Cotmania. Vol. II. 1927-8

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(Reverse.)

I have the honour to be Dear Sir, Your Most obedient servant,
(signed) John Sell Cotman

To ? T.L. Donaldson Esq.,
Hon. Sec.,
Institute of British Architects.
42 Hunter Street,
Brunck. Square.
April 28th 1837.

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Institute of Architects. Letter Book. Page 137.
(Volume commencing year 1834.)

J.S. Cotman Esq.,
16 May 1837.

My dear Sir,
It is my pleasing duty to convey to you the cordial thanks of the members for your volume of the antiquities of Norfolk, which I had the satisfaction of laying before the ordy meeting held on Monday last. The members derive their greatest encouragement in promoting the purposes of the institute, from the co-operation which they experience on the part of the Profession and of those who love the Art and this ass-istance becomes the more important, when their library is enriched with those valuable contributions calculated to direct the taste and warm the imagination of the Arch[itec]t.
Our obligations are especially due to you for your admirable illustrations of edifices both English and French which are the best monuments of the taste and skill of our Forefathers.
Believe me, etc.,
T.L.D.
<Thomas Leverton Donaldson, 1795-1885 Hon Sec.>