Sends £25 subscription, though he is not a churchman.
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Sends £25 subscription, though he is not a churchman.
Sends £9 for Down Coal and Clothing Club, consisting of £5 for self, £1 for his son George, and £3 for his son Francis.
Encloses £25 contribution.
Encloses a cheque for £5.5.0 for the Down Coal and Clothing Club.
CD’s sister-in-law, S. E. Wedgwood, is willing to refund £10 of the money paid for her land if the Ecclesiastical Commissioners will write saying she ought to do so, or if a qualified surveyor proves that the first measurement was wrong.
The official parish tithe map shows that a greater error than at first thought was made in measuring Miss Wedgwood’s land. She was overpaid £15 10s.
Does not feel competent to judge on matters of measurement. R. B. Litchfield to look into case.
Encloses a cheque to the Down Coal and Clothing Club.
A letter of resignation from the Down Schools Committee. He will send a cheque for balance in hand when he is informed as to whom it is to be sent.
Encloses a cheque for £11.5.0 for subscriptions from CD and members of his family.
Sends £35 as his subscription towards the building of a vicarage.
Darwins and Lubbocks wish to continue using the school room as a Reading Room for workers in the winter months and asks Ffinden to support them.
Answers Emma Darwin’s request that the school room be used in the winter as a Reading Room. Protests the Darwins approaching the Education Department directly.