[R.H. Tawney, economist etc] Autograph Letter Signed R.H. Tawney to Bruce [perhaps G.L. Bruce?? of Toynbee Hall] responding to an offer and a request.

Two pages, 12mo, very good condition. He apologises for a late response. I have thought carefully over what you say. It is kind of you o think of me again for Toynbee. But I feel that my work lies on other lines. | My knowledge of [Murray? Perhaps Gilbert?] is very slight. I only met him once ten years ago. But I believe from what people say that he is a good man. | Have you thought of C.R. Atlee [sic] as a possible Warden? | I wish I could help with further sughgestions. But I have racked my brains in vain [...] ! [Nrwich?] knows Atlee [sic] well. Note: Clement Attlee, future Prime Minister, was a secretary to Toynbee Hall c.1909.~130~AUTOGRAPH ECONOMICS HISTORY SOCIALISM~ ~0~Richard Fol. Fdr 2~ ~ ~ ~ ~

25330~16/10/2023~False~Thomas Osborne (1632-1712), 1st Duke of Leeds, or his son Admiral Peregrine Osborne (1659-1729), 2nd Duke of Leeds [Viscount Osborne, Earl of Danby, Marquis of Carmarthen] [Sir Francis Child the elder~[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, or his son Admiral Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, as Marquis of Carmarthen.] Drawn note (cheque), signed ‘Carmarthen P:’, directing his banker Sir Francis Child to pay £100 to William Vernon.~'Febry. ye 9th. 1693/4'.~See the entries on the two Dukes in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of Sir Francis Child the elder. Both Dukes are significant; the first was a leading Tory politician and one of the ‘immortal seven’ who invited William of Orange to England, and the second was a naval adviser to Peter the Great of Russia. The present item is signed ‘Carmarthan P:’, which would seem to suggest it is the signature of the 2nd Duke, Peregrine Osborne, but the Oxford DNB states that he became Marquis of Carmarthen a few months after the present item, on his father being made Duke of Leeds on 4 May 1694. The item is in poor condition, on aged, worn and discoloured paper, with chipping to edges, damage at top right, and a spike hole at the foot. It is however a scarce survival and a quite early example of a ‘drawn note’ or cheque (one of the earliest in existence was drawn on Morris and Clayton of London around thirty-five years before, in 1659). On one side of an 18.5 x 10.5 cm piece of wove paper, with the top edge rounded into an arch. Reads: ‘Febry. ye 9th. 1693/4 / I desire you to pay to the bearer Willm. Vernon the Sume of one hundred pounds and place it on my account / Carmarthen P: / To Sr. Francis Child and partner’. See Image.~600~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT THOMAS ADMIRAL PEREGRINE OSBORNE 1ST 2ND DUKE OF LEEDS MARQUIS MARQUESS OF CARMARTHEN SIR FRANCIS CHILD BANKING BANKER SCRIP STUART SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WILLIAM VERNON~ ~0~Richard Fol. Fdr 2; as #25321~ ~ ~0~ ~

25321~16/10/2023~False~Thomas Osborne (1632-1712), 1st Duke of Leeds, or his son Admiral Peregrine Osborne (1659-1729), 2nd Duke of Leeds [Viscount Osborne, Earl of Danby, Marquis of Carmarthen] [Sir Francis Child the elder~[Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds, or his son Admiral Peregrine Osborne, 2nd Duke of Leeds, as Marquis of Carmarthen.] Drawn note (cheque), signed ‘Carmarthen P:’, directing his banker Sir Francis Child to pay £100 to William Vernon.~'Febry. ye 9th. 1693/4'.~See the entries on the two Dukes in the Oxford DNB, as well as that of Sir Francis Child the elder. Both Dukes are significant; the first was a leading Tory politician and one of the ‘immortal seven’ who invited William of Orange to England, and the second was a naval adviser to Peter the Great of Russia. The present item is signed ‘Carmarthan P:’, which would seem to suggest it is the signature of the 2nd Duke, Peregrine Osborne, but the Oxford DNB states that he became Marquis of Carmarthen a few months after the present item, on his father being made Duke of Leeds on 4 May 1694. The item is in poor condition, on aged, worn and discoloured paper, with chipping to edges, damage at top right, and a spike hole at the foot. It is however a scarce survival and a quite early example of a ‘drawn note’ or cheque (one of the earliest in existence was drawn on Morris and Clayton of London around thirty-five years before, in 1659). On one side of an 18.5 x 10.5 cm piece of wove paper, with the top edge rounded into an arch. Reads: ‘Febry. ye 9th. 1693/4 / I desire you to pay to the bearer Willm. Vernon the Sume of one hundred pounds and place it on my account / Carmarthen P: / To Sr. Francis Child and partner’. See Image.~400~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT THOMAS ADMIRAL PEREGRINE OSBORNE 1ST 2ND DUKE OF LEEDS MARQUIS MARQUESS OF CARMARTHEN SIR FRANCIS CHILD BANKING BANKER SCRIP STUART SEVENTEENTH CENTURY WILLIAM VERNON~~0~Richard Fol. Fdr 2;~~~0~~ 25331~16/10/2023~False~William Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury from 1695; Member of Parliament.~[William Lowndes, Secretary to the Treasury from 1695; new money] Letter Signed Wm Lowndes to Mr. Neale [Thomas Neale, Master of the Mint] about an Act of Parliament relating to 'new money'~Treasury Chambers, 4 August 1696.~One page, sm. folio, bifolium, aged and stained, with portion lost through removal of seal, text clear and complete. See Image. Note on verso of second leaf: Mr. Lowndes to pay the Recoyned Money Into the Exchequer. Letter as follows: I am Commanded by yr Lords Commrs of her Maty Treas[ur]y to signifie to you their Lords[hi]ps directions That you take especail care that ye directions conteyned in ye Act of |Parliam and their Lordsps Warrants for bringing the Newmoney [sic] rom ye Mint to ye Exchequer exactly complied with, and that now be parted with till it be specifically brought & told into ye Receipt of Excheq. except if necessary charges of melting refineing [sic] & makeing [up?] s[ai]d New moneys, pursuant to ye Act of Parliamt. Very possibly in Lowndes' hand but I have nothing to compare it with. See Image.