Sales ledger (account book)

Sales ledger (January 1958-January 1962) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Debtors’ ledger in which individual accounts of clients at John Sparks Ltd were recorded. client accounts record invoices issued for goods sold (debit), services vended (debit), cash payments received (credi...

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Archive & Special Collections JSP/02/12 Closed

Date(s) of creation: January 1958-January 1962
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSP.02.12
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
callnumber JSP/02/12
callnumber_txt JSP/02/12
callnumber-sort JSP/02/12
prefix_number 12
title Sales ledger (account book)
scb_date_creation January 1958-January 1962
scb_level Item
level_sort 8/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File/Item
scb_extent 1 volume
format Archive
description Sales ledger (January 1958-January 1962) of John Sparks Ltd, dealer in Chinese art (London). Debtors’ ledger in which individual accounts of clients at John Sparks Ltd were recorded. client accounts record invoices issued for goods sold (debit), services vended (debit), cash payments received (credit), discounts given (credit), contra postings from supplier accounts in bought ledger (credit), and returns inwards (credit). Sales ledger records debits (right column) and credits (left column) under each account. Debits column records: date of debit, type of debit, page number recording debit invoice in book of prime entry (e.g. sales daybook) , and value of debit (£-s-d). Credit column records: date of credit, type of credit, page number recording receipt of payment in book of prime entry (e.g. cashbook) or contra posting from bought ledger , and value of credit (£-s-d). Account number, name of account holder, and address at top of each folio. client accounts arranged alphabetically, with index at beginning of each letter series. Ruled folios. Handwritten. 1 volume. No cover. Disbound.
scb_access_status Closed
scb_closed_until 01/01/2046
scb_conditions_gov_access Closed under data protection legislation until 1st January 2046
language English
language_search English
scb_physc_charac_tech_reqs Conservation work undertaken on the volume in 2016. Cord and leather cover removed due to red rot degradation.
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSP
hierarchy_sequence JSP.0002.0012

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