A brief account of the rise, progress, and patronage of the Leamington Spa Charity : instituted for the gratuitous relief of invalids, with short notices - respecting the accommodations of the village, rides, walks, &c.in the neighbourhood, and general rules for drinking the Leamington waters, &c.

Date:
1812
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A brief account of the rise, progress, and patronage of the Leamington Spa Charity : instituted for the gratuitous relief of invalids, with short notices - respecting the accommodations of the village, rides, walks, &c.in the neighbourhood, and general rules for drinking the Leamington waters, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘,ue; as he not ou,y tirst projected, but to the utmost extent of his power, within his sphere of action, brought it into notice, and carried it into beneficial effect. It is on this account the author oi these pages has derived the most hem-felt plea- offering a tribute to his memory in the lines which will be found engraved on his tomb; nor is it mth less gratification that Mr. O’Neale has adorned this little tract with a drawing of that tomb, and of the cottage where this father of the village resided to the 77th year of his age, m »he chearfnlneas of content and the utility of self- taught know ledge. liis portrait is from a sketch taken from the li/e by Miss Fox, one of the first and most zealou* promoters of the institution. .