Three manuscript orders authorising payments, and three typewritten orders cancelling payments.

Author: 
The Duchy of Cornwall [ MESSRS COUTTS & CO., BANKERS ]
Publication details: 
All dating from 1912.
£250.00
SKU: 3223

4to and 8vo. Somewhat grubby and creased, but in good condition otherwise. The six items, all addressed to Messrs Coutts & Company, are, in chronological order: ITEM 1, 5 manuscript pages, 4to, headed 'Duchy of Cornwall, | Buckingham Gate, S.W. | 1912. [18 March 1912], from the Receiver General of the Duchy, ordering payments to sixteen individuals and institutions (including the vicar of St Andrew's, Lambeth, and the Children's Country Holidays Fund), signed by the Receiver General over a stamp and by the secretary Walter Peacock, and docketed in red ink; ITEM 2, 1 manuscript page, 4to, headed 'Duchy of Cornwall, Buckingham Gate, 1912 [16 July 1912], from the Receiver General, ordering 3 payments (including one to the Mayor of Launceston), signed by the Receiver General over a stamp, and by Peacock; ITEM 3, 1 typewritten page, 8vo, on letterhead of the Duchy of Cornwall Office, 30 November 1912, signed order from Peacock cancelling 7 payments, docketed in red ink; ITEM 4, 1 manuscript page, 4to, headed 'Duchy of Cornwall, | Buckingham Gate, December 1912 [16 December 1912], from the Receiver General, ordering a payment to Herbert William Kirk, signed by the Receiver General over a stamp and by Peacock, and docketed in red ink; ITEM 5, 3 typewritten pages, 4to, pinned together, first page on letterhead of Duchy of Cornwall Office, signed order by Peacock ordering the cancellation of a number of payments, docketed in pencil and red ink; ITEM 6, 2 typewritten pages, 4to, pinned together, first page on letterhead of Duchy of Cornwall Office, signed order by Peacock ordering the cancellation of 29 payments, docketed in pencil and red ink.