Collections for a history of Staffordshire . brary, which is being prepared by MissCornford and Miss Miller. These documents, amounting to somethree thousand, have hitherto been little known. The HearthTax of 1GG5, of which the Hundreds of Pirehill, Seisdon, and partof Offlow have already been transcribed, also await publication. Lord Dartmouth, in introducing Mr. R. A. Roberts, of , explained a scheme devised by the Historical MSS. Com-missioners for obtaining particulars of private collections of manu-scripts throughout the country, and stated that the Society hadundertaken to carry
Collections for a history of Staffordshire . brary, which is being prepared by MissCornford and Miss Miller. These documents, amounting to somethree thousand, have hitherto been little known. The HearthTax of 1GG5, of which the Hundreds of Pirehill, Seisdon, and partof Offlow have already been transcribed, also await publication. Lord Dartmouth, in introducing Mr. R. A. Roberts, of , explained a scheme devised by the Historical MSS. Com-missioners for obtaining particulars of private collections of manu-scripts throughout the country, and stated that the Society hadundertaken to carry it out, as far as possible, in Staffordshire. Mr. Roberts then read an interesting paper on the subject ofhistorical manuscripts, which has been fully reported in the localpress. The Dean of Lichfield followed with a paper emphasizing theimportance of printing local records, in the course of which he mademany valuable suggestions for the future work of the Society. The Meeting concluded with a hearty vote of thanks to bothspeakers. 6t My^*. <
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