Documents associated with: Webb, William
Record 8 of 352
System Number: 10751
Date: 20 May 1878
Author: JW
Place: London
Recipient: George and William Webb[1]
Place: London
Repository: Library of Congress
Call Number: Manuscript Division, Pennell-Whistler Collection, PWC 3/28/1
Document Type: ALS
Messrs G. & W. Webb -
Dear Sirs -
I enclose copy of the letter[2] I have sent this morning to Sir James Hogg[3] (for Board of Works[4]) and which I think will pull them up short and put them at last into the wrong box if resisted -
This I have no doubt you will thoroughly approve and I do trust you will now let no more uncertainties hinder the completion of the work[5] so near its termination -
Believe me Very Sincerely Yours
J A McN. Whistler
96. Cheyne Walk. Chelsea
May 20th 1878.
This document is protected by copyright.
Envelope:
Messrs. G.& W. Webb.9. or 11 Austin Friars
City
E. C.
[stamp]: POSTAGE / ONE PENNY
[postmark:] WEST BROMPTON S. W. / 1 6 / MY20 / 78
[postmark on verso:] LONDON E. C. / A N / MY20 / 78
Notes:
1. George and William Webb
George Webb (b. ca 1835), of G. and W. Webb. lawyer [more], and William Webb (b. ca 1851), of G. and W. Webb, lawyer [more].
2. letter
See JW to Metropolitan Board of Works, #04058. JW also sent a copy of the letter to Benjamin Ebenezer Nightingale (b. 1838), builder [more] of the White House (see note below and JW to B. E. Nightingale, #04301).
3. Sir James Hogg
Sir James Macnaghten McGarel Hogg (1823-1890), first Baron Magheramorne [more].
4. Board of Works
The London Metropolitan Board of Works was a municipal body responsible for major schemes of public works. It also had a planning role in the development of new public thoroughfares.
5. work
A reference to the White House, JW's studio house at Tite Street, then under construction. The Board objected to the plain facade in the original design by Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more], and withheld the land lease until changes were made.