Manuscript perpetual obligation bond, on parchment, issued by a Dutch water board responsible for the upkeep of local dykes. The records of interest paid the bearer are written on the bond through the year 1943; thereafter the interest was recorded on the paper talon which accompanies the bond.
Bookplate: Ex libris Michael Gillingham; Arthur F. Hill, FSA., Document containing Harris's request for a decision in the competition between the organs built by himself and by Bernard Smith for the Temple Church. Harris defends his price, notes sabotage of the pipes and bellows, and proposes rules to govern the test of the organs., and Letter petitioning Jeffreys either to pay Smith for his organ or to allow him to remove it from the Temple Church.
Description:
Blanks not digitized., Bound with: Bernard Smith, ALS to "Lord Jeffreys, Baron of Wemm, Lord High Chancellor of England"., Pasted down on front free endpaper: two newspaper clippings concerning Renatus Harris, one labeled "The Times. Sept. 30th, 1932.", Spine title: "Renatus Harris and His Organ in the Temple Church.", and Tipped in: "An 18th Century Organ Builder's Proposal." Printed. Annotated: "From the October number of "The Organ," 1927."
Subject (Name):
Gillingham, Michael--Bookplate, Harris, Renatus, 1640?-1715?, Hill, Arthur F.--(Arthur Frederick),--1860-1939--Bookplate, Jeffreys, George Jeffreys,--Baron,--1644 or 5-1689, and Temple Church (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Organ (Musical instrument)--England and Organ builders--England
