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Bedfordshire Middle Class Public School Company Limited

20 Oct 1869

From: 1869 To: 1869

Letter from T W Turnley (clerk) to Earl Cowper (?Chairman of Board of Governors), reporting position at school: 105 boys; headmaster expects 50 additional boys next term; few cases of illness; one use of the cane; "the masters speak well of the boys"; "the masters get on well together"; difficulties with servants and housekeeper; headmaster not well; buildings not quite complete; cost will be greater than estimated; baths much enjoyed; difficulties over appointment of chaplain

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Townley, T W,
Cowper, Earl,
de Grey Cowper, Francis Thomas, 7th Earl Cowper

Bedfordshire Middle Class Public School, clerk, general correspondence, school governors, public schools, illness, punishment, employment, servants, housekeeper, building work, baths, chaplain