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1p., 8vo. In poor condition, aged and worn, with loss to edges and holing around the signature. Begins (with manuscript text in square brackets): 'The [-9] Day of [ffebry] | Received by me [Daniel Malthus] | [Execd as P Margin] | Of the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Northampton, One of the Four Tellers of His Majesty's Receipt of Exchequer, the Sum of | [Fifty Pounds] | [.]'. The annuity has been raised on 'Rates and Duties upon all Wines imported into Great Britain, and for raising a certain Sum of Money for the Service of the year 1745'. According to T. R. Malthus's entry in the Oxford DNB, his father, 'being an only son [of seven children], appears to have inherited considerable wealth and property, and these independent means enabled him to travel and to cultivate his literary, artistic, theatrical, and scientific interests. He entered Queen's College, Oxford, in 1747 but did not graduate. He was an admirer of Rousseau, who once visited The Rookery when Malthus was an infant. He was said to have published some literary pieces anonymously, but the statement by an obituarist that he had translated works from French and German was firmly contradicted by Malthus. He supported the views of the marquis de Condorcet and William Godwin on the perfectibility of mankind, but also encouraged his son's publication of opposing views. Aspects of his behaviourfor example, the unconventional education he chose for Malthus, and his refusal to allow his wife to wear her wedding ringwere regarded as eccentric, and perhaps show the influence of Rousseau. He married (on 6 May 1752) Henrietta Catherine Graham (17331800), his second cousin, the daughter of Daniel Graham (16951778), apothecary to George II and George III. She can be seen as a young girl with her brother and two sisters, in Hogarth's painting The Graham Children (1742), now in the National Gallery, London. Malthus was the sixth of their seven children (two boys and five girls).

Dated 12th June 1760, and signed by all parties, with a wax seal. Conjugate folio sheet, folded, with hand-written docket panel on reverse. Some light browning, rear page a little dusted. 33.5 x 21cm. Daniel Malthus, was born at Lincoln's Inn Fields in Middlesex in 1730. He inherited much wealth and property from his father Sydenham Malthus (died 1757) later residing at The Rookery near Dorking in Surrey for some years. He sold it in 1768, moving to Hadstock in Essex. His comfortable lifestyle enabled him to travel and pursue many interests including the theatre, the arts and sciences. He was a friend and executor of the will of the great philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau, and father of Thomas Robert Malthus, the famous economist. His sister Katherine, married George Eckersall in 1745 (this may be the same George Eckersall who in 1760 was (re-?)granted a lease of Sir Christopher Wren's House near Hampton Court). They had a son, John Eckersall, who in 1774 married his cousin Katherine Wathen, and their daughter, Harriet Eckersall, born in 1777, was to marry her cousin once removed, the Rev. Thomas Robert Malthus. PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT at 20%.

4 pp. 4 pp. The bill of one John Boundy (?), as issued by Daniel Malthus (1651-1717) apothecary to Queen Anne and George I, and great-grandfather of the economist Thomas Robert Malthus. Items charged include various juleps, cordials, and draughts, linseed oil, chamomile flowers, marshmallow leaves, purging potions, King's drops, quieting powders, etc. Attested paid to estate of Mr. Malthus at end by Tho. Graham and docketed paid £58 July 10 1718. With 4 small circular stamps with the motto of the Earl of Fortescue "Forte Scutum Salus Ducum" ("A Strong Shield is the Salvation of Leaders") Small splits at old folds, old reinforcement to center fold, very good.