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Copy minutes of evidence taken before the House of Lords Select Committee on the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company Bill.

Copy minutes of evidence taken before the House of Lords Select Committee on the Stationers' and Newspaper Makers' Company Bill.

Includes correspondence and report to Master and Wardens' Meeting re Myers's 'Company History'.

Includes:

• Quitclaim by Thomas Braddyll of suits against Benjamin Tooke, 1682.
• Annotated list of benefactors, 1690.
• Company Court resolution re recommendations of petitioners, 1789.
• Tally of Company members, 1779.
• Admission tickets to six lectures in the history and practice of printing held at Stationers' Hall in 1873, as part of 'Technical Education in the City of London' programme, with a cover letter from Charles Robert Rivington, Clerk of the Stationers' Company.
• Note requesting funds for the repair of Daniel Midwinter's tomb, [19th century].
• Timeline of Company constitutional milestones, nd.

i: seating plan, 1 May 1883.

ii: dinner menu, 23 Apr 1778.

iii: menus, 10 Aug 1843-9 Nov 1848 [9 items].

i: letter from the Joiners' Company respecting the procession on 8 Nov from Mansion House to the Guildhall and back, 1 Nov 1785.

ii: letter from Thomas Whittell, clerk of the Bowyers' Company, respecting the procession on 8 Nov from Mansion House to the Guildhall and back, 31 Oct 1786.

iii: petition of Daniel Morton, waterman and grandson of the company's late barge master Daniel Morton, requesting the position of barge master's mate, undated; the petitioner was elected to the position on 4 Apr 1786.

iv: letter from Richard Roberts requesting payment for building the new barge and a tip of five guineas for workmen, 31 Jul 1790.

v: letter from Sylvanus Hall concerning inspection for repairs he has undertaken, 16 Apr 1790.

Two unidentified line items: "from 6th July 1689 inclusive to the 3 ffebry following inclu 35 freemen at 8d a peece" in the amount of one pound three shillings four pence; and "Given to the Clarke's man for his Care in seeing the Deed of Trust executed by Mr Calvert & Mr Ralph Smith." Personal names: Mr Calvert; Ralph Smith.