Letter from Thomas Fraser Stooks to Sampson Low
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line 1: St Anne's Parsonage
line 2: Highgate Rise
line 3: March 31st
line 4: My dear Mr Low
line 5: Many thanks for your
line 6: book, with which I have
line 7: largely dipped, & which seems
line 8: to be very comprehensive, very
line 9: accurate (as far as I can
line 10: test it) & certainly very
line 11: nicely got up. It gives one
line 12: a stupendous idea of the
line 13: amount of money spent in
line 14: charity in London. And yet
line 15: this is only at first sights –
line 16: since one recalls the fact that Page 2
line 1: the revenue from wines, spirits
line 2: &c is £20.000.000, & how in
line 3: the face of such a fact do our
line 4: charities sink almost to
line 5: insignificance. But the one
line 6: truth that your book impresses
line 7: upon my mind, is the fresh
line 8: necessity of condensation in our
line 9: charities. There is frightful
line 10: waste because half a dozen
line 11: Institutions are keeping at
line 12: half a dozen offices, ??
line 13: &c, & get, as far as their
line 14: charitable function is
line 15: concerned, might all be
line 16: amalgamated into one. I
line 17: am a friend to the great
line 18: simplicity in Charities, because Page 3
line 1: one stimulates another; but in
line 2: the present day I cannot but
line 3: think that we have gone too
line 4: much to the other extreme.
line 5: We cannot affect such a
line 6: Catholic amalgamation between
line 7: the Church & Dissenters, but
line 8: the evil is very rampant
line 9: even in the charities of the
line 10: Church itself. It is a delicate
line 11: subject, but perhaps you might
line 12: introduce this reflection into
line 13: a future preface. It is very
line 14: satisfactory to learn that the
line 15: Charities of London are
line 16: generally in a very flourishing
line 17: condition.
line 18: I congratulate you on your Index.Page 4
line 1: This is often a very weak finish
line 2: in such a book as yours, & here it
line 3: is excellent.
line 4: I trust that text is obscured
line 5: as a drier air, & that you
line 6: may be able to venture out.
line 7: With all kind regards to Mrs Low
line 8: Believe me
line 9: Ever yours truly
line 10: T. F Stooks