British East India Company: Salaries Paid to 'Clerks', 1760-1850

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>This resource arose out of research into the date of origin, characteristics, and scale of age-specific salaries, and the relative earnings among the British middle class between 1750 and 1850.<br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>This resource lists by name, occupation, year, department, and years of experience of clerks employed in the British East India Company between 1760 and 1850. It provides an indication of middle class incomes received by a significant group of men in the middle and upper sections of London's middle class during the classic years of the British industrial revolution.