messrs thomson hankey (9 risultati)

1p., 4to. Bifolium, addressed on the reverse of the second leaf to 'Messrs. Thomson Hankey | Merchants | 7 Mincing Lane | London'. The second leaf is also docketed, and carries two circular postmarks, one from 'WEST BROMWICH'. Williams writes that he has returned to find 'an enquiry about the nails & chains'. He gives a price below which he cannot go, adding: 'I must be paid for the Casks: but if a quantity of nails had been wanted I would have given my trouble on the other things, as I should have made a profit on the nails'. The 'last Casks were indifferent as the P had a bad bargain. I would not send new ones. If I send more I must buy them.' The final paragraph reads: 'I confess the price for Chains seems high, but they are very light, & would be useless if made with bad iron, such as Scotch hot blast but if you will venture that, I am of opinion you may get them in London at a lower rate. I will assist you if you wish without making any charge for services.'.

In very good condition, on one side each of two skins of vellum. Robinson's signature and seal in red wax at the foot of the attached skins, and the customary embossed tax stamps on both. Ruled borders in red ink. Docketed on reverse of first skin. The document begins: 'To all to whom these Presents shall come. Moncure Robinson of the City of Philadelphia in the United States of America and now residing in Bond Street in the County of Middlesex in Great Britain Esquire sends Greeting'. The document next discusses 'a Deed Poll or Letter of Attorney under the Common Seal of "The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad company" duly incorporated by that name in the said United States which deed poll or letter of Attorney is also signed by Elihu Chauncey Esquire the President of the said Company and attested by Richard Fenn Lardner their Treasurer and bears date the nineteenth day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty six'. The document appoints 'Thomson Hankey the elder John Alexander Hankey and Thomson Hankey the younger of Mincing Lane in the City of London Merchants' as the company's agents. The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company is considered Robinson's greatest achievement. From the Hankey banking archive.

3pp., folio. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. Signed 'Isabella Hankey' and witnessed by 'John fforster Carey Street'. Laid out in the customary manner, and opening: 'Know all Men by these Presents that I Isabella Hankey of Lincolns Inn Fields and also of Finchley in the Ccounty of Middlesex Widow and Relict of John Peter Hankey late of Mincing Lane in the City of London Merchant deceased am held and firmly bound to Thomson Hankey of the City of London Merchant William Alexander of Lincolns Inn Fields aforesaid Esquire one of the Masters of the High Court of Chancery and Augustus Robert Hankey of Fenchurch Street in the said City of London Esquire in the penal Sum of Twenty Five Thousand Pounds'. The document records the death in 1807 of Mrs Hankey's husband, and the dispositions of his will made 7 December 1793, leaving 'All his Sugar Plantations Houses Buildings Sugar Works Mills Lands Tenements Negroes Slaves plantation Utensils live and dead Stock and Hereditaments and parts and shares of Sugar Plantations and Hereditaments situate and living in the Island of Grenada or elsewhere in the West Indies', with references to 'Plantations Negroes Hereditaments and Premises'. John Peter Hankey is said to have died 'leaving Issue by the said Isabella Hankey his Wife four Sons all then and now Infants', and that 'the Estate of the said John Peter Hankey consisted among other things of Debts due upon West Indian Securities or from persons against whom it was not advisable to proceed adversely and the greater part of such outstanding Estate was under circumstances some what peculiar so that it was not deemed a wise and prudent Administration thereof as well by the said Executors and Trustees as the said Isabella Hankey to proceed according to the ordinary duty of Executors and Turstees and call in such outstanding demands by hostile and adverse proceedings against the persons liable thereto'. From the Hankey banking archive.

