A first letter from R--- R---s, Esq; to the creditors of Burton's Bank : Containing, part of his answer to two letters, lately printed and addressed to them, and signed X. Z.

From 1700 to 1733 Benjamin Burton, Francis Harrison, Samuel Burton, and Daniel Falkiner (in various partnerships) ran a bank which ultimately failed. Roberts was the creditors' representative in a long and difficult legal process to settle the bank's affairs. Cf. Gilbart, James William. Th...

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Other Authors:	Roberts, Robert, Esq
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Dublin : [publisher not identified], Printed in the year M DCC LII. [1752]
Subjects:	Roberts, Robert, > Esq. > Correspondence > Early works to 1800. Burton's Bank (Dublin, Ireland) Banks and banking > Ireland > Early works to 1800. Debtor and creditor > Ireland > Early works to 1800. Libel and slander > Early works to 1800. Letters > Ireland > Dublin > 18th century.

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Summary:	From 1700 to 1733 Benjamin Burton, Francis Harrison, Samuel Burton, and Daniel Falkiner (in various partnerships) ran a bank which ultimately failed. Roberts was the creditors' representative in a long and difficult legal process to settle the bank's affairs. Cf. Gilbart, James William. The history of banking in Ireland, 1836, pages 10-11, and Dudley, Rowena, The failure of Burton's Bank and its aftermath, in Irish Economic and Social History, volume 40:1 (2013).
Item Description:	Signatures: A⁸ Ascribed to Robert Roberts. Cf. ESTC. Dated 24 February, 1752 at the end of the text. The Cushing Library/Rare Books copy was acquired as part of the Lois Goddard Morrison Collection of Eighteenth Century Literature.
Physical Description:	15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 20 x 13 cm (octavo)
Place of Publication:	Ireland -- Dublin.