Record

Document Reference	Pw2 Hy 341
Title	Letter from Thomas Matthew, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford]; 16 Jan.-5 Mar. 1690/1
Date	16 January 1691-5 March 1691
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Applies for a position with the Commission of Publique Accompts; states that he was employed by Thomas Hunt and other merchants as an account keeper. Testimonial from Thomas Hunt, Samuel Thomson and John Ward, London, to Robert Harley [later 1st Earl of Oxford], 16 Jan. 1690/1; provides a testimonial as to the good work and character of Thomas Matthew. Old Style dating on letter.
Term	appointments, government, applications for

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA29062	Hunt; Thomas (fl 1691-1702); made recommendations regarding transport debts; merchant?	fl 1691-1702
NA29063	Ward; John (fl 1691); -; merchant	fl 1691
NA29064	Thomson; Samuel (fl 1691); merchant	fl 1691
NA28933	Matthew; Thomas (fl 1691); Mr; applied for position with the Commission of Publique Accompts	fl 1691
NA893	Harley; Robert (1661-1724); 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; M.P.; speaker 1701-1705; P.M. 1711-1714	1661-1724