| Description | Contents include: Copy of Counsel's opinion on Bank's liability to tax, 1799; Nineteenth century notes on Borrowing under seal. Opinions on the Bank's note issuing monopoly, 1833 and 1836; Press cuttings relating to amendment of Charter, 1833; Counsel's opinion approving Bank purchases of French Government bonds with note on operation of exchanges, 1833; Copy of Charles Kaye Freshfield's opinion on power of the Bank to invest in securities, 2 May 1870; Freshfields advice on various proposals (including Bank's power to issue £5 note, 1892). |