47 letters and documents, on paper (one document on parchment) in various cursive scripts, produced in England between 1554 and 1706. Mostly from the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, they consist of claims for expenses, wages, and other benefits. They include an account of a banquet (15 November 1561), signed by the Marquis of Winchester and Sir Walter Mildmay; a Claim for Allowances (1563) by Sir Thomas Chaloner, Ambassador to Spain; L. S. (1578) by Lord Burgley about money to be sent to Ireland and mentioning Sir Philip Sidney; A. L. S. (1597) by George, Lord Hunsdon; A. K. S. (Chester, 11 Aug. 1601) by the antiquary and mathematician Edward Brerewood to the Privy Council. The documents also include signatures of other government officials and nobles and The documents derive from the papers of Robert Petre, Auditor for the Exchequer, and his colleague Vincent Skinner
Description:
In English. and Binding: Middle Hill boards, spine missing.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603., James I, King of England, 1566-1625., and Great Britain. Exchequer.
Manuscript, in a single hand, which records the amounts of money, bonds, and interest earned each year, as well as debentures, bounties, certificates, and salaries paid on such items as duties on wine, peppers, candles, apples, and glass; beaver skins; hops; coal; wrought plate; East India wrought silks; rice; linens; and sugar. Following these accounts, possibly in another hand, is a entry in which the writer reflects on "the public welfare" and the contrasting views of youth and age. The manuscript also includes poems and stanzas, with numerous corrections, of poems praising the sun; a poem to "Dr. John"; and a poem titled Farewell Dr. Mai[?].
Description:
In English., Pasted onto flyleaf at end of volume: newspaper clipping regarding a "most remarkable case" which was heard in the Court of the King's Bench circa 1687: Mrs. Booty v. Captain Barnabty., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration, large metal clasps intact.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Exchequer.
Subject (Topic):
Customs administration, Finance, Public, Accounting, and Revenue
"Dundas (right) turns the handle of a machine in which two cylinders revolve in contact. Pitt (left) drags out by the wrists the flattened and elongated body of John Bull from between the cylinders where his ankles are still confined. The upper cylinder is marked 'LOAN LOAN'; the lower, 'SUBSIDY TAX'. Pitt says: "He'll come out a great deal further yet turn the loan stone again he is not half flat enough!!" John Bull turns his eyes despairingly towards Pitt. Both his tormentors have discarded their coats; Dundas wears a plaid over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at base of image., Attributed to West in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Loans -- Subsidies: allusion to the subsidy for Austria -- Mills: hopper., Watermark: Strasburg bend., Mounted to 27 x 46 cm., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of sheet, partially cut off: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 25, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Taxation, and Finance, Public
Public credit is depicted as a vigorous young gentleman, nobly-dressed in a Senator's gown and holding a merchant's account book whose cover is printed with the motto "solutus omni faenore" signifying true credit free from interest. The griffin below signifies safe custody. In the background figures representing Popery, Rebellion, and Slander, all of which seem to threaten Publick Credit are thwarted as is the fox, an emblem of cunning and deceit. Both the text below describing the image and the image above are enclosed in two separate scroll-formed frames; in the center of the scroll at the top is a mask and a dagger. Probably a response to Robert Walpole's Some considerations concerning the publick funds
Description:
Title engraved in image., Statement of responsibility and place and date of publication engraved in one line below explanatory text., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
On the left, Charles James Fox sits on a chair, his gouty left foot resting on a stool, his right hand holding a crutch. Behind him is a paper which reads "Plan to discharge the Nation[al] Debt". His right arm reaches out to a group of angry citizens confronting him with their complaints and pleas for relief. He says to them: "Gentlemen! I have been looking over my affairs, and give you my word of Honor you shall all be paid this day twelve month." A butcher, baker, orphan child, a nurse, and other troubled citizens voice their complaints in separate speech bubbles
Alternative Title:
Meeting of creditors
Description:
Title from caption below image., "SC" is the monogram of Samuel Collings., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
As the act directs published March 28, 1785 by W. Humphrey, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, History, Butchers, People, and Clergy
"Pitt sits astride a huge pile of bundles strapped to the back of a bull (John Bull); he is about to enter a high archway inscribed 'Trea[sury]'. His pose and expression combine jauntiness with dignity. His head is in profile to the right, his right hand on his hip, he wears a large bag to his wig, and while pressing his hat under his left arm holds the (slack) reins of the bull; his long thin leg hangs considerably above the bull's back, owing to the height of the bundles. The sturdy bull, though with downcast head and closed eyes, is not weighed down with his burden. Dundas (right), in Highland dress, marches grinning in front of the bull, playing the bagpipes which are inscribed 'Union Pipes' and have a transparent bag filled with coins. The bull's burden consists of ten superimposed bundles, inscribed with figures relating to the Loyalty Loan. Some of these are '50 000!, 30 000!, East India Company 2 000 000!!!, Duke of Queensbury 100-000!, 100 000!, Pit[t] D. dass 10000 [partly obscured by Pitt's foot], 50000, Duke of Bridgewater 100 000!, Corporation of London 100 000!' Behind the bull and on the extreme left are crowded together four British Jacobins, much caricatured, wearing bonnets-rouges and looking up at Pitt with anger and dismay. Their heads rise vertically one behind the other; the foremost and lowest is Fox, clenching his fist, next Sheridan in profile; then Stanhope, the fourth a mere scrawl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: Strasburg bend with date 1798?, and Mounted to 42 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bridgewater, Francis Egerton, Duke of, 1736-1803., and East India Company.
Subject (Topic):
Finance, Public, Economic conditions, John Bull (Symbolic character), Debts, Public, Loyalty Loan, and Musical instruments
