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jdaw1 wrote:My question asked “whence”. You have answered everything else (though I think the no-expenses cost was 95/-). And Croft was formerly known as Thompson & Croft.
Your question was noted; I did include my best, though perhaps not very useful, response to the question asked:
PhilW wrote: "Wm. Tilliffe" (shortened Wilhelm?) but I have no confidence in that reading
I included the rest as I was not aware of "Thompson and Croft" in case relevant or helpful, if not already clear/known.
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Joliffe.
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Having trouble with the first name though.
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J. C. Iss... ? The second and third letters are both s. They aren't r: see the r in April, and the other s's elsewhere. Based on my belief that the second name is Joliffe, the first initial of the first name is also J, and the first letter of the first surname, which is penned differently, is I. The last letter looks like d. But Issid doesn't sound like a name.
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Have you other examples of the same hand which would show how a terminal 'd' is written?
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Meanwhile, this.
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William Joliffe is plausible. Thank you.
djewesbury wrote:Have you other examples of the same hand which would show how a terminal 'd' is written?
Not obviously. Nonetheless…
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I am still puzzling over the first name. The initial letter seems like an I but could even be a copperplate G. The second and third letters can't really be anything other than 'ss'. But the last letter could be an 'r' with a flourishing curl (as also shown in the sheet you uploaded) but there is also a dot visible so there could be an 'i' in there. I'm currently baffled.
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Wm is a common 19th century abbreviation for William. I am certain that this is William. I am less certain but happy to accept that the surname is Jolliffe.
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[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10175&p=95112#p95112]Here[/url], a few minutes ago, AHB wrote:I am currently impaired in both my typing ability and my cogency by a bottle of Dow 1970
AHB wrote: I am certain that this is William.
Hmm?
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DRT wrote:
[url=http://www.theportforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10175&p=95112#p95112]Here[/url], a few minutes ago, AHB wrote:I am currently impaired in both my typing ability and my cogency by a bottle of Dow 1970
AHB wrote: I am certain that this is William.
Hmm?
I repeat, I am certain that this is William.

Perhaps in the morning I may have a different opinion, but right now I am certain it is William.


As a separate but exceedingly important question I would like to know if is it acceptable behaviour to drink Dow 1970 on a train from an empty but not clean Starbucks espresso paper-compound cup? Or is it better to drink from the bottle? If drunk from the paper cup, how many times should I rinse the cup before I post another tasting note?
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Drink from the bottle. At this time of night you will blend right in to the other commuters. Drinking from a Starbucks' cup will confuse them into thinking it's Friday morning!
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1875
April 13
Bought by J.C. ???? (surely not Issn, but that's what it looks like), Esq.
of Wm. Jolliffe "1834"
Thompson & Crofts at 95/-
cost with expenses 100/

The first initial and first letter "J.C." and "Jolliffe" are pretty clearly the same to me.
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DRT wrote:Drink from the bottle. At this time of night you will blend right in to the other commuters. Drinking from a Starbucks' cup will confuse them into thinking it's Friday morning!
Ah. So what you are suggesting is that I should open another bottle of Dow 1970 tomorrow morning and drink it from a Starbucks espresso cup. An excellent suggestion which I will employ tomorrow. Thank you, I am glad that you are my life coach and not anyone else.
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AHB wrote:
DRT wrote:Drink from the bottle. At this time of night you will blend right in to the other commuters. Drinking from a Starbucks' cup will confuse them into thinking it's Friday morning!
Ah. So what you are suggesting is that I should open another bottle of Dow 1970 tomorrow morning and drink it from a Starbucks espresso cup. An excellent suggestion which I will employ tomorrow. Thank you, I am glad that you are my life coach and not anyone else.
You have no idea how lucky you are. My life coach would not allow me to drink Starbucks :roll:
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I think what Glenn and Alex are saying is that what I posted several days ago is correct
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djewesbury wrote:I think what Glenn and Alex are saying is that what I posted several days ago is correct Image
I agree with Daniel.

Excellent. That's another bottle of Dow 1970 to open...
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AHB wrote:
djewesbury wrote:I think what Glenn and Alex are saying is that what I posted several days ago is correct Image
I agree with Daniel.

Excellent. That's another bottle of Dow 1970 to open...
I have no Dow 1970 to open, ergo I must disagree with Daniel. That's how it work, right?
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A vertical of Thompson & Croft, the goodies being bought by Messrs Stanley & somebody. During lunch, with the decanter, in the Partners’ Dining Room — but who was it?
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The first letter could be G. I'm stumped for now.
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Inept Stanley and friends.
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What's the date on the invoice, and where?
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djewesbury wrote:What's the date on the invoice, and where?
Written in the Corney & Barrow order book on 24 March 1891.
LGTrotter wrote:Inept Stanley and friends.
Methinks a mangled “Messrs”. The superscript is quite usual.
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The second letter is an 'r'. There is a dotted 'i' either third or fourth. The last letter is an 'm'. In between could be a 'u' or an 'n'. But beyond that I have no idea and I can't work out the initial letter. C? I?
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The first two letters could be "Fr".
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