Autograph letters signed (x 2) [, to his solicitor?],

The Elder. Quaker grocer and philanthropist (1801-1859). The first letter, 4 pp, 8vo. "I want thee to help me in Sarah Sanderson's affairs which seem to require some little arrangement. The poor woman died, or rather was burned to death at New castle". As one of the trustees of her property, along with John Sanderson and Jonathan Brushman, he explains how he wishes to settle the problem of the distribution of £1200 of shares in the Stockton & Darlington railway among her children. With small closed tears along two creases, but otherwise in good condition. The second, 3 pp, 12mo, docketted by J. H. G., deals with the matter of the remittance of Alfred Sanderson's share of £300. Grubby and creased. Both letters have negligible pin marks.