| Description | Bank letters and papers in folder
Includes:
1. Original bundle including 11 items concerning John Bowden's life assurance policy and its assignment to William Thomas Spencer, surgeon of Stoke Newington: two letters from John Bowden at the General Post Office to Thomas Mortlock, 21 January 1840 and 5 February 1840; eight letters from R. Hodgson, 32 Broad Street Buildings, solicitor of W.T. Spencer, January-November 1840; one draft letter from Thomas Mortlock to the Equitable Office, 7 November 1840;
2. Letter from John Sayle of Southery requesting an advance of up to one hundred pounds for his son Robert Sayle, for which he will be responsible, 8 June 1840
3. Letter from William Travis, Scarborough, about his the account of his son, Revd William John Travis of Trinity College, 27 Aug 1842, with letter of guarantee from Woodall and Co, 5 August 1842, and cleared cheque
4. Letter from Twiss and Marshall requesting Thomas Mortlock to date a receipt for Mr Cornell's purchase money, 16 November 1842
5. Four letters concerning dividends from estate of William Daniels: 3 letters from William Gee of Bishops Stortford, solicitor, November 1842-May 1843; letter fom A.B. Belcher, 9 Kings Arms Yard, official assignee, 20 May 1843. (See also 509/4/35)
6. Letter of indemnity from Isaiah Deck for lost half of £10 note, 11 January 1843
7. Two letters from W. Brisco, Trinity College, about a bank note burnt by his servant Elizabeth Wood who mistook it for waste paper, 4 Apr 1843
8. Receipt and indemnity from William Jerome and P.C. Jerome of Parwich near Ashbourne for balance of account of William Jerome jnr of Queens College, June 1843, with covering letter from James Osborne of Ashbourn, 10 June 1843
9. Letter from Edward Sandford, barrister, 77 Chancery Lane, with cheque he found in street in Cambridge, 5 August 1843
10. Letter from Charles Beales, Vienna, executor of Revd George Adam Browne, 6 December 1843
11. Letter of indemnity for lost half £5 note from John and Edward Cook, London, 29 June 1844
12. Letter of indemnity for lost half £5 note from Darby and Garland, 35 Wood Street, London, 29 November 1845
13. Letter of indemnity for last half £5 note from Sidney and Co, 8 Ludgate Hill, London, February 1846
14. Three letters from Everett and Smith, Sarum Bank, Salisbury, relating to Mr Adams' stopped cheque, March-November 1847, with note of PL debit, 29 December 1847, and letter from Excise Office relating to same, 29 April 1848
15. Letter from H.W. Cookson, Peterhouse, vice-chancellor, concerning Balsham inclosure, 20 February 1849, with note of the three commissioners
16. Letter from William Layton, Soham Place, Ely, concerning arrears of tithes, 1 July 1849
17. Letter from George King and Sons requesting a cheque be paid to their bankers Hankey and Co, 6 April 1850
18. Draft letter relating to the estate of Joseph Shepherd, bankrupt in 1802; a Mr Pullen was entitled to a dividend in 1838 and the remainder of the draft relates to these facts. Paper watermarked 1846. Encloses a barely legible note in pencil on fragment of letter-fold addressed to Thomas Mortlock Esq. |