Letter to the Editor on Freehold Land Society aims
A member since 1849 writes from Providence Place London urging calm in the Freehold Land Society affair, praising officials for transparency and seeking to increase membership at the Annual Meeting. He notes hope for clear explanations, urges continuation of straightforward operations, and emphasizes duty to maintain freeholder status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Freeholder
National Freehold Land Society
Walmsley
Cobden
Hume
Surrey
Whittingham
Letter from National Freehold Land Society Members
Poor members urge lower advance charge arguing six percent hurts progress. They note two and a half percent for advance payments would be ample and ask for the society to adopt this change in line with its professed principles.
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THE
National Society
Freeholder
National Freehold Land Society
What to do with allotments in Westminster in 1850
A reader urges Westminster Freehold Land Society members to form or join a building society to erect cottages near the Waterloo line. He argues building and renting to daily commuters can be cheaper than current rents, proposing suburban village schemes and cooperation with directors for practical cottages and owner occupancy.
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Westminster Freehold Land Society
Land Society
Moffatt
Waterloo
Little
Titchfield-street
L. Sparrow
Advantages of Freehold Investment
A reader lauds the Freehold constituency’s reform efforts. The letter praises reform as a regeneration guiding drinkers temperance and idle to action, arguing that spendthrifts could become sober Forty-shilling Freeholders through gradual change and careful self improvement.
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Sim
Freehold
Savings power and reform move in old London discourse
In an 1850 London address, the speaker urges appealing to savers in savings banks to back reform. He argues that 30 million in hard money could reshape counties and boroughs, linking financial power to political change, and promotes security and transfer ease as motives for investing in Freehold Building and Land plans.
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O’connell
London
North Star
The Freehold Land Societies Movement Advances Cautiously
A letter argues for steady growth in Freehold Land Societies while urging stringent safeguards. It warns against dubious schemes, stresses honest management and security of funds, and promotes drawing by lot and fair interest. The writer endorses discussion and critiques early allotment advantages, stressing mutual benefit and prudent oversight.
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Freeholder
James Taylor
Birmingham
Birmingham Society
Carlisle
National Society
Tut Freenoaper
Paris Crowded With Visitors From England Of Every Rank
Crowds flood Paris as travelers from England arrive in varied social circles. The bustling scene highlights fashion and culture drawing prominent visitors and locals alike to museums cafes and boulevards.
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Paris
England
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Aurred Finniley
Providence-place
Upper
Kennington-lane
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