GEORGE PEABODY (1795-1869) US-amerikanischer Geschäftsmann und Investmentbanker sowie der größte Philanthrop seiner Zeit in den Vereinigten Staaten und Großbritannien

Brief (1 S. 4° Doppelblatt mit Adresse, blauer Two Pence-Briefmarke und Poststempel) mit Ort, Datum, eigenhändiger Unterschrift in Tinte signiert   GEO PEABODY

Autograph Signature ('Geo Peabody') to Business Letter in a Secretarial Hand, to Rennoldson & Farley, Newcastle on Tyne. With newspaper cutting of long article on Peabody, with portrait. London. 27 March 1862. 1p, 4to. Bifolium addressed on reverse of second leaf – with twopenny stamp, postmark and Peabody firm stamp - to 'Messrs Rennoldson & Farley | Newcastle on Tyne'. (The recipients Rennoldson & Farley were Timber Merchants, Commission Merchants, and Coal Exporters. In fair condition, lightly aged, with closed tear to second leaf. Other than Peabody's signature the document is in a secretarial hand. It reads: 'Gentlemen, | We have received your letter of 26th inst and Enclosures, which latter we return herewith, together with Messrs [Dumeau, Sherman?] & Co's draft on us for £220 duly accepted'. In the second paragraph Peabody suggests action to be taken should 'the Second […] not come forward'. Accompanying the letter is a large cutting from the Illustrated News, 5 April 1862, of an article with a large engraved portrait of Peabody, titled 'Munificent Gift to the London Poor by Mr. Peabody'.