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1 - A letter from William Herring-Smith to C H Cooper relating to account of prosecutions
2 - A letter from Thomas Baker Bass, Dover Town Clerk to C H Cooper relating to set up and management of Police Superannuation Fund and reply to same
3 - A letter from C H Cooper to Rev John Cooper relating to commemoration service for Richard Chevin
4 - A letter from William Williams, Chairman of the Committee of the Library of the Corporation of London to C H Cooper sending him an admission card to use the library
5 - A letter from The Secretary of the Bachelors Ball to C H Cooper requesting the use of his office for their committee meeting and reply to same
6 - A letter from John Eaden to C H Cooper relating to resolution of Justices of the Peace
7 - A letter from C H Cooper to C R Pemberton of Bourn Hall requesting use of documents found amongst papers of the late Christian Pemberton relating to proceedings of the Corporation of Cambridge during reign of James 1st
8 - A letter from C H Cooper to John Eaden relating to submission to the council of the resolutions of the Justices of the Peace
9 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Mayor containing list of committee names to send to the University Vice-Chancellor
10 - A letter from David King to C H Cooper requesting him to take the inquest into the death of Mrs Sheldrake
11 - A letter from Thomas J Wilson to Mr Jaggard agreeing to terms of Corporation to release him from the lease of 8 Downing Place and reply to same on behalf of corporation by C H Cooper
12 - A letter from Clement Francis to C H Cooper requesting costs to be sent to him
13 - A letter from James Coppock to C H Cooper requesting him to attend with certain election papers in London, reply to same and reply to this response
14 - A letter from C H Cooper to James Coppock relating to the Cambridge Election
15 - A letter from Messrs Mortlock and Eaton to C H Cooper relating to sale of £1900 of stock in the name of the Borough
16 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr Jaggard relating to notice to quit from Mr Sparrow
17 - A letter from David King to C H Cooper requesting copy of Declaration relating to Walter at Lindsay Town (?)
18 - A letter from C H Cooper to Edward Ball Esq MP requesting him to present the enclosed petition to the House of Commons
19 - A letter from C H Cooper to The Hon Elliot Thomas Yorke MP (copy also sent to The Right Hon Lord George John Manners MP) enclosing same petition as sent to Edward Ball and requesting that they support it
20 - A letter from C H Cooper to Elliot Smith relating to terms for lease on property at Castle End and reply to same
21 - A letter from Mr A J Rowe to the Mayor to excuse his attendance at today's Council Meeting
22 - A letter from Mr Ravenscroft of Grays Inn to C H Cooper requesting him to send costs
23 - A letter from Mr William Snowball, Sunderland Town Clerk to C H Cooper requesting information relating to Public Slaughter Houses and reply to same
24 - A letter from C H Cooper to Frank Busby, Brewer of Corn Exchange St. relating to payment of overdue rent
25 - A letter from J Doubleday of the British Museum to C H Cooper requesting he be sent any old seals of the Corporation of Cambridge and reply to same
26 - A letter from (?) to C H Cooper requesting he write again to Frank Busby relating to overdue rent and letter from C H Cooper to Frank Busby requesting immediate payment
27 - A letter from W B Freeland, Saffron Walden Town Clerk to C H Cooper relating to comments on enclosed correspondence with Lord Palmerston relating to the Small Tenements Act, reply to same and further response from W B Freeland
28 - A letter from Richard Rowe to C H Cooper stating that Rev J H Titcomb and Edmond Foster are happy to be nominated for the proposed Public Library Committee
29 - A letter from Elliott Smith to C H Cooper relating to the payment of the Serjeants at Mace (Town Criers)
30 - A letter from J Burbidge, Grantham Town Clerk to C H Cooper requesting information on Public Baths and reply to same
31 - A letter from G J Kain to C H Cooper relating to Spinning House and the winding up of Pemberton's Estate
32 - A letter from C H Cooper to Rev J Pullen, University Vice-Chancellor enclosing copy of an Order made that day and reply to same
33 - A letter from W J Apthorpe to the Mayor requesting to be excused from that day's council meeting
34 - A letter from Messrs Mortlock and Co to C H Cooper relating to sale of stock worth £5800 in the name of the Borough
35 - A letter from Sayers Turner, Colchester Town Clerk to C H Cooper requesting information about wages paid to the Police Force and reply to same
36 - A letter from C H Cooper to Clement Francis relating to delay of sale of stock belonging to the Corporation
37 - A letter from C H Cooper to Rev Charles Clayton relating to memorial service for Alderman Mott
38 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Mayor requesting proposals made be sent to him
39 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr J K Mann relating to survey and valuation of land belonging to the Corporation
