[ Robert Charleton, Quaker philanthropist. ] Signed Autograph guarantee to the Great Western Railway of payment for tickets for a journey organised by the New Bedminster Temperance Hall, with an engraving of a design for the Hall.

Robert Charleton (1809-1872), Quaker philanthropist and temperance campaigner, model employer at his Bristol pin-making factory [ Temperance Hall and Mechanics Institution, Bedminster, Bristol ]

Verlag: Guarantee dated from Orwell Villa Cotham New Road Bristol; 24 August Engraving by Lavars Lithographer Bridge Street Bristol; undated, 1853

Beschreibung

Guarantee: 1p., 4to. In fair condition, on aged paper. Reads: 'Bristol 8mo 24. 1853 | I hereby guarantee to the Great Western Railway Company payment for all the tickets which may be sold for the Cheap Trip to London, on the 29th. Inst., undertaken by the promoters of the New Bedminster Temperance Hall | Robert Charleton | Orwell Villa | Cotham New Road'. Written across the page in red ink: 'Cancelled | M J Cairns'. Addressed by Charleton on reverse to 'The Manager | Great Western Railway Company'. The engraving is on a 12 x 17.5 cm piece of paper. In fair condition, with light signs of age and wear. Shows the outside of the hall, with the caption 'Design for proposed Temperance Hall and Mechanics Institution, Bedminster, Bristol. | Lavars Lithographer Bridge Street Bristol'. In pencil: 'Unaccepted plan' and 'Not accepted'. See Image. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 18184

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [ Robert Charleton, Quaker philanthropist. ]...

Verlag: Guarantee dated from Orwell Villa Cotham New Road Bristol; 24 August Engraving by Lavars Lithographer Bridge Street Bristol; undated

Erscheinungsdatum: 1853