★ Find a new page to transcribe in our list of Untranscribed Manuscripts
m Protected "JB/110/044/001": ready for review ([Edit=Allow only administrators] (indefinite) [Move=Allow only administrators] (indefinite)) |
No edit summary |
||
Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
'''[{{fullurl:JB/110/044/001|action=edit}} Click Here To Edit]''' | '''[{{fullurl:JB/110/044/001|action=edit}} Click Here To Edit]''' | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<p><unclear>V</unclear></p> | |||
'' | <p>remitted to the Greek Deputation in London, since they told me in<lb/> | ||
Greece that not even the half had reached them." The money which the<lb/> | |||
Quakers raised & which amounted to about £10,000 was distributed by<lb/> | |||
themselves in <del>purs</del> works of benevolence – in assistance rendered to<lb/> | |||
<gap/> <del>&</del> captive Greeks – and is the education of a number of <del><unclear>many</unclear> | |||
men</del> Grecian youths. The Quakers are not – we will tell the Count<lb/> | |||
not accustomed to <del>spend</del> <add>employ</add> their resources blindly or foolishly. Some<lb/> | |||
public subscriptions certainly were paid over to the Greek Deputation<lb/> | |||
– that of Calcutta for instance, which amounted to £2200, – & we<lb/> | |||
discovered on enquiry, to our surprize & sorow that only £1200<lb/> | |||
had been passed to the credit of the Greek government, <del>& are <gap/></del> <add>which</add><lb/> | |||
note was attached to the entry 'Mr Orlando will privately account for<lb/> | |||
the remaining £1000.'</p> | |||
<p>But we are enabled to give an outline of the manner in which<lb/> | |||
the funds of the Greek Committee have been appropriated, & we<lb/> | |||
are sure they have been honestly & economically – as we think<lb/> | |||
they have been judiciously applied</p> | |||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}}{{ | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}}{{Ready_For_Review}} |
V
remitted to the Greek Deputation in London, since they told me in
Greece that not even the half had reached them." The money which the
Quakers raised & which amounted to about £10,000 was distributed by
themselves in purs works of benevolence – in assistance rendered to
& captive Greeks – and is the education of a number of many
men Grecian youths. The Quakers are not – we will tell the Count
not accustomed to spend employ their resources blindly or foolishly. Some
public subscriptions certainly were paid over to the Greek Deputation
– that of Calcutta for instance, which amounted to £2200, – & we
discovered on enquiry, to our surprize & sorow that only £1200
had been passed to the credit of the Greek government, & are which
note was attached to the entry 'Mr Orlando will privately account for
the remaining £1000.'
But we are enabled to give an outline of the manner in which
the funds of the Greek Committee have been appropriated, & we
are sure they have been honestly & economically – as we think
they have been judiciously applied
Identifier: | JB/110/044/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 110. |
|||
---|---|---|---|
110 |
|||
044 |
|||
001 |
|||
collectanea |
1 |
||
recto |
|||
sir john bowring |
[[watermarks::[britannia with shield motif]]] |
||
36034 |
|||