[Liverpool; Cotton; pre US Civil War] MANUSCRIPT "Statement of the Prices, Sales, Stocks &c. of Cotton in Liverpool" covering the years 1849-57 [James H. Midgley; Midgley Family, Quaker Merchants of LIverpool]

Ruled Notebook, 28pp. heavily rubbed at extremities but sound and tight. Ownership inscription of James H. Midgley followed by statement "For Arthur Midgley" and "From dear Papa's Desk". With the ticket of 'WAREING WEBB | BOOKSELLER & BINDER | LIVERPOOL.' on the front pastedown. Painstaking tabulation of the figures for the cotton market in fourteen columns ruled with red lines and spread over two pages per year (1849-57) Column headings as follows: DateUplands| Mobile [Alabama] | Orleans [Louisiana] | Sales | Imports| Stocks With: Touching and detailed account ('at about 8.20? PM our little Darling was born - she soon told us she had a good pair of lungs') of the author's daughter's early years. The Midgley family were notable Lancastrian Quaker industrialists (cf. the Midgley Reference Library in the John Rylands University Library Manchester). See Image.