Description: | Includes: a letter from William Chance proposing an annual prize for encouraging the study of the 'holy scriptures' in the free grammar school of King Edward the Sixth in Birmingham, 15th April 1851; handwritten minutes of a meeting of the Governors of the school, 30th April 1851, in which William Chance's proposal was discussed outlining conditions for the attainment of the prize, signed J.W. Whateley, secretary; a letter to William Chance from J.W. Whately regarding the transfer of stock (the prize) and entry qualifications at the school, 10th May and 16th June 1851, and from E.H. Gifford, regarding the prize, 16th June 1851; and a notice of the teccentenory commemoration, 16th April 1852. Found in an envelope addressed to J.F. Chance, Esq., 30 Lennox Gardens, S.W.1, and titled as given. |