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• 17th February 1818 (Creation)

Royal Philatelic Society London

309 N the think you will see from the aber are not in a situation toftive a Correct. Estimate of the Expense until the Machinery is complète. Edwin Hill Rez Dear Sir, We are Dear Sir, aung, refpeether Bour humble Serv OBWV. London - Hot Fleet Street а 17th February 1818 Your favor If the 5th ich syar hut duly reccund and our tur Bacon regrets that he cont not give it an earlier reply; Buthehas been dring under Summons at Cocust, as well as suffering from indisposition; since its arrival. au It has been carefully translated by our Cert twhich translation wehave now the Geleature of enclosing but request you will return it. You will find three pencil marbres which Cleste is not confident about twishes your Correct fffeur; beyond the above. hehas put a dashund The words" and the 20,000 protez" as neither he, m we, can understand what mean. 310 we beg you will will return us again by which See that the Nates of 5.10.20.50. 400 Velos which were meade long ago, contain Blades each, one about he other, Quôt que at the end of the other, we can only produce three binding Tree rough edges by leaving and Margin for cut edge edge will be lengthways ofther Note Pust crossway, if this will answer there is no difficulty, Or, if the Bank can cut the hardened Plates & fruit then properly, singly (which, think. ис Prints Mey Cazinot) then the Razer maytgande Payu by sags to have the cachedge at the end trust at the side this is nolight difficulty thurst besoed lygum? Thy 200-300 + 1000 Visos caube made exactly a the Order Hand. that as in Hollows the Gres munderstand the Interagaple it 50 heaves of 500 Sheets double Ndes 410008. bo 100 200 400 500 12 " de до Jo دیل 500 200" " 100. areall 50 Wanted 20. 1000 Reus 500 Shts dite letter of 108 but we have made equal to we at pream 1500" So 2000 ♪ As far homener à understand the translation it requires andwers Several queries to enable us to mabre a correctisung The Papers 18th This Order secuus tous to require all besugde in double stotes, as is the practices our Bankes Jure, from frute Moulds coastst three rough edges, is this to, kifikis, it is uſtan different from the Order now ou vonhand but we lucloſe you Specimens of all the notes, which 1200 of these reams cul trech rough edger 5% bust witame made equal to 1920 reams_de so 17 but wehang madechual to 2856 of these reamer Nifive are right no more of these three last desgomis -nations are wanted. The remartes in the With Sheers in relation to the 2008 & 5008 Notes as you will ser on inspection are quite erroneous are quite erroneous forthey are afferent in dize and are altogether dissimilar in design 3 322 as a Com But what is still more Prange is thatheninglun -plained that these Whites were both ofasize when they are not, they have sent us Vatterns as a guide in making the Grew Paper which are excretly alike In this Hate of things what are we to do as to size Hain they leave us to increase or not, the size of the new $4000 Note but if the 2008 500 are to be of diye me thould think this had we after be the same, what say you? The thould day the Model sent us forthe 500 was correct the hos is too large, but perhaps it will be better tolepis this drawing until we have thepleasen Hung Mou Lauce Autother ! Var Notes we think mesti be some error in the new order, asmehame made considerably more than are required if 50 Sheets of Mostes only are wanted to the cream. bien howcan Phytes to the sheet beprinted from the and which has Buotes upon; it even setting aside the Great Cost of Reams of Paper when made to mine a size. From the Grotterns now sunt. Be аошени in every case thews how many Notes each late Contains you can with the facts before you decide what is to be done. Ourouer opinion actotheto Notes is, that the Bank nitended to describe 500 double Sheets of Paper (sefly leaf go it is often calle here when applied to writing Papers) such as we with rough edges in 1845. but these double Sheets wh matre, & hotes each or 3000 Notes to the ream and iss, they want in all 2000 Reams of 3000 kostes much While we have made 4576 Reacus of 500 Sheets of th being equal to 952 of the enormen reams leaving 1048 Reams tomake. M wi There is however, one more subjecḥ Connected with the old order which is very unple tour. When we wrote you on the "fr" Judy we offered" to prepare 606 reams of 1 Bedpaper 85608hts bustes or 3000 Notes tothercame at 16/68f them ་ 421 Reams of 5 Veso paper of 500 Sets Quotes to the 286 Reaurs of 10 Peso paper of 500 Shts Augtis 286 Resheet or 1000 notes to the reamed o to the sheet $1000 hotes to the Requ And on the 8th July me amended it as 1476 Rearys Wedo Vaper 500 Phuts 12hotes being doo 250 12 Beso 500 Phets Cut into 4photes being 2000 Notes 6/3 Reame C & 10 these 500 sheets cut into 4 notes being 2000 test. Reame Mowize this last estimate which was adopted on the Dow July as 1976 Runs Weso Vaper of 500 Ants of 12 Notes 10000 Notes to the reams – Alse 640 – 5 the 500 Phuts 4 trots each e 2000 5½hes Sheets in to the ream at f/3 400 I 10 Viso 500 Phts 4 hotes or 2000 toshen reams & 776 there is a cruel crroz against ouvre Naper lothe mean to double the quantity of reams abouty an merease of 4/6 & Ream wedid mean to reduce the price of 5 Peso Caper from 9b to 6/8/ Ream and the 10 these prom 10% to 87. Pheau but we did not mean tomate the above great reductions other 5710 Vezo Vaperztopine double the quantity of paper in the reams besides and we were with aware that we had done so until the bill came in from the Papermater when the discovery was first

• English

Summary: Edwin Hill writes regarding the estimate of expenses until the machinery is complete. He apologizes for the delayed reply due to illness and summons, and discusses translation issues and queries about notes and their specifications.

From: Edwin Hill

Date: 17th February 1818

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