Angleterre

3222 — 1765. 2 pages. 4to. A frail item in need of repair discoloured with age creased and with some wear and loss and a number of closed tears. The text is very neatly written with all but five of the ninety-four entries entirely legible. The otherwise blank verso of the second leaf of the bifoliate docketed with the heading and 'Hall Department'. There entries cover the years 1761 to 1764 and are divided into five columns: 'when elected' 'Names' 'Wages' 'when advanced' and 'Offices'. The second page is headed 'Accountants Office'. Although nowhere described as a Bank of England document the combination of the various bank offices and the presence among the names of that of Isaac Pilleau c.1734-1812 who was described as 'formerly of the Bank of England' on the title-page of the catalogue of the auction of his library by Evans in 1828 see M. Vaulbert de Chantilly 'Robert Harding Evans' 2002 p.52 puts the matter beyond any doubt. 1765. unknown