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artisans and others. They are at present in treaty with the Vestry on the
matter, and I would venture to express a hope that you, Gentlemen, will offer
them every reasonable facilities towards carrying out their object, inasmuch as it
must clearly be for the welfare and. pecuniary interest of the parish, to have a
respectable class of tenements, such as this Society would erect, in a locality
which has in former times harboured thieves and persons of the very lowest
grades of society.
It would be well too, if the trustees of the Peabody Fund, which is to be
mainly devoted to the erection of improved dwellings for the poor in London,
could be induced to take land for this purpose in some part of St. Pancras.
A place very well adapted for the purpose is that now occupied by Compton
and Poplar Places, near Hunter Street, Brunswick Square; the land belongs
to the Foundling Hospital, and the houses on it are in a very defective sanitary
condition. The site occupied by Wellington Square is another eligible one.
I do not know whether it is now too late to make a representation to those
trustees on this subject; I would respectfully urge upon you the desirability
of doing so.
I remain, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
THOMAS I1ILLIER.