Statement Account Burrell Letter Appealling by Burrell (1 results)

4pp folio Statement of Account, completed in ms., folded and sent to Messrs Flood & Miles of Honiton, Devonshire, with remains of seal and Maltese Cross inked postal stamp. L. Burrell and Company were drapers and mercers, &c., at 13 Vere Street, New Bond Street, specialising in Irish Linens, Sheetings, & Table Linen. The statement, on pages one and two, concerns the outstanding account of Lady Graves and the Honourable Miss Augusta (Champagne) Graves from 1827 to December 1829 for various materials and dresses amounting to a total of £45.2s.4d. On page three, Burrell and Co. write to Flood & Co, solicitors of Honiton, following the death of Thomas North Graves, Baron Graves in 1830, politely asking to be informed 'when we may hope for the payment, waiting the favour of your answer, we are Gentn., Your Humble Servts.' Lord Graves, 1775-1830, had been MP for Okehampton, Windsor and latterly for Milborne Port, Somerset, 1820-27, following which he became one of His Majesty's Commissioners of Revenue & Excise and Lord of the Bedchamber. His wife was Lady Mary Paget, daughter of Henry Bayly Paget, first Earl of Uxbridge; together they had five sons and seven daughters.