Receipt,made out to "E. Fellows", signed by William Henry Alfred.
Author:
Alfred & Son, 'Manufacturers of superior Fishing Tackle of every description', 54 Moorgate Street, London. [ANGLING; WILLIAM HENRY ALFRED]
Publication details:
13 March 1859; on printed letterhead with wood engraving.
£56.00
SKU: 5034
One page, on leaf roughly six and a half inches by eight wide. Aged and creased. Unobtrusively repaired with archival tape. Attractive letterhead (according to which the firm, previously at 41 Coleman Street, was established in 1819) with illustration showing a gentleman angler in top hat fishing in rushes by river beside a crouching servant holding a net. 'ARTIFICIAL BAITS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION MADE BY H. J. ALFRED.' In the spirit of the times Fellows took all of eighteen months to pay a bill of thirteen shillings. Signed 'Recd W H Alfred'.