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THIRTEEN 1957 LETTERS BETWEEN THE THEN COGSWELL & HARRISON DIRECTORS COLONEL M R CORDOVA, J E PESKETT, AND STUART MURRAY REGARDING THE PROPOSED SALE OF COGSWELL & HARRISON TO THE EX - CIA AMERICAN ARMS DEALER, SAM CUMMINGS:
a) 20/02/1957 Handwritten letter from colonel M R de Cordova from Hotel Commodore, New York to "Peskett and Murray" regarding changes to sale of Cogswell & Harrison agreed with the American purchaser Sam Cummings. b) 26/02/1957 Carbon copy of handwritten letter from J Peskett to Col de Cordova. c) 22/03/1957 Typed letter from Stuart Murray (in USA) on C & H factory headed paper to Johnny Peskett at C & H London showrooms. d) 28/03/1957 Handwritten letter from Stuart Murray to Johnny Peskett. e) 29/03/1957 Carbon copy of typed letter (with handwritten additions) from Johnny Peskett to Stuart Murray in Beverly Hills. f) 05/04/1957 Copy of typed letter from Johnny Peskett (managing director) to Stuart Murray (director). Johnny Peskett is desperate to sell C & H, as the firm is verging on bankruptcy. g) 06/04/1957 Handwritten letter from Stuart Murray to Johnny Peskett. h) 10/04/1957 Carbon copy of Johnny Peskett's handwritten letter to Stuart Murray. I) 03/08/1957Typed copy of agreement, signed at Kingston Jamaica, BW1 by the American arms dealer Sam Cummings and Colonel M R de Cordova, director of
C & H. j) 14/07/1957 Carbon copy from C & H to M Francis Ladermann, Banque Genevoise-de-Commerce et Credit, Geneva enclosing C & H accounts for year ended 31/03/1957, k) 05/08/1957 Copy of telegram confirming the sale of C & H. (l) August 1957 Carbon copies of letters regarding the estate of Mrs A J Harrison, deceased, and her ordinary shares in C & H. m) 03/09/1956 Copy of C & H valuation of total issued share capital. (See Don Masters' book THE HOUSE OF CHURCHILL for more information on the sale of C & H in 1957, and C & H's purchase of E J Churchill in 1959)
Estimate £30-50