[ George Peabody, philanthropist] Autograph Note Signed George Peabody, to a Mrs Hallett.

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).