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The customs ledger that survived three fires.
A hand-written ledger from the late Victorian period, recently rediscovered in the back office of a small Sheerness firm.
Long-form reported pieces about coastal trade, archives, and the structures within which both happen. Usually 4,000 to 6,000 words. Written when the story is ready, not on a deadline.

A hand-written ledger from the late Victorian period, recently rediscovered in the back office of a small Sheerness firm.

One auctioneer, two hundred lots, and a small but persistent clientele who have been showing up on the second Saturday of every month for, in some cases, the past twenty-five years.