Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys, by Encouraging a New Method of Sweeping Chimneys: Twenty-First Report, May 1, 1837Anonymous
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Society for Superseding the Necessity of Climbing Boys, by Encouraging a New Method of Sweeping Chimneys: Twenty-First Report, May 1, 1837
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Child labor -- Great Britain; Chimney sweeps -- Great Britain
40 feet in length £3 10 0
50 ditto ditto 4 0 0
60 ditto ditto 4 10 0
70 ditto ditto 5 0 0
80 ditto ditto 5 10 0
Ash or Crab Machines, on the same
principles, with chimney cloth
complete:--
40 feet in length £2 5 0
50 ditto ditto 2 11 0
60 ditto ditto 2 17 0
70 ditto ditto 3 3 0
80 ditto ditto 3 8 0
If a Machine is required partly of Ash, and partly of Cane, the cost
will be in proportion to the number of joints of each used.
N.B. The screws of all the joints of Glass’s Machine are stamped with
his name, to distinguish them from spurious ones.
AGENTS OF THE SOCIETY.
Joseph Glass, 2, Moor-lane, Fore-street, Cripplegate.
Robert Day, 21, Newton-street, High Holborn.
Edward Raven, 64, Lant-street, Borough.
John Shepherd, 19, Kinnerton-street, Wilton-place, Knightsbridge.
The following form is recommended to those who may be disposed to
become Benefactors to this Society by Will:--
“_I give and bequeath unto_ A. B. _and_ C. D. _the sum of __________ to
be raised and paid out of my Personal Estate and Effects upon trust, to
the intent that they, or either of them, do pay the same to the
Treasurer for the time being of a Benevolent Society, which is now
called or commonly known by the name of ‘The Society for Superseding the
necessity of Climbing Boys,’ which sum I desire may be applied to the
purposes of that Society._”
Ten Guineas constitutes a perpetual, and one Guinea an Annual Member.
Subscriptions and Donations are received by the Treasurer, W. Tooke,
Esq., 39, Bedford-row; the Honorary Secretary; Messrs. Hoare,
Fleet-street; Messrs. Williams and Co., Birchin-lane; and by the
Collector, Mr. H. Clemson, No. 7, Grange-road, Bermondsey.
Macintosh, Printer, 20, Great New-street, London.
Transcriber’s Note
In this file, text in _italics_ is indicated by underscores.
Minor printer’s errors have been corrected by the transcriber;
otherwise, as far as possible, original spelling and punctuation have
been retained.
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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