From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Itemised expense ledger detailing travel, fuel, and repair costs in Dollars and Pounds Sterling.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 23\1\ Scan262 | |
| Date | 24th January 1921 | |
| Contd. -2- Date. Item Dollars 105.28 27.12.20 Set of chains and fitting. 11.60 27.12.20 Petrol at Sandusky. 4.65 29.12.20 Garage and petrol at Toledo. 6.40 28.12.20 Train fare Toledo to Detroit (return) 4.80 28.12.20 Taxi at Detroit. 1.40 29.12.20 Taxi to Ford Company. 3.50 30.12.20 Petrol at Zanesville. 4.60 30.12.20 Lamp Bulbs. 2.00 30.12.20 Alcohol. 1.50 30.12.20 Garage and petrol at Wheeling. 7.40 31.12.20 Petrol at Hagarstown. 4.20 1.1.21 Garage and petrol and repairs to tyres - Baltimore. 7.00 1.1.21 Petrol at Newark. 5.10 1.1.21. Police fine. 10.00 2.1.21 Petrol and repairs to chains. Poughkeepsie. 4.20 9.1.21 Petrol to North Adams. 4.20 13.1.21 New York Show Expenses. 4.00 14.1.21 Garage and petrol New York. 4.20 15.1.21 Taxi to boat and tips. 5.00 Total - 201.03 £. s. d.{John DeLooze - Company Secretary} 15.1.21) Expenses on boat - return. 2 0 0 24.1.21) " " Tips to Stewards etc. 3 0 0 24.1.21 Fare from Liverpool 1 2 0 24.1.21 Tips and Taxi from Docks. 6 0 ----------- 6 8 0 ----------- | ||