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Date:5th of November 1799
Description:Every pottery manufacturer needed plenty of straw to ensure that their wares could be safely packed for transportation by road or canal.
At this meeting, the manufacturers of Lane End, Lane Delph and Lower Lane agreed to charge an additional 2s 6d per crate for their wares to cover the rising cost of straw.
About this Document
This document was collected by local industrialist Enoch Wood and is now part of the collections at Stoke-on-Trent Museums.