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Call Number: MS P722

Contains 2 Results:

Letter to Alderman Fisher, December 14, 18[6?]8

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John Whitwell (1812-1880), a carpet manufacturer and 6-time mayor of Kendal, thanks Alderman Fischer for sending copies of Joseph Mayer's addresses to the members of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire. He asks Fisher to let Mayer know that he is indebted to him for his publication.

Dates: December 14, 18[6?]8

Printed leaflet by Joseph Mayer, November 1877

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Joseph Mayer (1803-1886), a collector of antiquities and art, explains that while in the other seasons he has been able to provide free flowers to the readers of the Free Library, in winter the poem by Moore about the last rose of summer will have to suffice until the next spring.

Dates: November 1877