BIB_ID
402828
Accession number
MA 2148.70
Creator
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
Display Date
1862 January 2.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.2 cm + envelope
Notes
City of writing determined from postmarks and internal evidence; RB gives the place of writing as "1 Chichester Road, Upper Westbourne Terrace." See the published edition of the correspondence and the checklist, cited below, for additional information.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Moulton Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House/ nr. Tiverton/ Devon."
On mourning stationery.
Envelope with stamp and postmarks addressed to: "George Moulton Barrett Esq/ Warnicombe House/ nr. Tiverton/ Devon."
On mourning stationery.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
Concerning the proceeds from the sale of the ship "David Lyon" and RB's correspondence with the solicitors Boddingtons on the matter (see MA 2148.69); writing that he found their requirements regarding the authorization from Joseph Arnould both confusing and hypocritical; telling George that he wrote them a letter directing them to pay the money to Henry Chorley immediately or face legal action; summarizing and analyzing Boddingtons' response.
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