Accounts, receipts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, bills, subscription books relating to funds raised for the relief of 1900 to 1901 floods in Bath
Reference Number
BC/9/3/24/20
Level of Description
Item
Title
Accounts, receipts, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, bills, subscription books relating to funds raised for the relief of 1900 to 1901 floods in Bath
Date
1895 - 1901
Extent
Extent: 1 bundle
Description
Bundle includes: 'City of Bath Flood Relief Fund Statement of Account', Feb 1900. Two unused forms for flood relief, and an accompanying letter suggesting the use of them, 1 Jan 1901. Receipts for the Walcot District Flood Relief Fund 1901 coal distribution, and related correspondence. Newspaper cutting from the 6 February 1897 Bath Journal, containing a letter to the editor by Joseph Baster citicising the Urban Sanitary Committee for not taking the idea of dredging the river seriously . Flood Relief Fund Draft Statement of Account, 1900 to 1901. Bills and receipts Jan-Feb 1901 Correspondence and accompanying receipts and bills, Jan-Mar 1901. Ten subscription books entitled '1900 Flood in Bath Relief Fund', Feb-Mar1900.
Internal bundle includes: A subscription book for the Treasurers Office entitled '1900-1 Flood Relief Fund'. Flood relief fund order receipt book, 16 Mar 1895-10 Jun 1900. Flood relief fund account Feb 1901. Flood relief fund paying in book 16 Mar1900 - 8 Nov 1901. Nine subscription books labelled '1901 Flood in Bath', Jan-May 1901.