Piece 15 - Letter from the Edinburgh Summer Meeting Committee, Edinburgh, to the Town Clerk, Edinburgh

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GB 249 T-GED/12/3/7/15

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Letter from the Edinburgh Summer Meeting Committee, Edinburgh, to the Town Clerk, Edinburgh

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  • June 1896 (Creation)

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Application for the renewal of a grant which would support the organisation of the Edinburgh Summer Meeting. Advocates and highlights the merits, values and usefulness of the Meeting. Mentions a copy of this letter would be sent to all Town Council members. Highlights the fact that the lectures from previous meetings have been published and that the Edinburgh Summer Meeting corresponds to a Post-Graduate course for teachers and is acknowledged by British and foreign experts. Includes extracts from letters by Lord Reay, Frederick Oldman, Michael E. Sadler, John Struthers and Nathaniel Butler. Mentions Professor Alfred Espinas, Dr. H. de Varigny, Professor Richard Green Moulton, Professor James, Professor Mavor, Michael E. Saddler, Mr. Acland. Signed by Lord Reay, Henry Dyer, Robert Irvine, John Kerr, John Murray, F. Grant Ogilvie, J. Martin White, Frank. W. Young, Patrick Geddes, J. Arthur Thomson, Jane Hay, R.M. Wenley, John George Goodchild.

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