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HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
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Folio(s) 150-151. Letter from Sir William Curtis, Lombard Street [London], reporting...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/78/54
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This record is about the Folio(s) 150-151. Letter from Sir William Curtis, Lombard Street [London], reporting... dating from 1804 Feb 10 in the series Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- 1804 Feb 10
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Folio(s) 150-151. Letter from Sir William Curtis, Lombard Street [London], reporting that his banking house had lost 'a considerable sum of money' to an artful forger. He names the culprit as Providence Hansard with a wife in or near Bristol and a mistress in the Borough [Southwark]. In order that the man may be brought to justice, Curtis asks that the Home Secretary should authorise [Francis Freeling, Secretary to the Post Office,] to stop letters to all three.
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Home Office: Domestic Correspondence, George III
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