Lot Essay
THE PARTNERSHIP OF H.W. MORTIMER & CO. (HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER (JUNIOR) AND THOMAS MORTIMER) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1799 WHERE THEY CONTINUED TO TRADE FROM THE 89 FLEET STREET PREMISES. THE PARTNERSHIP WAS DISSOLVED IN 1806 WITH H.W. SENIOR AND H.W. JUNIOR CONTINUING IN FLEET STREET AS H.W. MORTIMER & SON WHILST THOMAS FORMED A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH HIS SON THOMAS JACKSON MORTIMER TAKING PREMISES AT 44 LUDGATE HILL UNTIL 1816.