[BITList] Fwd: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Dhobiwalla of Calcutta

[John Feltham]

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From: "Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar" <bosham at gmail.com>
Date: 19 December 2009 5:12:59 PM AEST
To: <india-british-raj at rootsweb.com>
Subject: [INDIA-BRITISH-RAJ] The Dhobiwalla of Calcutta
Reply-To: india-british-raj at rootsweb.com

From: SELECTIONS FROM CALCUTTA GAZETTES

Thursday, December 6th, 1787.

Washing and Mangling.

Messrs. J. Davidson and Co. take this method of informing their friends,
and the Ladies and Gentlemen of Calcutta, that they have taken a
convenient spot of ground in Dhee Entally, erected necessary Buildings
thereupon, and have procured sufficient materials and workmen for
the purpose of carrying on, in an extensive way, the business of
Washing and mangling, (according to the Europe method,) and getting
up Linen of all sorts, to commence from November 1st, 1787.

They hope to meet with due encouragement in this their undertaking,
its utility considered, as the many and crying inconveniences the
public long labored under from frequent losses of their clothes, and
from other neglects of the washermen they were hitherto under the
necessity to employ, are thereby obviated ; for Mssrs. D. and Co.
take upon themselves the responsibility of all Linen that shall be
entrusted to their charge, and engage to receive and deliver them
punctually four times in the month, for which they trust their terms,
as under, will not be deemed unreasonable.

For a Lady or Gentleman ... ... Rs. 6 per month.

A Child from 7 to 12 years old ... Rs. 4 do.

A Child under 6 years ... ... Rs. 2 do.

A Servant ... ... ... Rs. 1 do.

Ladies and Gentlemen who choose to favor them with their commands,
may depend upon strict attention being paid to the well getting up of their
Linen, and to the receipts and delivery of them at the stated times above
mentioned.

Messrs. D. and Co. will likewise undertake the Bleaching of Cotton Cloths
of every kind upon reasonable terms.
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--- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar



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