Correspondence relating to the purchase of land and the financing, design and building of the Retreat

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Comprises letters between: William Tuke and J. Wormald, offering and describing the site John Bevans, architect, on the design of the building Wilson Birkbeck, William Proud, George Sanders, E. Elam, John Birkbeck, and others, including suppliers of some of the building materials There are also: various notes and memoranda on actions to be taken re. the building notes on prices of materials bricklayer's agreement 1794 bill from Gray and Thorpe [attorneys] for acting in the purchase and part disposal of site acquired for the Retreat 1795

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