1p., 12mo. Bifolium, addressed on reverse of second leaf to 'T Hankey Senr'. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. He thanks him for 'the many kind favors I have received & as the Turtle season has commenced & having retired from business & resigned it to my late Cook Mr. Geo Painter of this Tavern I should be obliged by your future favors to him who will be answerable for the Turtle.' He concludes: 'I stand Debtor to you'. The Tavern was situated at 129 Leadenhall Street. Painter would also become a purveyor of earthenware pottery from the same address. The popularity of turtle soup within the City of London was proverbial. From the Hankey banking archive.

3pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged and worn paper. Docketted 'Answered same date G H'. The letter begins: 'As the time is approaching when another instrument will be due to , I should be much obliged to you if you could send me the amount of the balance due to you at the time the arrangement was made, & the different payments that have been made since'. The letter continues on the same subject. The postscript reads: 'Please mention what are the profits of the price of W. India produce'. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive.

On 29 November 1856 The Times had reported that 'The 26th company of the Royal Engineers, under the command of Captain G. E. L. Walker, R.E., will leave the head-quarters of that establishment at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, this morning for Gravesend, where they will embark on board the Appoline, [sic] for Bermuda.' Both items in good condition, on lighty aged and worn paper. Both docketed by the recipients. ONE: Tomlins to Hankeys, 13 December 1856. 3pp., 4to. Bifolium. Tomlins begins: 'This morning I received your Telegraphic message and had already put the Sails on shore to repair as also my boats & Quarter Davits but did not note a Protest, as nothing of great importance has happened, and the ship & all Mast & Yards &c are as good as when I left. The reason of my putting into this Port was upon the Commanding Officer & the Captain of the Troop writing to me to do so - and it blowing a severe Gale - & having met with the damage I mentioned in my last, and a clause to that effect being in the Charter Party - I considered I was obliged to do so, altho the Admiral (Sir Henry Chads) whom I have been in communication with several times upon the subject, seems to think the commanding officers ought not to have order'd me into Port.' He is replenishing his stores, and awaiting the orders of the transport agent (although 'the Admiral thinks I need not'). He has been obliged to take 'John Parks (Cook) [.] out of the Galley'. The ship 'has been in much greater safety' since his arrival in port. He concludes by reporting that 'The convict ship Norman Monson is still here'. TWO: 'true Copy' of letter in Tomlins autograph, and signed by him. Adressed by 'W. Mosse, Captn 26th Regt | Commanding | Edward Walker | Captn R.E.' to 'Harold Tolmlins Esqre | Master | "Apolline"', and dated from the Apolline on 10 December 1856. 1p., foolscap 8vo. 'We have the honor to request that as we have now been eleven days at Sea without getting out of the Irish Channel and the wind being still Contrary, and as we have moreover lost a considerable portion of our live stock in yesterdays Gale that in compliance, with a clause to that effect in your Charter Party you will proceed without delay to the most convenient port - in order to complete your supplies of water & provisions, and make good the damages sustained to your Boats & Sails in the late Storms'. On 20 July 1854 The Times had reported, under the heading 'Emigration from Plymouth', that 'the Appoline [sic], of 500 tons', had embarked its complement of emigrants from the Government depot in Plymouth, and had set sail for Melbourne. The newspaper noted: 'The Appoline is the property of Messrs. Thomson [sic] Hankey and Co., and is commanded by Captain Tomlins, who has made some very successful passages.' The ship was named after the wife of Thomson Hankey the younger (1805-1893), daughter of William Alexander. From the papers of the Hankey banking family.

3pp., foolscap 8vo. 90 lines of text. Bifolium. In very good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The signature, in a different hand from the rest of the document, is difficult to decipher: ' | Barrister at Law'. (The Paterson family were prominent on the island.) The document begins: 'The question submitted to me for an opinion is whether Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. are entitled to a right of way for carts drawn by cattle &c along a passage lying between a lot of land in the Town of Grenville the property of the firm, and a lot in the occupation of Mrs. V. Morrison. That Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. are entitled to a right of foot-way and a right of way for hand carts is not disputed by Mrs. Morrison; but she claims that no right of way for carts drawn by cattle &c. exists.' The barrister proceeds to give his opinion (that the firm do have a right of way) by presenting a mass of local information. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive.

