Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, fold marks and sl.aged, small smug=dge, mainly good condition. "In reply to your kind note dated 30th ulto. which came to me yesterday, I have to request that you & the Mayor of Brighton will please to distribute the 100� in accordance with my original direction, and do not trouble yourselves to as my advice, or togive me any account of how you expend it [phrase underlined word by word] for I have full confidence in your Judgment - I write with difficulty and scarcely legibly. [.]" Note: In fact, it is more legible than most of the letters work on. See Image. Note: Apparently he never married but had a mistress in Brighton (a recipient here of his bounty).

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Bibliographic Details

Title: [ George Peabody, philanthropist] Autograph Note Signed "George Peabody", to a "Mrs Hallett".
Publisher: Grand Hotel 5 Jan
Publication Date: 1869

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Private premises. Autographs, manuscripts and archives on any subject. Particular interest in publishing and bookselling history. Occasional catalogues. Company number: 03785276

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Richard M. Ford Ltd
70 Chaucer Road, London, W3 6DP, United Kingdom

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My normal charge for post is �1.50 (U.K.) and �4.50 (U.S. and Continent). Anything heavier than a letter (archive or book) will lead to an increase in my normal charges.

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