Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript

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Title: Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript
Published / Created: 1722 October 25.
Publication Place: Westminster
Abstract: Dividend receipt addressed "To Mr. Lockyer accomptant at the South Sea house" and annotated in the lower right by "Rich. Sarum". The body of the document reads: "Pray pay to the bearer Mr. Daniel Gell my share of the midsumer [sic] dividend due on two thousand four hundred forty four pounds eight shillings 10d.1/2 capital stock in the South Sea Company, and this shall be a sufficient warrant. Westmr. Octr. 25 1722".
Description: The South Sea Company was granted a monopoly to supply African slaves to the islands in the South Seas and South America. The stock rose quickly until around 1720 when it collapsed (known as the South Sea Bubble).
In English.
Title from auction description.
In brown ink, tipped along upper margin into a folder.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance: Sold at Addison & Sarova Auctioneers, 29 August 2020, lot 106. Purchased by The Lewis Walpole Library through William Reese Company, August 2020.
Extent: 1 item (2 pages) ; 12.2 x 18 cm mounted to 22 x 32 cm (folded)
Language: English

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Citation: Dividend Receipt from the South Sea Company. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.