The Countess of Clarendon had inherited the Mesopotamia Estate from her previous husband John Foster Barham (1799-1838), who had died a certified lunatic year before her marriage to the Earl. The Estate had been in the hands of the Barham family for more than a century. The four items in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. All four with notes by the recipients. ONE: Letter signed by George J. Nicholson of the London soliticitors Vizard & Leman, in secretarial hand, to Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. Lincolns Inn Fields; 7 July 1845 ('Mesopotamia Estate'). 1p., 4to. Directing Hankeys to pay sums totalling £750 '[o]ut of the Mesopotamia Estate' to: 'the Countess of Clarendon at Coutts & Co.', 'Mrs Robins with Messrs. Coutts & Co.', 'Madame Gagiotte with Mr Wordsworth', 'The Rev Ch. Barham at Messrs Coutts & Co.' TWO: [June 1849.] Letter signed by the Earl and Countess ('Clarendon' and 'Katharine Clarendon'), in secretarial hand, to Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. Without place or date [1849]. 1p., 12mo. Instructing them to pay the balance of the account (£717 9s 9d) to 'Mr James Leman of Lincolns Inn Fields London': 'this Sum arises from the proceeds of the Mesopotamia Estate'. With autograph note at foot by James Leman, London, 10 June 1849, instructing Hankeys to pay the sum into his firm's account with Messrs Coutts & Co. THREE: Letter signed by the Countess and Earl ('Katharine Clarendon' and 'Clarendon'), in secretarial hand, to Messrs Thomson Hankey & Co. Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin; 5 May 1851. 1p., 12mo. Directing them to 'dispose of the Five hundred and seventy one pounds 16/5 the Cash balance in your hand arising from the Mesopotamia Estates as you may be advised by Mess Vizard & Leman'. FOUR: Letter in secretarial hand from the Earl (from 'Clarendon' but not signed), to 'James Leman Esq'. 'V. R. Lodge' [Vice Regal Lodge, Dublin]; 2 December 1851. 2pp., 4to. The Earl is sending 'the Jamaica Newspapers', which he asks Leman to forward to Hankeys, 'as they contain a report of the new process for improving the manufacture of Sugar that Lord Howard de Walden has lately introduced on his Estates - Lord H. writes me word that on its first establishment last year various accidents occurred which will not happen again but that "the general result has been an improvement from 2 to 5 shillings per Cwt & 3 Hgds (i e Ton) realizing 17 & 18 Cwts at the Queens Beam whereas hitherto they seldom came up to 16 Cwt & I have nearly doubled the quantity of my rum from the saving of Molasses & being able to use them partly for distilling"'. Clarendon considers the subject 'well worthy of consideration with reference to the Mesopotamia Estate', and suggests that Hankeys 'might possibly think it adviseable [sic] to direct Mr. Johns to make enquiry as to the success which has attended Lord Howard's operations'.

3pp., foolscap 8vo. Bifolium. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. The letter begins: 'Gentlemen, | I am directed to inform you that a Bill of Exchange drawn by His Excellency the Governor and the Members of the Executive Committee, on the Lords of the Treasury, for the sum of £10.822 . 9 . 6 at thirty days' sight, will be forwarded to you by the Receiver General by the present Mail, together with Bills of the Colonial Bank, making with the Bills already forwarded, the further sum of £9.500 - and to provide altogether the sum of £20.000, which I am to instruct you to receive and pay to the Bank of England, in liquidation of that amount payable there on the 1st April next for Interest and Sinking Fund on the Jamaica Guaranteed Loan.' The letter continues for more than a page in the same vein. From the Hankey & Co. banking archive. Underneath summary of contents, "Ansd do [16 Feb. /56, the date of receiving] W.W. William Wilson of Hankeys]" has initialled.