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”.
- Title: Dividend receipt from the South Sea Company : manuscript.
- Production: Westminster, 1722 October 25.
LWL Mss File 153
Acquired August 2020
Not a receipt, but a signed ‘Warrant for Issue’. The signature ‘Rich: Sarum’ is almost certainly that of Richard Willis, bishop of Salisbury.