| Description | Letters and other papers relating to the business of the bank, clients, etc., mostly as received and probably as originally created.
Includes:
1. Letter from John C. Mortlock, Cambridge, to Thomas Mortlock, London, relating to suicide of Mr [Edward] Gillam, banker, and saying: 'I must beg you to see Hammet and procure us 20 or 30.000 in Bank Notes fives and tens, & come down with them yourself tonight... P.S. Pray bring ten thousand in ones and twos & the other twenty 5 & 10', 12 January 1815
2. Letter from John Cheetham Mortlock to his father relating to accounts and looking at the books, 12 December 1815
3. Two letters from F. Croft, 57 Chancery Lane, solicitor, relating to debtors (including Dr Lawson), 9 May 1817, and bills of A.B.S. Ramsey, May 1820; 6 letters from Croft and Johnson, 43 Bedford Row, London, relating to debtors (including George Watts, Mr Lloyd and Major Bircham), 1824-1825; letter from the Bank to Croft and Johnson, relating to bill of Mr Watts, baker, Black Friars Bridge, 6 January 1824;
affidavit sworn by John Edmund Wilson, clerk to Thomas Mortlock, relating to debt of £600 12s owed by Plumstead Lloyd of Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road, London, as indorsee of bill of exchange drawn by William Furbank, 3 September 1824; letter from Plumstead Lloyd, 8 September 1824; letter from W.H. Nash for Mr Wedd, Royston, relating to bond for Furbank's signature, 24 September 1824.
4. Letter from Robert Edwards, Ely, to Mr Wilson, relating to a disputed charge, 19 August 1817
5. Memorandum of C. Payn relating to cheques, bills, coins, etc., to be sent to Cambridge, 30 June 1818
6. Bond of Thomas Newling for £350 relating to Richard Tunwell, now deranged, 17 December 1819, with cleared cheque of Thomas Newling, 8 January 1820
7. Copy letter to Revd George Jenyns relating to his account being overdrawn by £18, 16 May 1823
8. Draft letter to Commissioner of taxes, 19 May 1823
9. Letter from J.L. Payn, Saffron Walden, to Charles Round, listing amounts paid to Commissioners of Taxes for various Essex villages near Saffron Walden, 11 January 1824, with letter from Charles Round, Birch Hall, instructing bank to send money for assessed taxes for 1822 to the Auditors Office, 5 February 1825
10. Letter from Robert Edwards, Ely, to Mr Wilson, relating to Bank's decision to no longer pay interest on running accounts and Mr Dean's intention to remove his account, 24 January 1824
11. Copy letter to Mr Gee, Bishops Stortford, declining to offer opinion in affairs of Mr Nicholson, 24 January 1824
12. Letter from Sir James Esdaile and Co to Messrs Mortlock and Sons inquiring about circulation of copper coin in the neighbourhood, 27 February 1824, with draft reply, 8 Mar 1824
13. Covering letter from Smith Ellison and Co, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, for bond of William Coy of Belton near Epworth, 13 March 1824
14. Draft letter to Revd Charles Simeon relating to consols, 13 March 1824, with letter from C. Simeon, 5 May 1829 (torn), and letter from Esdaile and Co, Lombard Street, May 1829 (torn), relating to same.
15. Draft letter to Thorowgoods relating to mistakes that have occurred on affixing the £1 stamp on £5 notes, 24 March 1824
16. Letter from Christopher Pemberton relating to taxes for Chatteris, Wisbech, Cambridge, Newmarket, Royston and Linton, April 1824, with two draft replies.
17. Letter from Mr Spencer, Bishops Stortford, introducing Joshua Cheffins ('whatever Business he may do with you - you may do in perfect safety'), 22 July 1824
18. Three letters from Henry Hall relating to purchase of Sun Inn, March-May 1825;
19. Letter from Carpenter and Son relating to printing of cheques, 18 March 1825
20. Letter from John Auldjo of Trinity College requesting loan of £600, 18 April 1825, and copy reply refusing loan;
21. Letter from London Northern Rail Road Co, 18 Aldermanbury, relating to distribution of shares, with form letter, May 1825
22. Letter from Revd William Manning of Diss, paying a debt of £15 8s, 27 March 1838;
23. Two pages of draft accounts, n.d., memorandum relating to complaint about mortgage (unidentified), with doodles, n.d., memorandum relating to balance sheet for 1814.
24. Letter (not part of original bundle) from Thomas Norfolk of West Wratting, with news of Mrs Norfolk's incapacity to repay her debt pending a Chancery decision about her property, 11 January 1815
25. Letter (not part of original bundle) from Richard Blow to Joshua Fitch of Meldreth, asking for financial assistance; with a postscript asking Fitch to communicate with him or with F. Mortlock, 25 May 1819
26. Letter (not part of original bundle) from G. Leeds, Croxton Park, with request to Messrs Mortlock to honour the drafts of his son Joseph Leeds to the amount of £200, 2 January 1819 |