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Excerpt from An Index to the Ancient Manuscripts of the Borough of Leicester, Preserved in the Muniment Room of the Leicester Town Hall: With a Key to Some of Their Various Styles of Writing, and an Introductory Letter to the Council of the Borough The new Town Hall was opened on the 7th August, 1876, and at a meeting of the Council on the 28th of August, 1877, the following resolution was agreed to, on the motion of Mr. Alderman Burgess, Chairman of the Town Hall Management Committee, namely: - "That the question of the arrangement and preservation of the ancient documents and charters of this Corporation be referred to the immediate attention of the Town Hall Management Committee. At a Meeting of that Committee held the following day, it was resolved "That the removal and arrangement of the ancient documents and charters be left in the hands of the Chairman, Mr. Paget and Mr. Kempson; and that they be requested to invite the assistance of Mr. Kelly." This Sub-Committee, through Mr. Kelly, communicated with the late Sir Thomas Duffus Hardy, Deputy Keeper of the Public Record Office, requesting his advice upon the subject, to which the following reply was received: - 'Rolls House, Chancery Lane, 7th September, 1877. Dear Sir, The account you give of the documents belonging to the Borough of Leicester is highly interesting, and appears to me to be of historical importance. I will, therefore, if you approve of my suggestion, send one of our Inspectors to Leicester (at our expense) to make a full report upon the Leicester Records to the Commissioners on Historical Manu scripts. You, then, on seeing the Report, can make any arrangement with our Reporter for putting the same in chronological and consultable order. This latter proceeding must, of course, be at the expense of the Borough. If you will let me know what you think of this plan, I will take immediate steps to have it carried out. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIndex to the Ancient Manuscripts of the Borough of Leicester, Preserved in the Muniment Room of the Leicester Town Hall : With a Key to Some of Their Various Styles of Writing, and an Introductory Letter to the Council of the Borough (Classic Reprint)

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Number of Pages110 Pages

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AuthorJohn Cordy Jeaffreson

Publication Year2015

Subject AreaRéférence