Receipt
Collection object
1986.0143.41
H. 22.6 W. 18.8
Receipt, printed/ ms; black on white. Single sheet folded in half and printed on first and last side only. First, "Stamp Office, Dublin,/ No. 581 15th] day of [May] 183[8]/ Received from [Peter O'Brien]/ Distributer of Stamps for [Limerick & Clare] the Sum of/ [One Hundred & Seventy four Pounds.]/ on Account of Stamp Duties, being the Amount of his/ Remittance for the Week end[ed] the[is day]/ £[174-"-/ Robert Tyrrell] Receiver-General./ [H. Cooper] Comptroller./ To the Distributer of stamps./ [Limerick & Clare]." Added in sepia ink at top of page "In lieu of 1st May", with unclear signature in same ink near amount in figures; also pencil note "5th May" above Tyrrell's name. Last "To/ The Distributer of Stamps,/ [Limerick ]/ Post Paid". Folded from both ends inwards, from bottom up and top down then sealed. Cancellations, rectangular red above address "Paid/ MY18E/ 1838", circular black on reverse as folded "Limerick/ MY 19/ 1838". Pencil notes below address. Watermark; Crown over a post-horn in a cartouche with "JH" below.
John Hall (papermaker)