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William Brown's

Account Book 1851-8

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Lord Lake's Estate

Entries in the Account Book

• Folio 106 Starts November, 1852 with a number of trips to London (one arranged by telegraph) to make arrangements for the sale, making surveys, and placing preliminary advertisements.

• Folio 148 Relates to arrangements for the sale, including the decision to hold the sale in London, preparation of the brochures, estimating the reserves on the various lots, etc.

• Folio 149 Relates to the costs of the sale, commission, arrangement after the sale relating to timber on the lands, and other expenses relation to advertising and producing 300 plans (by Mr Bird) for the brochure.