Estate of Major General G.F.C. Bray - Correspondence and Records, 1883-1884

Blackheath 10. Oct 84 Dear Sir. I enclose a letter from Messrs. Cox & Co Army Agents.

You will have to send them the testate of the will to Enable them to draw the [Pay?] & allowances up to the date of death. [several words illegible]

From - faithfully yr

Charlotte Bray

I can't write my self -

To I am stupid with a cold

[printed] WOODCOGTE. DORKING.

[written] Oct. 10 1884 My dear Sir -Messrs Dangerfield must have the original settlement of the late Genl. & Mrs. Bray -- I signed an order upon [illegible] to surrender it to them, & I have corresponded with Messrs D.__upon the other necessary business re making out the schedule for Genl. E. Bray's Probate, Will you kindly remember that his agents Cox & Co have only received [illegible] & dividends upon his [illegible] paper & [illegible] stock up to August & July respectiveluy. I have [illegible] Cox [illegible}'s [illegible]/Attorney, new ones being in course of preparation to allow

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different matters connected with the Trust that have occurred since the documents were transferred into their (S's) hands - moreover I have sent to them, & they hold, the Indian Securities [deleted]fr[/deleted] in the names of myself & co-Trustees - I wish I had received your

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letter yesterday, as I was at my office all the afternoon, & could have referred to the Trust documents & verified that I have before said - I am glad to have heard from you, for it will save my writing to Mrs. G. Bray, whom I have had to trouble a good deal lately about her stock conversion &

V Robarts (Mrs Bray's banker] to receive in future - as I understood from you the other day that Mrs Bray is Sole Executrix, it will be then useless, or at any rate somewhat cumbersome, process to actually transfer the broken period of dividend to the Exors Account: but the fact that there are sums due to the date of [?]