40 - A letter from C H Cooper to George Hester, Oxford Town Clerk relating to their dealings with the University with regard to sanctioning Public Entertainments and Theatricals and reply to same
41 - A letter from Thomas Ward Blagg, secretary of the Town Clerk's Society to C H Cooper relating to annual meeting and payment of subscriptions and reply to same
42 - A letter from Thomas Preston to C H Cooper asking he puts before the council his request to have Dr J W Geldart made the Pindar of St Andrew the Less
43 - A letter from L Dennis to C H Cooper relating to notice to prevent Sunday bathing at Sheeps Green
44 - A letter from Charles Shoppee to C H Cooper relating to his withdrawal from the election process - Islington District Surveyorship and a letter from C H Cooper to William Hyde relating to case of Attorney General vs. University of Cambridge, bills and costs
45 - A letter from Messrs Kain, Plant and Kain relating to the estate of Pemberton (deceased) and reply to same
46 - A letter from C H Cooper to John Eaden relating to Corporation and Freehold Land Society
47 - A letter from C H Cooper to Rev J Howes, St Peter's College relating to council's agreement to prohibiting swimming at Sheeps Green and Coe Fen
48 - A letter from C H Cooper to Albert Way, Secretary of the Archaeological Society of Great Britain and Ireland enclosing a resolution passed by the council that day
49 - A letter from C H Cooper to Thomas Benwick of Oxford requesting he execute part of a contract - no details as to what
50 - A letter from Stephen Adcock to C H Cooper relating to licence of application in case of Hallacks, Burley and Bond
51 - A letter from John Worrledge to C H Cooper relating to Revising Barrister for County and Borough of Cambridge
52 - A letter from Henry Herrington Harris, Mayor of Cambridge to C H Cooper relating to next Council meeting
53 - A letter from Elliott Smith to C H Cooper
54 - A letter from C H Cooper to Stephen Adcock requesting details of claim by his client Mrs Peed to submit to Market Enlargement Committee
55 - A letter from C H Cooper to Messrs E and E Foster relating to claim of Mrs Styles put before Market Enlargement Committee
56 - A letter from C H Cooper to Stephen Adcock relating to Hallack's Leases and two replies to same by Mr Adcock
57 - A letter from Albert Way, Secretary of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland to C H Cooper relating to arrangements for the Institute's AGM for 1854
58 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr Ravenscroft of Grays Inn relating to enclosed certificate of acknowledgment - no details as to what of
59 - A letter from C H Cooper to Stephen Adcock relating to developments in case of Corporation and Peed
60 - A letter from William Apthorpe to C H Cooper requesting he send references for his nephew Charles to the Eastern Counties Railroad Company and the references sent
61 - A letter from C H Cooper to Stephen Adcock relating to enclosed documents relating to the cases of Corporation and Brimley and Corporation and Sharman
62 - A letter from Messrs Mortlock and Co to C H Cooper relating to sale of stock worth £1922 in the name of the Borough
63 - A letter from Thomas Baker Bass, Dover Town Clerk to C H Cooper relating to Fire Engine Regulations and reply to same
64 - A letter from Edward Lane Swatman, King's Lynn Town Clerk to C H Cooper requesting information as to the establishment of Public Baths and Wash-Houses and reply to same stating no provision yet made
65 - A letter from Allpress and Lawrence to C H Cooper relating to enclosed documents for perusal in case of Busby to Sayle
66 - A letter from Allpress and Lawrence to C H Cooper relating to monies
67 - A letter from John Worrledge to the Mayor (?) relating to requests for Claims and Objections and ensuing revisions for County and Borough of Cambridge and reply to same from C H Cooper
68 - A letter from Thomas W Webb to C H Cooper requesting he oblige Mr King by holding an inquest that evening or the next day - no further details
69 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr Hyde relating to Corporation and Trinity Hall
70 - A letter from John Worlledge to C H Cooper upon his official appointment as Revising Barrister for the Borough of Cambridge
71 - A letter from C H Cooper to F Jackson, Wisbech Town Clerk relating to Cranes Charity
72 - A letter from Mr Stephenson on behalf of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to the Mayor of Cambridge relating to form to be filled in for the Expenses of Criminal Prosecutions and the Maintenance of Prisoners
73 - A letter from 'Civis' to C H Cooper hoping that the Borough will undertake measures to remove prostitution from the market place
74 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury relating to memorial for the raising of £10,000 from the mortgaging of stallages, rents and tolls from the Borough's markets to improve and enlarge the market place
75 - A letter from C H Cooper to C Macaulay, Secretary, General Board of Health requesting copies of documents for use by the Council
76 - A letter from C H Cooper to William Herring-Smith, Borough Treasurer relating to cheques for sale of stock sold that day
