BorBI6/3

Appointment of New Trustees: (1) Executors of William Bartholomew Higgins (2) Samuel Whitbread MP, Charles Polhill Turner MP, and others. Reciting trust deed of 8 Aug 1834, members of Bedford General Library and Museum, and trustees of the same, for care of books, fossils etc then kept in the house of Thomas Kingston; name of society changed to Bedford Literary and Scientific Institute and General Library, 14 Oct 1863; Mr B. Higgins the last surviving trustee died 15 Oct 1878; with schedule of rules of Society, and typed copy.

13 Aug 1879

From: 1879 To: 1879

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Higgins, William Bartholomew,
Whitbread, Samuel,
Polhill Turner, Charles,
Kingston, Thomas

museums, learning & literature societies, deaths