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Document number: 02275
Date: 19 Dec 1831
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: HAMMERSLEY & Co
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 1st September 2003

London

19 Decem 1831

Sir,

We are favored with your letter <1> of yesterday’s date returning the Power of attorney for sale of your 3 p Ct Consols, <2> which shall be acted upon, immediately after the 5 January, if we hear nothing to the contrary.

We have stopped at the Bank, the note for £5 <3> – No 38878 – 12 Feby 1831, the charge for which is 2/6 – to the debit of your account; This circumstance will not prevent the note being paid at the Bank if it come through a respectable channel, but notice will be sent us when possible to ban the circulation.

We have the honor to be
Sir,
Your most ob Servant

Hammersleys & C

W. H. F. Talbot Esq

W. H. F. Talbot Esq
Lacock Abbey
Chippenham
Wilts

Notes:

1. Letter not located.

2. Consolidated annuities.

3. See Doc. No: 02273.