Letter to Hedley Madgett's father
Title
Letter to Hedley Madgett's father
Description
Letter from George Harker & Co Ltd enclosing cheque and offering condolences.
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Date
1943-12-23
1943-12-22
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Format
Two page typewritten letter
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Identifier
EHarkerGMadgettLR431222
Transcription
[letterhead]
SS/EMD.
22nd December, 1943
[underlined] NOTE [/underlined] AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION
[Underlined] WAREHOUSE & FACTORY. [/underlined]
MARSHALSEA HOUSE. LONG LANE,
BOROUGH, LONDON. S.E.1.
[underlined] SALEROOM & OFFICE. [/underlined]
9, EASTCHEAP, LONDON. E.C.3.
ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO 9, EASTCHEAP.
REMITTANCES AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED
– Madgett Esq.,
127, Longland Road,
Sidcup,
Kent.
Dear Sir,
We think that you will find that the enclosed is self explanatory and you will note that the cheque is made out to Bearer. The Directors and Staff would like to take the opportunity of expressing their great sympathy with you in the anxious time through which you are passing, and in which we share.
Your Son was one of our most popular and brightest lads.
We are,
Yours truly,
FOR GEORGE HARKER & Co. LTD.
[signature]
MANAGING DIRECTOR
[page break]
GEORGE HARKER & CO. LTD.
9, EASTCHEAP,
LONDON, E.C.3.
23rd December, 1943
Dear Mr Madgett
In December last year we advised [deleted] you [/deleted] [inserted] your son [/inserted] that we were retaining the sum of [underlined] 34-4-0 [/underlined] as a reserve against Income Tax. As Assessments have now been made for the period concerned, we assume that where we have not been called upon to recover Tax, either nothing is due or other arrangements have been made.
We therefore set out hereunder Statement of account.
Amount held to [deleted] your [/deleted] [inserted] his [/inserted] credit on a/c of Tax December 1942 34-4-0
Amount deducted on a/c of Tax November and December 1943 –
Loss Income Tax due as per a/c rendered –
Balance Due – Cheque enclosed 34-4-0
Yours truly,
FOR GEORGE HARKER & Co. LTD.
[signature]
MANAGING DIRECTOR
[inserted] [indecipherable word] [underlined] Dec 23 [/underlined][/inserted]
SS/EMD.
22nd December, 1943
[underlined] NOTE [/underlined] AS A RESULT OF ENEMY ACTION
[Underlined] WAREHOUSE & FACTORY. [/underlined]
MARSHALSEA HOUSE. LONG LANE,
BOROUGH, LONDON. S.E.1.
[underlined] SALEROOM & OFFICE. [/underlined]
9, EASTCHEAP, LONDON. E.C.3.
ALL CORRESPONDENCE TO 9, EASTCHEAP.
REMITTANCES AS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED
– Madgett Esq.,
127, Longland Road,
Sidcup,
Kent.
Dear Sir,
We think that you will find that the enclosed is self explanatory and you will note that the cheque is made out to Bearer. The Directors and Staff would like to take the opportunity of expressing their great sympathy with you in the anxious time through which you are passing, and in which we share.
Your Son was one of our most popular and brightest lads.
We are,
Yours truly,
FOR GEORGE HARKER & Co. LTD.
[signature]
MANAGING DIRECTOR
[page break]
GEORGE HARKER & CO. LTD.
9, EASTCHEAP,
LONDON, E.C.3.
23rd December, 1943
Dear Mr Madgett
In December last year we advised [deleted] you [/deleted] [inserted] your son [/inserted] that we were retaining the sum of [underlined] 34-4-0 [/underlined] as a reserve against Income Tax. As Assessments have now been made for the period concerned, we assume that where we have not been called upon to recover Tax, either nothing is due or other arrangements have been made.
We therefore set out hereunder Statement of account.
Amount held to [deleted] your [/deleted] [inserted] his [/inserted] credit on a/c of Tax December 1942 34-4-0
Amount deducted on a/c of Tax November and December 1943 –
Loss Income Tax due as per a/c rendered –
Balance Due – Cheque enclosed 34-4-0
Yours truly,
FOR GEORGE HARKER & Co. LTD.
[signature]
MANAGING DIRECTOR
[inserted] [indecipherable word] [underlined] Dec 23 [/underlined][/inserted]
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Citation
G Harker & Co Ltd, “Letter to Hedley Madgett's father,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed March 28, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/18709.
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