Biography:
1. Richard Smith was employed as a Barrel Marker with pay of 2/6d per day (Supply 5/199 dated the 15th January 1801).
2. Supply 5/226 dated the 18th June 1807, recorded that he was a Labourer in various parts of the Manufactory, setting and drawing stoves and loading and unloading barges, etc., for which he was paid 2/-d per day.
3. List of Employees dated the 29th August 1812 (Supply 5/229) confirmed that Richard Smith was still a Marker of Barrels, but that he then earned 3/3d per day, in addition to which, he was a Rounder at 2/-d every third night.