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The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tablesAdams, Samuel, servant

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The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables

Name: The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables
Author: Adams, Samuel, servant

Adams, Samuel, servant

Home economics; Household employees

£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.

  £500 to £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-Servant, as Groom
                 and Footman. A Gardener occasionally.

  £600 to £750.  _Ditto, Ditto._ Three Females and two Men; viz.—A Cook,
                 House-Maid, and another Female servant; a Footman, and
                 a Groom, who may assist in the Garden, and a Gardener
                 occasionally.

  £1000 to £1500. _Ditto, Ditto._ Four Females and three Men;
                  viz.—A Cook, two House-Maids, a Nursery-Maid,
                  or other Female Servant; a Coachman, Footman,
                  and a Man to assist in the Stable and Garden.

  £1500 to £2000. _Ditto, Ditto._ Six Female and five Men-Servants;
                  viz.—A Cook, Housekeeper, two House-Maids,
                  Kitchen-Maid, and Nursery-Maid, or other Female
                  Servant; with a Coachman, Groom, Footman, Gardener,
                  and an assistant in the Garden and Stable.

  £2000 to £3000. _Ditto, Ditto._ Eight Female and eight Men-Servants;
                  viz.—A Cook, Lady’s-Maid, two House-Maids, Nurse,
                  Nursery-Maid, Kitchen-Maid, and Laundry-Maid; with
                  a Butler, Valet, Coachman, two Grooms, a Footman, and
                  two Gardeners.

  £3000 to £4000. _Ditto, Ditto._ Nine Female and eleven Male
                  Servants; viz.—A Housekeeper, Cook, Lady’s-Maid,
                  Nurse, two House-Maids, a Laundry-Maid, Kitchen-Maid,
                  and a Nursery-Maid; with a Butler, Coachman, two
                  Grooms, Valet, two Footmen two Gardeners, and a
                  Labourer.

  £4000 to £5000. _Ditto, Ditto._ Eleven Female and thirteen Male
                  Servants; viz.—A Housekeeper, Cook, Lady’s-Maid,
                  Nurse, two House-Maids, Laundry-Maid, Still-Room
                  Maid, Nursery-Maid, Kitchen-Maid, and Scullion,
                  with Butler, Valet, House-Steward, Coachman, two
                  Grooms, one Assistant Ditto, two Footmen, three
                  Gardeners, and a Labourer.

We have been favoured with the following as the present Household
Establishment of a respectable Country Gentleman, with a young family,
whose Net Income is from 16,000l. to 18,000l. a Year, and whose
expenses do not exceed 7000l.; viz.—

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The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables

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