Guildhall Library, its origin and progress : being an appeal to the Corporation of London for its reconstruction / by W. Sedgwick Saunders.

  • W. Sedgwick Saunders
Date:
1869
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Credit: Guildhall Library, its origin and progress : being an appeal to the Corporation of London for its reconstruction / by W. Sedgwick Saunders. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    “ part which relates to the munificent present by Philip “Salomons, Esq., to the Guildhall Library of four “ hundred volumes of Hebrew and Rabbinical works, “agree with the Committee in the exjDressions they “have applied to this liberal gift, and approve of the “directions given for its deposit, resolving, moreover, “that the thanks of this Corporation are due, and are “ hereby given to Philip Salomons, Esq., for his “ sjDlendid donation, and further, that this resolution, “ be recorded in the Minutes of this Court, and espe- ^ ‘ cially communicated to Mr. Salomons by the Town “ Clerk.” On the 26th May, 1849, upon a report from the Committee of the progress made in indexing the Journals and Repertories, the following arrangement was made with Mr. Alehin, viz.: that he be paid £150 per annum as Librarian, and a further sum of equal amount for his services with respect to the Records. October 3, 1849. “ Resolved and ordered, that it be “ referred to the Library Committee to consider and “ report whether by any and what means the advan- “ tages of the Library of this Corporation may be more “ extensively enjoyed by its members.” This resolu- tion is another and pleasing proof of the estimation in which the Library was even twenty years ago regarded by the Court, and keeps alive the hojDe that all these generous aspirations will culminate in the consummation of the great design we are promoting. ]\Iarch 14, 1850. Tlie Committee report a present by II. B. Hanbury Beaufoy, Esq., F.R.S., of a cabinet of London tokens, and ask for authority to })rint a catalogue thereof Resolved unanimously, “ Tliat this Court, deeply impressed with feelings of