The complete servant; being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants ... With useful receipts and tables / by Samuel and Sarah Adams.

  • Adams, Samuel, servant
Date:
1825
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Credit: The complete servant; being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants ... With useful receipts and tables / by Samuel and Sarah Adams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of a family with Children will be from 1-4th ‘to ]-3rd for each of the Principals, and about 1-10th or 1-12th for each Child. As Hints to the Formation of a‘ House- hold, or the Reformation of an Establishment, we insert the following list of the number and ‘description of Servants that are usually em- ployed, according to Income; viz.— Tncome per Annum. £100 or guineas. A Widow or other unmarried Lady, may keep a Young Maid Servant, at alow Ssa- lary ; say from 5 to 10 Guineas a year. £150 to £180. A Gentleman and Lady without Children, may afford to keep a better Servant- Maid, at about 10 or 12 Guineas, About £200. Ditto... A professed Servant-Maid of All- Work, at from 12 to 14. Guineas, £300. Ditto, with one, two, or three Children. Two Maid-Servants. £400. Ditto, Ditto. Three female Servants, or two and a Boy; viz.—A Cook, House- Maid, and Nursery-Maid, or else, instead of the latter, a Boy,—with a Gardener occasionally. £500. - Ditto, Ditto. Three females and a Boy; viz.— A Cook, House-Maid, and Nursery- Maid, with a Boy as Groom, and to assist in the House and Garden. A Gardener occasionally. £500to £600. A Gentleman and Lady with Children. Three Females and one Man; viz.—A Cook, House-Maid, and a Nursery-Maid, or other Female-Servant ; with a Livery-Ser- vant, as Groom and Footman. A Gare dener occasionally.