[PORTEUS
(Revd. Robert, c. 1705-c. 1754, Rector of Hatley, Cambridgeshire)]
Bill to him totalling £11 3s 6d from his solicitor, Thomas York,
with the latter's autograph receipt, for Drafting and Ingrossing a Lease & Release (£2 2s), Duty & Parchment (10s), swelled by travelling expenses for him and his clerk to Hatley (£2 2s) and all the cumbersome details of a Concord, with writs, alienation, warrant, swearing and registration, carefully itemized, 2 sides 10" x 3¾" and conjugate blank, no place, 12th January
conjugate blank defective at top
Item Date:
1737
Stock No:
51246
£75
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PORTEUS
(Beilby, 1731-1809, from 1787 Bishop of London)
Subscription and signature on piece,
with note of date
Item Date:
1789
Stock No:
18733
£15
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PRIM, TURNER & CO.
LS in the hand of partner C. Turner, to Richard Eaton,
agent for the Ormonde estates at Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, acknowledging "a remittance for £600 to be placed to the account of Lady Eleanor Butler", (1788-1859, daughter of John, 1740-1795, 17th Earl of Ormonde), adding that "the writer, our C. Turner from Naples, is very anxious ... (& has her full authority to say so) that her trustees should be solicited to pay her Q[uar]terly allowance as punctually as possible ... the arrears or delays are very disagreeable for her", 1 side 4to., address, postmarks and '1d red' on verso, London, 20th August
slight defects on opening with loss of 3 letters (easily supplied)
Item Date:
1841
Stock No:
16778
£50
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PRINTER'S DEVICE
PRINTER'S DEVICE
Engraving showing a crowned salamander in the flames,
flanked by male figures pouring water on flaming torches, 3½" x 5" (9.2cm x 12.8cm) plus margins, no date, c.
Item Date:
1630
Stock No:
50796
£35
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PRINTMAN
(Joseph, Quaker, of Malton, North Yorkshire)
Autograph lettter signed to 'Respected Friend Alfred Simpson',
(Solicitor in Malton), saying he has sent "the truer acc[oun]ts relative to Robinsons affair - having promised f[rien]d Walters of Newcastle to do so Yesterday - please to bring them with thee on thy return", adding "there is a small variation in the two acc[oun]ts" which is not "of consequence to the present business", 1 side 7½" x 4½", Malton, 15th 7th month (June)
contemporary pen trials of thick and thin strokes for 'gothic' letters on blank fourth side
Item Date:
1810
Stock No:
54181
£35
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