Account book kept by Mark Laighton from 1819 to 1828. Laighton was a mast and block maker and invented the roller block. He owned Laighton's Wharf and Mast Yard and had a house on Bachelor's Lane (later Green Street).
Entries are similar to S1223a (the earlier book kept by Laighton) and include outfitting ships, dry goods and food items, blocks and repairs made to vessels. They also include work on the Portsmouth Aqueduct system and repair to pumps at houses in Portsmouth.
Link to index of names, ships and businesses can be found at the bottom of this catalog record.
