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Ten receipts for poor relief payments, received of the Master and Fellows of Jesus College for the parish of All Saints', Cambridge. Two paid on 10th February, two on 2nd May, four on 5th August, two on 10th November. Payments range from £7 19s 1/2d to £23 7s. All signed by George Farney, collector and assistant overseer, based at 23 Corn-Exchange Street.

Parish of All Saints Poor Rate payment (No. 226) of 10s 0d made 9th July 1840 to J Knowles

Receipt for £26-8-1 1/2 for poor relief in the parish of Hundon, on £633 assessment, at ten pence in the pound. Signed off by Robert Gibbons.

Received of Jesus College the sum of £26 13s 10d, in respect of the poor rate for the parish of Hundon, established as 8s in a pound on £625 15s of rented property. Signed off by Robert Gibbons.

There are four colleges in the parish, whose servants gain settlements and are a financial burden, the colleges pay very little. The opinion of counsel was sought to see if the colleges are liable to pay Poor Rate. The opinion was that they are not liable if they are extra-parochial. Parishes should ask the colleges to obtain for them a greater proportion of the money paid by the University to the colleges in lieu of rates.

Five poor rate bills and one highway rate bill from the parish of Hundon. First poor rate bill totals £22 13s 7½d. Received of Mr. Cuthbert. Signed by William Golding. Second poor rate bill totals £5 13s 4½d. Received of the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by Charles Deeks, collector. Third poor rate bill totals £30 4s 10d. Received of the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by Henry Choat. Fourth poor rate bill totals £30 4s 10d. Received of the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by Henry Choat. Fifth poor rate bill totals £26 9s 3d. Received of the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by William Golding. Highway rate bill totals £7 11s 2½d. Received of the Masters and Fellows of Jesus College. Signed by Charles Deeks, surveyor.

Collection of 4 Poor Rate bills. A total of £6 12s 9d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 4 Poor Rate bills. A total of £4 19s 7d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 4 Poor Rate bills. A total of £3 11s 6d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Poor Rate bills for the parish of Hundon. One signed by William Golding, two by R. Keene, and one by John Mansfield.

Collection of 7 Poor Rate bills. A total of £3 1s 9d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 7 Poor Rate bills. A total of £2 6s 7d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 6 Poor Rate bills. A total of £2 3s 2d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 7 Poor Rate bills. A total of £3 1s 9d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Collection of 3 Poor Rate bills, 1904-1905. A total of £4 8s 4d paid to the Parish of Cambridge.

Paid to the City of London Union. £22 8s for the Poor Rate for 60 Aldermanbury.

Paid 5s for poor rate. Signed J Bonnett, overseer

Poor Rate and General Rate paid to the City of London: £13 19s 9d.

Receipt of poor rate payments for parish of Hundon no.61. Received from Master and Fellows, Jesus College:
Poor rate: £10 10s. 4d;
£18 18s. 1/4d;
£22 13s. 4 1/2 d;
£22 13s. 7 1/2 d;
Highway rate: £7 11s. 2 1/2d.
Collected by Henry Hammond; Assessment of £453 12s. 6d.

Receipt for £31-13-9 for poor relief in the parish of Hundon, signed off by Robert Gibbons. Annotation on back mentions highway rate (8d in a pound for poor rate, 20d in a pound for highway rate).

Poor and General District Rates Payment Requests for Messre B. and A. Goodliffe (years 1920-1921 and 1921).
Poor Rate: £2 18s - General District Rate: 15s 8.5d - Total: £3 13s 8.5d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to the Bursar of Jesus College) for the following allotments: the College, Hobart Road, Cherry Hinton Road, House in the grounds of Jesus College.
Poor rate total: £482 13s
General district rate total: £258 2d
Total: £740 13s 2d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to the Bursar, Jesus College) for the following allotment: East House in the grounds of Jesus College.
Poor rate total: £20
General district rate total: £10; 16s; 8d
Total: £30; 16s; 8d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to the Bursar, Jesus College) for the following allotment: Cherryhinton Road, House in the grounds of Jesus College.
Poor rate total: £11; 14s
General district rate total: £3; 3s; 4 1/2d
Total: £14; 17s; 4 1/2d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to the Bursar) for the following allotment: Jesus College.
Poor rate total: £450
General district rate total: £243; 15s
Total: £693; 15s

2 requests of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to the Bursar, Jesus College) for Jesus College.

