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Show moreLetter to John Brodie Innes to ask for approval on proposal. Transcription: "Secretary's Department, Bounty Office Dean's Yard, Westminster,S.W. 11th May 1874 Revd Sir/C. Downe As [patron?] of this Benefice and Down of 1,000 pounds, to obtain 200 pounds from the Governors and the patronage from the Archbishop of Canterbury, I have deemed it advisable to inform you that a proposal is before the governors to purchase of the Ecclesiastical Commisioners a [] of Lishe, [] amounting to 47.10.0 pounds for 1,200 pounds, and contingend on this purchase, the Commissioners are willing to add a further amount of [] amounting to 18 pounds per [] as an additional endorsement of the Benefice- I will [] you to state of pupable, by return of post, if you approve of this proposal- I am Revd Sir your obed Servt Joseph K Aston Secratary Revs J.B. Innes Approved JBI" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Secretary's Department, Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, S.W.
The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts
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Show moreLetter to John Innes, asking for his approval of a proposal. Transcription: "Secretary's Department, Bounty Office Dean's Yard, Westminster,S.W. 11th May 1874 Revd Sir/C. Downe As [patron?] of this Benefice and Down of 1,000 pounds, to obtain 200 pounds from the Governors and the patronage from the Archbishop of Canterbury, I have deemed it advisable to inform you that a proposal is before the governors to purchase of the Ecclesiastical Commisioners a [] of Lishe, [] amounting to 47.10.0 pounds for 1,200 pounds, and contingend on this purchase, the Commissioners are willing to add a further amount of [] amounting to 18 pounds per [] as an additional endorsement of the Benefice- I will [] you to state of pupable, by return of post, if you approve of this proposal- I am Revd Sir your obed Servt Joseph K Aston Secratary Revs J.B. Innes Approved JBI" Letter, signed by sender. Sent from Secretary's Department, Bounty Office, Dean's Yard, Westminster, S.W.
The Robert M. Stecher Collection of Charles Darwin Books and Manuscripts
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