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Old and New London
… Queen Anne's expensive wars led to duties on paper and soap; and her revenue from excise amounted to 1,738,000 a …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… in their name are numerous; among them BLACK JACK, BLACK SOAP, BLACK TEA and BLACK TIN. OED earliest date of use: 890 …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… Inventories (mid-period), Inventories (late), Rates. Black soap [blacke sope; black sope; bla: sope] In Latin SAPO NIGRUS, it is a SOFT SOAP often made from inferior materials such as TRAIN OIL or … probably bought it by the LB and used it as an all-purpose soap unless a superior form of soap like the WASHBALLs or …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… they were listed among other SALTERY in the inventory of a SOAP boiler [Inventories (1670)] and in the other in the …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… INDIAN INK, MARBLE, NEST, PASTEBOARD, PIECE, room, SOAP, TURKEY LEATHER, WAFER Found described by BLACK, dark, …
A New History of London
… liquors; on tea, coffee, and chocolate; on malt, hops, soap, starch, candles, paper, callicoes, gold and silver …
The Spanish Company
… a small size of split oak for barrel-staves and wainscots; soap ashes, burnt wood which provided the alkaline basis for soap. …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… A soft paleish substance, commonly called Borrowdale soap, is found, which, having undergone a chymical process, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… SAND BOX, SHAVING BOX, SHOP BOX, SNUFF BOX, SNUFFER BOX, SOAP BOX, STANDARD BOXES, TINDER BOX,TOBACCO BOX, TOUCH BOX, …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… are a large malt-distillery, an extensive brewery, and a soap-manufactory; but the chief trade of the town is derived …