Letter From Queen Victoria

April 13, 1862

Gentlemen,

I beg to acknowledge your letter with the accompanying photograph & letter of description of the carriage which you propose to exhibit at the approaching International Exhibition. I have not failed to submit these to Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty has been pleased to accept the photograph.

I have the honour to be, Gentlemen,

your most obedient humble servant,

C.B.Phipps.

Phelps, Stevenson & Elliot.

Coachmakers Stirling.

This is a letter from Queen Victoria's secretary to the coachbuilding firm of Stevenson & Elliot thanking them for a gift of a coach to the Queen.

Stevenson & Elliot  was established in Stirling, Scotland and later opened branches in Calcutta and Melbourne.  George Elliot migrated to Australia from Scotland around the time of the gold rush established the Melbourne business.  The factory was in King Street and the showroom was at the corner of Latrobe and Swanston Streets.