London
20 Decem 1825
Sir,
Our Brokers have at length effected the purchase of fs 670– de Rentes French 5 pr Cent Stock at 93½, the note of which is enclosed and the cost placed to the debit of your account in £499 · 16 · 8 · – With respect to Exchequer Bills, the £100– bills have never been so low as 60/– discount
The £50– shares of the Thames Tunnel Company, are quoted in the printed list as at £20– discount, although £17– only have been paid upon them; but this price is merely nominal, it is scarcely possible to get any information about them, in the present state of the money market. A Certificate of the Mexican Mine <1> share will be delivered to you as soon as the transfer is completed.
We shall be happy to pay the call needed upon it, as also the future ones if you will do us the favor to send us the notices, otherwise they may be overlooked
We have the honor to be Sir, Your most obt Servants
Hammersleys & Co
W. H F Talbot Esq
Decr 19th 1825
Bot for W H F Talbot
| Fs 670 de Rentes french [sic] 5 pr Cts @ 93.50 Cts exchge 25.10 – |
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£499 · 3 · 4 |
| Commissn [illegible] pr Ct on | 13 · 4 | |
| Capital of fs 13400 | ||
| @ exchge 25/10 | _________ | |
| £499 · 16 · 8 |
Andrews Parker & Scrutton
Brokers
W. H. F Talbot Esq
Moreton
nr Dorchester
Notes:
1. Silver mines in Mexico previously exploited by the Spanish. Mexico became a Republic in 1824 with a precarious economy. Mining, a mainstay in colonial times, had declined during the many years of fighting.