A silk-lined, leather wallet with silver fittings and an ivory stiffener inside. An inscribed silver plate on the back reads: 'Testimonial to Lieut. Colonel Addison FRGS & William Beckwith Towse Esq. THE CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN, AND DIRECTORS OF THE LONDON STEAM BOAT COMPANY, IMPELLED BY A SENSE OF DUTY HEARBY TENDER TO LIEUT. COLONEL ADDISON AND W.E.. TOWSE ESQR. THEIR SINCERE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF THE CHEERFUL MANNER IN WHICH THER VOLUNTARILY RESIGNED THE VICE CHAIRS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS TO FURTHER THE INTEREST OF THE COMPANY THUS SECURING THE UNION OF THE PASSENGER SERVICE OF THE RIVER THAMES AND BEG THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF PURSES EACH CONTAINING FIFTY GUINEAS AND THE CHAIRMAN VICE CHAIRMAN DIRECTORS DESIRE TO EXPRESS A HOPE THAT THE VALUABLE SERVICE OF BOTH GENTLEMEN IN THE UNITED COMPANY MAY LONG CONTINUE TO PROMOTE ITS GREATNESS AND PROSPERITY. 8 BENNETS HILL, 22 SEPTEMBER 1875 R.W.PELLY CHAIRMAN, W.P. JACKSON DEPUTY CHAIRMAN, R.J.W. LEITH SECY’ The London Steamboat Company were founded in 1876 and were the owner of the 'Princess Alice'. The company was sold in 1884 and the boats and chief assets were taken over by the River Thames Steamboat Company.