A document relating to the Excise in Dumfries
Amount of this Voucher is, from C.n B.ry
forty three barrels & three firkins of strong
Ale; ten barrels of Two penny; & twenty
three barrels, one firkin, of Small Beer. -
Cash is
From Victuallery, one barrel & one
firkin of Two penny -
Cash is, sixteen pounds, five shillings
& eleven pence. -
Rob.t Burns
forty three barrels & three firkins of strong
Ale; ten barrels of Two penny; & twenty
three barrels, one firkin, of Small Beer. -
Cash is
From Victuallery, one barrel & one
firkin of Two penny -
Cash is, sixteen pounds, five shillings
& eleven pence. -
Rob.t Burns
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/23
- Alt. number
- 3.6153
- Date
- 1793
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/23
- Alt. number
- 3.6153
- Date
- 1793
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
A document relating to the Excise in Dumfries.
Robert Burns became an Excise Officer in 1789 in the Dumfries District and progressed rapidly from the Nithsdale out-ride division to the third foot-walk division in Dumfries within a year. He later became an Acting Supervisor in 1794.
This is the narrative portion of an Excise Voucher prepared by Robert Burns to account for the excise duty collected at a brewery in his Dumfries District for a cash value of sixteen pounds, five shillings and eleven pence. The brewery ale here is brewed in three strengths described as strong ale, small beer and twopenny. The latter being a quality of ale which cost two pence a quart.
It is signed by Burns's supervisor Alexander Findlater and by Collector John Mitchell.
It is signed by Burns's supervisor Alexander Findlater and by Collector John Mitchell.
Archive information
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- A document relating to the Excise in Dumfries
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