Pages 66 and 67 of the Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd minute book no.1 showing inserted letter

[Page 66]

Memo: 29th April 1845

Trade Account Do £1,356. 12 . 6

For the following sums paid for the purchase of Government Annuities for the lives of Mary Cook & Ann Lester Sister of the late E. J. Cook - viz.
For Annuity of £50 per Ann:
for the life of Mary Cook 696. 17. 6
Do Do
“ “ Ann Lester 659. 15. -
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£ 1356. 12. 6

[Page 67] [Letter on blue notepaper tipped in at 90° to main text]

[Headed notepaper]
Locomotive Engine Works
South Street
Newcastle upon Tyne
[Handwritten] 16 May 1849

Dear Budden
As it was always my intention that you receive at the end of each successful year a gratuity beyond your salary I now authorise you to place to your credit the sum of £500 five hundred pounds as due for the past. - Yours sincerely
Rob Stephenson

W. H Budden Esq