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Paid to Robert Grumbold for work done on the new building.

Paid to William Newling for work done on the new building, including payments for 8 sash windows on the first storey, 8 sash windows on the second storey, double lines and pulleys. Signed by William Newling

Payment made to John Newling for work done on the new building by his father, William Newling. Signed by John Newling.

Paid to Joseph Sherwin for work done on new buildings, including payments for slating with strong copper nails and pointed internally with lime and hair, loads of sltaes, work by labourers, nails, repairing slates, copper nails and oil cement. Signed by Sherwin on printed headed notepaper.

Receipt for repairs and minor works carried out by Edward Beales & Co between April and August 1874. Work includes repairing knife machine (Emery to do), 1 bottle rack, wrought iron frame and doors for wine bin as per estimate, and 2 padlocks for the same. Total cost £25 4s, invoiced to the college's buttery account. Signed off by Edward Beale.

Bill for red bricks and splays to John Price, wholesale and retail brewer and malteaser and hop, wine and spirit dealer, paid by C Deeks for £1 15d 9s. Signed by William Sargant and John Price.

Paid £59 19s 9d to Edward Headly and Son for iron fence around the new square, 1 extra post, 1 iron gate of fixing same, fencing of post Jesus terrace, repairing old fence. Signed Edward Headly and Son

Receipt for 1s of repairs to the handle of a silver table knife, and £1 1s for auditing the College plate by T. Reed & Son, goldsmiths, jewellers, silversmiths and watchmakers. Signed by T. Reed and sent "with compliments and thanks."

By order of Mr Newberry to Owen Rowe, Plumber, Glazier, and Gas Fitter (22 Sussex Street, Cambridge). Receipt for repairing pump in August 1874, costing £2. Signed by Joseph Rowe.

Receipt for printing exam papers for Lent and Easter terms, costing £20 18s in total. Topics include Latin, Greek, and English prose translation, Cicero, Herodotus, algebra, mathematics, trigonometry, natural philosophy, Newton and dynamics, statistics, rigid dynamics, hydrostatics, and optics. Some exams are intercollegiate. Signed by A Mason on behalf of C.J. Clay.

Bill for cost of time of man examining and testing 5 hydrants, and of raising the hydrant, including materials. Total cost £1 8s 6d. Bill for water in lodge, 2 WCs, garden, and arrears, costing £2 12s 10d. Separate bill for water in 74 sets of rooms, 4 WCs, and 5 hydrants, costing £13 16s 6d.
Tucked inside, two bills for water supply in the quarter ending on 6th Oct 1874, one for the amount of £12 14s, the other for £12 11s 6d, with less charged for the cost of the hydrant carried forward. Also a receipt for £1 8s 6d for repairs [to the hydrant] as per statement. All signed off by W.L. Dickson, collector.

Receipt from Robert Jones, art metal worker, for four new copper lamps, and for altering brackets on packing case. Total cost £5-8-0. Signed by Robert Jones, and confirmed as correct by Mr Tuft and Mr Waterhouse.

Letter and bill from Alfred Lerew, of the Auction, Estate, and House Agency Offices, Cardington Street, London, to J. Gibson Esq., of Jesus College about a portrait bought by the College from Mrs. Perry, her being in need of assistance. Lerew hoped for a better price. Attached is a bill for the portrait:
Portrait..........£5
Packing case.........10s
total: £5 10s

Bill and Receipt for half a years Land Tax Charged on the Estate of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College at Willing Farm at Willingham due Michaelmas Last, amounting to 14s. Signed C. Underwood Collector.

Receipt of payments totalling £1 10s for repair and replacement of items in the chapel and combination room.
Chapel: laced matting and binding.
Combination room: repairing dining table, castor screw, picture frame. Fastening, moulding and replacing two hand fire screens.

Paid £3 8s 5d to George Gold, Law an Parliamentary Stationer, for a fair copy of extracts from Lord Campbell's speech in The Honorable Society of Gray's Inn v the Parish of St Andrew Holborn. Signed Henry Gold for George Gold.

Parties: (1) Jesus College, (2) Nathaniel Holliday. To keep covenants

Names on board read:

T. E. Morel, W. Dangar, W. T. Coles, C. S. Colman, D. A. R. Young, J. T. Bennett, W. T. Barham, K. C. Holloway, J. C. W. MacBryon, E. Raimes, Cox, R. W. Holloway.

Names on board read:

G. J. McHardy, P. J. Allum, W. E. Thorne, E. H. B. Neill, E.W. Davies, N. Williams, P. J. White, J. H. Smith, J. H. Hall, N. R. McConnel, S. R. Gardiner, H. C. H. MacDonald

Names on board read:

G. S. E. Nevill-Davies, R. S. Punnett, F. A. Instone, R. D. Holloway, G. H. Hunter-Brown, H. R. W. Butterworth, J. E. W. Waddington, R. S. D Gilson (Capt.), J. T. Morgam, G. H. Williams, S. Armstrong, A. W. Fitz Aucher.

Names on mount listed as:

H. Wesley-Smith (Trinity), P. G. Mayer (Trinity), G. C. N. Wardley (Trinity), E. N. Dexter (Jesus), A. A. Roberts (Trinity Hall), J. R. M. Lawrence (Pembroke), M. Woosnam (Trinity), A. C. G. Lonsdale (Trinity), A. J. Yencken (Corpus), C. N. Thompson (St. John's), E. D. Yencken (Corpus), H. A. Turner (Pembroke), B. R. Lawrence (Pembroke)

Includes copy of poster

Addressed to Lynford Caryl, certificate declaring James Potters, deceased, died as a result of falling from a mare and his body now ready for Christian burial. Signed by James Day, deputy coroner.