The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes

Bank of Economy, for Myself & Co. (J. Hopkins), a note promising to ‘Pay on Demand the Sum of One Thousand Pounds if I do not supply the Best Virginia tobacco at the Lowest Prices’, ND (1850’s), serial number 19, very fine, scarce
Outing unlisted £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Sir David Kirch Collection of Skit Notes.

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James Hopkins was born in Christchurh, Surrey, in 1811, and by 1851 was running a Tobacco Warehouse in Lambeth at the 95 Lower Marsh address on this note. The business continued at the same address until at least 1901, although by then it was run by his daughter, Eliza, as a general stationer. James Hopkins died in 1903, at the fairly remarkable age of 92.