| Description | Pasted in, mostly incoming replies to his appeals for donations of books and subscriptions of money to the Library from eminent people. Letters are from bishops, peers and other individuals including:
A.J. Balfour,1848-1930; Prime Minister 1902-1905 (two letters from 4 Carlton Gardens, SW, to G. F. Hilsken of the Bethnal Green Free Library, 11 October 1888 and 21 July 1893); Charles Booth (two letters from 24 Great Cumberland Place, 15 January 1897 and 18 February 1898); H. Rider Haggard (letter from Ditchingham House, Bungay, Suffolk, 28 July 1888); E.H. Pickersgill (MP for Bethnal Green SW, letter from House of Commons Library, 13 February1911) and others.
Also includes outgoing letters appealing for funds from Hilcken and printed material relating to the Library. |