| Description | GEO/MAIN/34910: Letter from Reverend Thomas T. Haverfield to Robert Gray, requesting payment of the bills of the tradesmen involved in erecting the Organ Loft at Kew Church nine months previously, as promised by Thomas Hardwick [Clerk of the Works], also signed by Mr Rowland (Church Warden) and Richard Burt and J. Clayton (Overseers), 16 July 1823. 1 document [also includes GEO/MAIN/34911]
GEO/MAIN/34911: Letter from F.D. Danvers to Reverend Thomas T. Haverfield stating that the accounts of the tradespeople involved in erecting the Organ Gallery at Kew Church are in the process of being paid. The parties listed as: Mr Thomas Smith, Carpenter; Messrs. Austin &West, Bricklayers; Mr Henry Westmacott, Mason; William Rowland, Plumber & Painter; and Messrs. Barron & Son, Iron Mongers, 4 September 1823. 1 document [also includes GEO/MAIN/34910]
GEO/MAIN/34912: Note regarding the two astronomers at the Royal Observatory, Kew, undated. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34913: Letter from F.D. Danvers to George Harrison, enclosing a letter from Mr Demainbray giving an account of the Royal Observatory at Richmond, with reference made to not having received an answer from Mr Rigaud and to Mr Gray’s poor health, 28 July 1823. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34914-34915: Letter from Mr S. Demainbray giving an account of the Royal Observatory at Richmond, 25 July 1823. 1 document [enclosure to GEO/MAIN/34913]
GEO/MAIN/34916: Letter from F.D. Danvers to George Harrison, enclosing a letter from Mr S.P. Rigaud giving an account of the Royal Observatory at Richmond, 29 July 1823. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34917:Letter from S.P. Rigaud to F.D. Danvers giving an account of the Royal Observatory at Richmond, 28 July 1823. 1 document [enclosure to GEO/MAIN/34916]
GEO/MAIN/34918: Letter from A. Milne to F.D. Danvers, enclosing a note from Mr Aiton regarding Brentford Ait, 2 November 1824. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34919: Letter from W. Aiton to A. Milne, returning Mr Howard’s letter (to Mr Gray) requesting the annual rent due to the Parish of Fulham for the leasehold of the Ait in the Thames at Kew [Brentford Ait], 31 October 1824. 1 document [enclosure to GEO/MAIN/34918]
GEO/MAIN/34920: Letter from F.D. Danvers to A. Milne claiming (on behalf of the Privy Purse) reimbursement of rent payments related of Brentford Ait, 11 November 1824. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34921: Letter from A. Milne to F.D. Danvers confirming the reimbursement of rent paid for Brentford Ait and that future rent claims should be directed to the Office of Woods and Forests, 16 November 1824. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34922-34923: Letter from C.C. [Charles Caleb] Colton [previously Vicar of Kew] to Robert Gray requesting financial assistance, August 1825. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34924: Letter from William Smith to Sir W. Knighton soliciting the office of Steward of the Manor of Richmond, in the event of the death of Charles Bicknell, 3 December 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34925: Copy of a letter from George Harrison to [William Smith] informing him that Sir W. Knighton has no control over appointments in Government Departments, but that the position [of Steward of the Manor of Richmond] has been promised to Mr Powell in the event of Charles Bicknell’s death, 27 December 1827. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34926: Letter from J. McMahon to the Lords of the Treasury requesting that the works under the direction of Mr Wyatt be transferred to the care of Mr Nash, [?1813]. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34927-34928: Letter from J. Nash to Charles Bicknell enclosing reports relating to various works, with reference to General Bloomfield, Lord Yarmouth and Lord Harcourt, undated. 1 document
GEO/MAIN/34929: Draft of a letter from J. McMahon to the Lords of the Treasury regarding plantation required in the Duke of Kent’s garden in Hampton Court Park and various other alterations required by the Prince Regent to the fencing at Bushy Park, [?1813]. 1 document |