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Receipt for £24,000 from John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of Camden

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Description: A receipt from John Jeffreys Pratt, The Earl Camden, one of the four tellers of His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer -- the sum of Twenty four thousand pounds for the Contents of the annex'd Debenture; signed by Thomas Coutts on behalf of HRH Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1806, November 6.
Call number: mssHM 82761
Creator: Coutts, Thomas (1735-1822)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: In Library, 2000.
Dimensions: 10 x 21 cm :
Associated people: Augustus Frederick, (1773-1843.); Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, (1759-1840.)
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John Kirk Townsend receipt to John Paty

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This manuscript is a receipt for one lot of medicine valued at forty-seven dollars and eighty-four cents, and cash in the sum of thirty-eight dollars and sixty-six cents, received from Captain John Paty on account of duties payable to the custom house at Monterey for the cargo of the vessel Don Quixote.

mssHM 35203

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Hewett, George, Sir, 1750-1840. Letter to John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of Camden, 1759-1840

Manuscripts

The collection consists of personal letters among the Townshend family members, business correspondence, land papers and deeds, financial accounts, bonds, receipts, Government and political material, legal briefs and court opinions, literary material including epitaphs, poems, prayers and travel accounts, military material, wills, marriage settlements, family account books and diaries. Significant correspondents include George III, George IV, William IV and Victoria, as well as many members of the Royal family. Political correspondents include 1st Earl of Chatham, W.E. Gladstone, George Grenville, Lord Palmerston, Sir Robert Peel, Spencer Perceval, William Pitt, the Duke of Wellington, and John Wilkes. Important note: although this material includes the years 1769-1865 there is only one letter which refers slightly to the American Revolutionary War and no letters or other material deal with the American Civil War.

TD 795

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Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of, 1759-1840. Letter to John Thomas Townshend, Viscount Sydney, 1764-1831

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TD 247

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Camden, John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of, 1759-1840. Letter to John Robert Townshend, Viscount Sydney, 1805-1890

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TD 246

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Receipt for poor tax signed by John Hawkins

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A receipt "for a Quarters poor tax" for Mr. Baxter's house, signed by John Hawkins; endorsed on the verso "Baxters poor levey" with the additional date of October 14, 1775.

mssHM 84103

Letter from Thomas Greenough to John Greenough

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A sharply worded letter in which Thomas Greenough rebukes his his son John, ( who had been caught selling two chests of English tea) for causing "an alienation of affection between brethren" and lecturing him on the nature of civil government.

mssHM 70282

Receipt for £24,000 from John Jeffreys Pratt, Marquis of Camden

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