Three Account Books for John Charles, recording transactions at Messrs. Herries, Farquhar & Co., for the periods 1812-1820, 1830-1834, 1834-1840. Together with: Account Book for Sir Robert, partner in the bank, for the years 1834-38.

Published by 1812-1840, 1812

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Four red ruled 8vo account books, vellum wrap-around bindings, lettered in ink. v.g. A printed label at the beginning of each volume requests that 'Customers will have the goodness to send them a List of such Bills as are accepted payable at their House, from time to time, previously to their becoming due.' There are further requests to leave the book for the bank to agree with the ledgers monthly and annually, just before Christmas. With a starting balance of £802.1.7d and a closing balance in 1840 of £2,910.12.4d, the books for John Charles give a full account of financial transactions over some 18 years. Sir Robert's book is for five years, £10,162.4.6d to a concluding balance of £8,458.10.3d. John Charles Herries, 1778-1855, financier and Tory politician, briefly (5 months) Chancellor of the Exchequer under Prime Minister Goderich, 1827-28. He held other senior positions under Wellington, Peel and Derby. He had been Controller of Army Accounts during the Napoleonic Wars and described as 'unofficial business partner' of the banker, Nathan Rothschild. He was younger brother of Sir Robert Herries, founder, in 1770, of what was to become the Herries, Farquhar bank which specialised in foreign transactions - particularly supplying funds to British travellers abroad. Robert pioneered the idea of the Travellers' Cheque and, at one time, was the sole supplier of tobacco to the French Farmers General.…

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Three Account Books for John Charles, recording transactions at Messrs. Herries, Farquhar & Co., for the periods 1812-1820, 1830-1834, 1834-1840. Together with: Account Book for Sir Robert, partner in the bank, for the years 1834-38.
Author
HERRIES, The Rt. Honble. John Charles and Sir Robert.
Publisher
1812-1840
Publication year
1812

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ABA, ILAB & PBFA member. Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers have been selling 18th & 19th Century English books, especially first editions of English Literature and Social History since 1969 and are world leading specialists in Dickens. Our premises are opposite the British Museum in Bloomsbury, London. We publish between 4 and 6 major catalogues per annum. As traditional and professional booksellers, we prefer to develop a personal relationship with collectors - and customers via the internet.…

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