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Walford, Cornelius: letter
GB 0096 AL255 · Fonds · 1882

Letter from Cornelius Walford of 86 Belsize Park Gardens, London to Professor [Herbert Somerton] Foxwell, Cambridge, 14 Sep 1882. The J P Esqre referred to in the preface is James Postlethwayte. He is supposed to have calculated the table of probability contained in the work.

Autograph, with signature.

Walford , Cornelius , 1827-1885 , writer on insurance
GB 0096 AL360 · Fonds · 1859-1901

A collection of letters, printed circulars, etc, mainly addressed to William Blackwood, of Messrs Stuart and Blackwood, Peebles, Scotland, 1859-1901. The topics covered reflect the firm's business activities: requests for legal advice or legal action; requests to act as agents or trustees; and legal advice or legal action on insurance, assurance and debts. A signficant proportion of the letters concern the Symington extension of the Caledonian Railway Company (1861).

Stuart and Blackwood, legal writers and insurers, of Peebles, Scotland.
GB 0096 AL387 · Fonds · 1794

Letter from Richard Smith of 'Bordeaux River', [France] to Seth Barton, merchant, Baltimore, [USA], 1794. Giving the terms of a charter party between James Swan and Co and Thomas Harris, on the London Packet (c 260 tons), which was to take on a cargo of wines and brandy at Bordeaux, to carry to Baltimore; discussing expenses and asks Barton to take out £400 insurance for him.

Autograph, with signature.

Smith , Richard , fl 1794 , of Bordeaux
GB 0096 MS1129 · Fonds · 4536

Letter to Mrs Peel regarding his writing on insurance, 1912.

Dawson , William Harbutt , 1860-1948 , journalist and civil servant