Description
[004876] [British Passport] British Passport for Adam Robertson. London: No Publisher, 1865. First Edition. Folio. Unbound. Ephemera. Good. Printed passport with manuscript insertions, approximately 270mm x 370mm in size
Very lightly browned, lightly creased, remnant of paper to head of reverse where once adhered, otherwise fairly clean
With the printed signature of Earl Russell to foot, ink signature of ?Kilmore to head, and the signature of the bearer, Adam Robertson to foot, issued for him (and his unnamed wife), to travel “on the Continent”
Adam Robertson was from Alnwick, and was a wine merchant, a local politician who donated a drinking fountain to the town, and a freemason