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      pect , we shall erect dwellings for some part of the family , most probably two of my brothers , with S ^ and myself to ^ keep house for them , and b * this means save my mother the fatigue attendant on a farm . 1 am , 8 cc . &c . PM"

      *• P . S . On looking over this scrawl , I am nsh » med to send it ; but I should be sorry that you should have to wait still longer for a letter . I can plead , in excuse , frequent interruptions from visitors : this does not sound like

      solitude in the back woods , does it ? Yet this is the case most days , and we have always some arrival or cireumstance of the kind to interest us . "

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      Halifax , Sir , November 16 / 1819 . OBSERVE in your last Number , I [ p . 652 , ] that . " A Subscriber to Dr * Thompsons Monument inquires what measures have been taken towards its erection ? " In reply , I beg leave to state , through the medium of the Monthly Repository , the following particulars :

      A' meeting of the Committee was held at Halifax , on the 13 th of January , pursuant to a notice from the Chairman , when the following , amongst other Resolutions , were unanimousl y adopted :

      « That F . L . Chantrey , Esq . R . A ., be requested to favour the Committee with a design for a Monument to the memory of the late Dr . Thompson ; and , at the same time , be informed , that the Committee hope to have as much as £ ' 200 to expend upon the execution of the Monument .

      * ' That the Inscription for the Tablet be in the English language . " That the Chairman be requested to apply to such individuals as he thinks proper , to favour the Commit fee with suitable Inscriptions , to be addressed to the Chairman as early as convenient . '

      Mr . Chantrey was accordingly applied to for a suitable design ; and several gentlemen were solicited to communicate Inscriptions for the Tablet , from which the Committee might select one that should appear to them the most eligible . As Mr . Chan trey ' s engagements did not admit ; of his attending to the ap-

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      plication before the end of May , no further proceedings were adopted till the 23 rd of June , when a meeting of the Committee was held at Ettridce ' s Hotel , York , at which it was resolved " That the design with which the Committee had been furnished by F . L . Chantrey , Esq ., R . A ., being unanimously approved of , he should he requested to proceed upon it with as little further delay as possible .

      " That the Rev . J . G . Robberds , of Manchester , be requested to draw up a suitable English Inscription for the the Monument . The approbation of the Committee , and their request , were immediatel y communicated to Mr . Chantrey . I received a letter from Mr .

      Cunuiiipfiani , ( foreman to Mr . Chantrey , ) dated August S 3 , in which he informed me , that the Monument was then in hand ; that Mr . Chantrey had made the model , and had given directions for the work to be forwarded with all suitable diligence , during his absence on the continent ; but that the finishing must await his return . He further

      stated , that it is a work calculated to attract notice , and that even in its rude state , at that time , it had admirers . Since that period , I have received no communications upon the subject , but have no doubt that eveiy attention is paying to the wishes of the Committee .

      It will , perhaps , afford satisfaction to notice the present state of the Subscription List . The total amount hitherto announced to the Treasurer is £ 215 ds . In addition to the £ 200 to be p . u < l for the execution of the

      Monument , and the expenses already incurred , amounting to about £ 14 , foi printing * , advertizing " , postages , and carriage of circulars , there will remain the expenses of the carriage of the Monument , and fixing it up , to he defrayed out of the subscriptions . When the Monument is erected , it

      will probably be deemed expedient that the Additional List of Subscribers , together with other particulars , should be communicated to the public , through the medium of the Monthly Repository . In the mean time , I hope the above statement will be found satisfactory to the Querist . RICHARD AST 1 J <; Y , Chairman to the Committee .

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      6 § £ Answer to a Subscriber to Dr * Thompson ' s Monument ,

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1819, page 692, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1778/page/40/