Copy letter from Walter White; to Managers Old Bank, Lincoln 'Gentlemen, The Treasurer of the [Royal Society] having been referred to you for evidence of character and solvency, by Mr W Goodson of Market Rasen, I am directed to request that you would be so obliging as to state whether Mr G s a man who may be depended on for keeping his engagements as Trustee for the payment of rent and proper managment of grazing land in your country.' 25 September 1863