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System Number: 06148
Date: 17 September 1877
Author: George and William Webb[1]
Place: London
Recipient: Edward William Godwin[2]
Place: London
Repository: Glasgow University Library
Call Number: MS Whistler W145
Document Type: ALS
FROM
G. & W. WEBB,
11, AUSTIN FRIARS,
OLD BROAD ST, E. C.
LONDON
17th Sep 1877
TO E. W. Godwin, Esq,
8 Victoria Chambers,
Victoria Road S. W.
Dear Sir,
Please send us the full particulars of the plot of land and statement showing how & when the money is required and how and when it is wished to be repaid. Perhaps the better way would be for Mr Whistler to call upon us.
Yrs truly,
Geo. & Wm Webb
[p. 2][3] 'Grounds of Chelsea Hospital'
[drawing of a rectangle, with direction of north indicated, and sides labelled:] '76 feet' '48 feet'
'Ground rent £29 per an. } { £1500
80 years lease - ——— } { wanted
Money required to pay the Builder on Architects Certificate at the rate of 70 per cent on the value of the work done - the first instalment to be paid on the building reaching the level of the uppermost floor[.] The 2nd to be paid on the roof being slated in[,] the 3rd one month after completion'
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Notes:
1. George and William Webb
Lawyers, who raised a mortgage for JW to cover the cost of erecting his new house and studio, the White House, in Tite Street.
2. Edward William Godwin
Edward William Godwin (1833-1886), architect and designer [more].
3. [p. 2]
The whole of page two is written in Godwin's hand.