account of bequests received by Mary Gibson under the will of Bishop Gibson, 1748-1750
(pp. 170-168 rev.) contemporary notes of births, marriages and deaths of members of the family, 1735-1790
(p. 171 rev.) a family tree by J.C. Dalton, 1910-1920