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Cunningham v Nicholson folios 1-35: Letters of John Cunningham (d 1768), victualler...
Catalogue reference: E 140/15/5
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This record is about the Cunningham v Nicholson folios 1-35: Letters of John Cunningham (d 1768), victualler... dating from 1751-1769 in the series Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Exhibits. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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- E 140/15/5
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1751-1769
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Cunningham v Nicholson
folios 1-35: Letters of John Cunningham (d 1768), victualler of the Red Cross alehouse in Barbican, London, to Robert Nicholson, master of HMS Antelope to whom he acted as navy agent (1758-1765);
folios 36-270: Notebooks and other papers relating to Cunningham's estate, of which Nicholson acted as executor (including particulars of his receivership of land tax and window tax in the City of London, and a list of the literary works owned by him.)
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- The National Archives, Kew
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- Open Document, Open Description
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- Topics
- Taxation
- Literature
- Navy
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E 140
Exchequer: King's Remembrancer: Exhibits
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