The Manuscripts of His Grace the Duke of Portland, Preserved at Welbeck Abbey (Volume 4) (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 edition. Excerpt: ...for building of the fifty new churches, and they said they had a great respect for your recommendation, for which I acknowledge my obligations to your Lordship. Only my friend Mr. Vanbrugh was against mo, I suppose because I was recommended by your Lordship, and got the Commissioners to defer the nomination of a surveyor these two months as yet, and it may be longer, which I believe may be dangerous, wherefore I have presumed to acquaint you with it, as likewise to send the enclosed letter to subscribe if your Lordship thinks it proper, seeing it is only to confirm your first recommendation which was by my Lord Bingley; it) will contribute, I am sure, very much to my advantage in obtaining the place of surveyor, and add a new obligation upon me. The Same to the Same. Thursday. From my lodging in Chandos Street--I would willingly be doing something to establish my reputation here, by showing the world by demonstration that I kinow something of what I pretend I have learned while I was abroad, and by making this as advantageous as I can, till such tima as your Lordship shall think fit to provide for me. In order to this I have a mind to publish a book of architecture, which indeed is a science that everybody criticises here, and in all the countries that ever I was in, never did I see worse performers. Be that as it will, this is, my design, which I think to go about this summer if your Lordship will encourage me by accepting the dedication, and being at the expense of the plates, for I am so far from being able to pay the charge myself, that I am fifty pounds in debt, so that I can do nothing in this till I have a favourable answer from your Lordship, and if you should have the goodness to lend me some little sum of money to help to pay my..