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Name: Benjamin Miles

Birth Date: 00/00/1785

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Sex: M

Marital Status: Married

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Address: Waltham Abbey

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Subject: List of Officers, Foremen and Artificers, etc. employed.

Document Date: 18/06/1807

PRO Reference: Supply 5/226

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1. Benjamin Miles was employed as a Millman with pay of 2/3d per day; he was also allowed 3d per night when on duty (Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807). 2. According to the entry on Supply 5/227 dated the 23rd August 1808, Mr. Miles was still a Millman earning 2/3d per day, and "allowed 6d per night when on duty." 3. Supply 5/228 dated the 1st September 1810, confirmed the details given in Note 2. 4. List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229) confirmed that Mr. Benjamin Miles was still a Millman, but that he now earned 3/-d per day, in addition to which, he was allowed 6d per night when on duty. Still a Millman on the 13th February 1814 (Supply 5/230) with the same rate of pay and additional 6d per night when on duty. 5. List of Employees dated the 25th June 1818 (Supply 5/231) recorded that Benjamin Miles was a Saltpetre Refiner, a married man aged 32, with one child. He lived in Waltham Abbey and earned 2/4d per day, in addition to which, he was allowed to watch in turn, for which he was paid 1/-d per night.