[Cambridge University] Autograph Letter Signed "H.S. Foxwell" to Messrs Stoakley & Sons, bookbinders, about paying the [Cambridge] University Account.

Published by Embossed 1 Harvey Road Cambridge 27 Sept, 1914

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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd

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Four pages, 12mo, bifolium, closed tear at fold discreetly repaired, some marking but mainly good, text clear and complete. As follows: "I an surprised that you should be worrying me about paying the University Account. I explained most carefully to you the situation in regard to both accounts at the beginning of the year,& it was open to you to have declined the work if you did not like the condition. | I have no funds to pay this account, which must first be sent in to the University. There are some half dozen items to be added, which were charged to the Goldsmiths' accounts [by] my mistake. | You talk about the war crisis, but I will venture to say it has not cost you one-third of your income, as it has already cost me, to say nothing of the taxation which is to come. | Your difficulty, in peace & war, is always the same. You are trying to run the business without capital. You can't expect your customers to fund]?] you in capital." He argues that the "moratorium" makes things easier for them since, if the war created the difficulties, no-one will put pressure on them to pay. He continues, "I have done my best to keep the work in your hands, but the only return I get is to be reproached as if I were in some way a defaulter. This happens with no-one else. I have jsut received a letter asking me to meet some members of the Senate 'to consider the high cost of binding the pamphlets'. I shall be glad when it all comes to an end".…

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Title
[Cambridge University] Autograph Letter Signed "H.S. Foxwell" to Messrs Stoakley & Sons, bookbinders, about paying the [Cambridge] University Account.
Author
H.S. Foxwell [Herbert Somerton Foxwell (1849–1936), economist and bibliophile
Publisher
Embossed 1 Harvey Road Cambridge 27 Sept
Publication year
1914

Richard M. Ford Ltd

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Norwich, United Kingdom NR1 4DJ