Thread: Charles Harwood
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Old 26-10-20, 21:25
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The letters are fairly mundane, he asks for tobacco and a tin of cocoa, wishes son and daughters happy birthday/Christmas and asks to be remembered to Mrs Field who was looking after the children. There is a copy of a letter from Sir Alexander Kleinwort asking if Harwood's assets can be managed by a trustee to provide an income for the children (but he doesn't want to do this himself) and a reply to his solicitor basically saying NO.

The state managed and invested his money and it took a solicitor to get it back in 1927. There is an account of various stocks bought and sold. Following his arrest, a bailiff cleared the cottage of furniture and it was stored at a local coal merchants for a while, his friends having refused to help. There is an inventory which begins "About 8 yards of lino"

There's also a telegram saying he was sinking, followed by another to say he had died and the official letter notifying his death and his funeral arrangements.

There's also the bill for his wife's funeral in 1911.
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