1- Poor rate total: £450
General district rate total: £243; 15s
Total: £693; 15s

2- Poor rate total: £20
General district rate total: £10; 16s 8d
Total: £30; 16s; 8d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to Various) for the following allotment: Cherryhinton Road, House in the grounds of Jesus College.
Poor rate total: £11; 14s
General district rate total: £3; 3s; 4 1/2d
Total: £14; 17s; 4 1/2d

Request of payment of poor and general district rates (addressed to Jesus College) for the following allotment: Hobart Road, House in the grounds of Jesus College.
Poor rate total: 10s
General district rate total: 5s; 1 1/2d
Total: £1; 4s; 1 1/2d

Demand for payment of Poor Rate and General District Rate on property owned by Jesus College Cambridge, sent to a Mr. Goodcliffe. Total £1.16.3.

Demand for payment of Poor Rate and General District Rate on property owned by Jesus College Cambridge, sent to a Mr. Goodcliffe. Total £2. 1. 8.25d.

Consists of a photocopy of 'Il problema della classicità nella poesia americana contemporanea' about poems by Cornel Adam Lengyel, with an envelope listing the article.

A poem by Roy Campbell, with drawings by James Boswell.

Consists of 2 letters (one annotated by Bronowski) from Max I Baym (Chairman, Humanities Forum) on arranging for Bronowski to give a lecture to the Forum (26 Feb 1963).

Comprises photocopies of pages from books about Polynesia, with a few annotations [by Jo Marquand].

Consists of 2 typescript papers [pre-publication/unpublished] by Pols (Department of Philosophy, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine) on 'Philosophical Knowledge and the Person' and 'Consciousness-makers and the Autonomy of Consciousness', with an envelope listing the papers.

Consists of a postcard asking Bronowski to review 'The Scientific Estate' by Don K Price, annotated "no".

Letters to and replies from Prime Ministers with regard to various complaints. Includes letter from Margaret Thatcher, 1970

8¾ x 7

Comprises correspondence about Dr Jerzy Kubin (Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences) visiting [the Salk Institute] and other research centres, an invitation to an international congress on semiotics in Poland, and Jonas Salk inviting Professor Adam Schaff of the Polish Academy of Sciences to visit the Salk Institute.

Also includes a curriculum vitae for Teresa (Mellerowicz) Gella and addresses for some academics in Poland.

Paid to the City of London. £1 4s for the Police Rate for 60 Aldermanbury.

Paid to the City of London. £2 8s for the Police Rate for 39 Aldermanbury.

Paid to the City of London. £1 4s for One Quarter's Police Rate.

Consists of a booklet of the 13th Arthur Stanley Eddington Memorial lecture by Polanyi on 'Beyond Nihilism' (sent to Bronowski by the author) and a photocopy of 'On the Modern Mind' from Encounter (journal), with an envelope listing the contents.

Comprises correspondence relating to 'Man and the Science of Man: a conference on the Philosophy of the Behavioral Sciences' organised by the Western Behavioural Sciences Institute and held at the Salk Institute (6 Mar 1966) featuring lectures by Michael Polanyi, Carl Rogers and Bronowski ('The Logic of the Mind'). Also includes a programme, preliminary list of participants, handwritten lecture notes [by Bronowski], and a bibliography [for Bronowski's lecture].

11⅜ x 15

Letters of Poggio [Bracciolini] and others; M. R. James's no. 63. James lists the individual writers or recipients (most but not all are by Poggio). David Rundle (see publication note) says this volume "includes a series of Poggio letters not otherwise known to have had an English circulation" and "was clearly made for private use by someone whose name is Thomas Armin (reading the code at fol.27v)", of whom nothing further is known. The work is followed by a tract: Dilucidarium lemonocensis [= John Lemovicensis] de sompno pharaonis, consisting of 20 letters supposed to be written by actors in or observers of the story of Joseph and Pharaoh; it is dedicated to Theobald, King of Navarre. At the end of the volume are some domestic accounts, mentioning William Fairwether and servant Thomas Marcer, and the copy of a letter to Francis Tyrwhitt about a lawsuit involving "my brother Thomas Fairwether".