Printed form, filled out and signed by G. C. Harrison, receiver of rents for the 'Whitechapel Estate, the Property of William Heather Meadows, Esq.', informing 'Mr Valentine' when he will be collecting rents in the 'Magpie' public house, Bishopsgate.

1p., 12mo. In fair condition, on lightly-aged and creased paper. The document reads as follows, with the autograph additions by Harrison in square brackets: 'WHITECHAPEL ESTATE, | THE PROPERTY OF | WILLIAM HEATHER MEDOWS, ESQ. | SIR, | I beg to acquaint you that I shall attend at the "Magpie," 12, New Street, Bishopsgate Street, to receive Rents on [Thursday] next, the [8th.] Instant, from Ten till One o'clock, when I have to request you will pay the Rent due by you at [Christmas] last amounting to £ [-. s17./7] | I am, SIR | Your obedient Servant, [G. C. Harrison] | Receiver. | 222, MARYLEBONE ROAD, N.W. | [5th. Feb.] 18[72 | Mr Valentine]'. The association between Harrison and Medows would appear to derive from the Norie family's nautical connections: in 1852 Harrison was in the Accountant-General's Department in the Admiralty. For more information about Medows and his family, see Susanna Fisher's 'The Makers of the Blueback Charts: A History of Imray, Laurie, Norie & Wilson Ltd' (2001).