77 - A letter from C H Cooper to William Papworth relating to a case between the Mayor and Mr Papworth
78 - A letter from C H Cooper to Orlando Hyde relating to Corporation and Trinity Hall informing him a jury has now been summonsed
79 - A letter from C H Cooper to David King relating to Corporation and Finch
80 - A letter from Mr J Lewes Foley to C H Cooper requesting he send a document relating to the Town and the University to his uncle, Frederick Mossell in Oxford, reply to Mr Mossell by C H Cooper and reply same by Mr Mossell
81 - A letter from C H Cooper to Edward Jackson Undersheriff of Cambridgeshire enclosing warrant to summon a jury to assess compensation in the case of Corporation and Trinity Hall and replies to same
82 - A letter from C H Cooper to Orlando Hyde relating to cases of Holy Sepulchre and Cambridge Philosophical Society and Corporation and Trinity Hall
83 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr Pearce Clerk of the Peace, Bedford relating to submission of resolutions to the Council on the Lunatic Asylum
84 - A letter from C H Cooper to C Macaulay Secretary, General Board of Health relating to actions taken following submission to Council of Directions and Regulations previously requested
85 - A letter from C H Cooper to Orlando Hyde relating to Corporation and Trinity Hall payment of monies due
86 - A letter from J Howes of Norwich to C H Cooper requesting information about the terms of repayment for the £10,000 mortgage loaned by the Treasury to the Borough and reply to same
87 - A letter from Rev Joseph Romilly, Trinity College to C H Cooper requesting list of proceedings from a meeting and replies to same
88 - A letter from J Eaden to C H Cooper relating to temporary removal of Spinning House Prisoners to Town Gaol and reply to same
89 - A letter from John Hopkin Jnr of Grimsby to C H Cooper requesting an impression of the Borough Seal
90 - A letter from C H Cooper to Messrs Swan and Sons requesting they sell at auction all the materials from the houses in Warwick Street
91 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr J R Mann on his appointment as lawyer for the Corporation in the matter of Corporation and Trinity Hall
92 - A letter from C H Cooper to Orlando Hyde requesting immediate details of costs
93 - A letter from C H Cooper to The Vice Chancellor requesting he attend the swearing in of the new Mayor and Bailiffs
94 - A letter from C H Cooper to Edmond Foster requesting his client's decision in the matter of Carter's Renewal
95 - A letter from Orlando Hyde to C H Cooper relating to costs
96 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Right Hon Viscount Canning, Postmaster General on behalf of Council requesting he look into the train times for delivery and receipt of mail from Cambridge to London and acknowledgement of same
97 - A letter from C H Cooper to Viscount Palmerston (one of) Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State informing him of the Council's intent to take on the powers and duties of the 1853 Lunatic Asylums Act
98 - A letter from Orlando Hyde to C H Cooper relating to the University Vice-Chancellor's position as a Justice of the Peace and reply to same
99 - A letter from C B Mansfield, Swansea Town Clerk to C H Cooper requesting copy of Borough Bye Laws
100 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Right Hon Earl Fitzwilliam inviting him to the Corporation dinner
101 - A letter from A G Brimley, the Mayor of Cambridge to C H Cooper
102 - A note from Alderman H Smith to C H Cooper
103 - A letter from James Teasdale to C H Cooper relating to proposed address to Prince Albert
104 - A letter from Rev H Philpott to C H Cooper: apologies for not being able to attend Library Committee meeting
105 - A letter from C H Cooper to Colonel Grey, Windsor Castle contain an address on behalf of the Council to His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant
106 - A letter from C H Cooper to G P Hester, Oxford Town Clerk relating to arrangements to be made between the University and the Town relating to the poor
107 - A letter from C H Cooper to Colonel Grey, Windsor Castle to inform him that no acknowledgement has been received by the Council relating to their address to His Royal Highness the Duke of Brabant and reply to same
108 - A letter from C H Cooper to John Greenwood of the Treasury enclosing a conveyance on behalf of the Council and the University
109 - A letter from C H Cooper to Sayers Turner, Colchester Town Clerk requesting a copy of their memorial on the Common Law Procedure Act and reply to same
110 - A letter from C H Cooper to Joseph Deacon Fetch requesting immediate response to matter of the Woolpack Estate
111 - A letter from C H Cooper to W G Ashton relating to printing of papers with regard to prisoners and jurors and reply to same
112 - A letter from C H Cooper to Edward Ladds relating to new regulations regarding printing
113 - A letter from C H Cooper to the Right Hon Viscount Palmerston enclosing a memorial on behalf of the Council relating to the proposed decision by the House of Commons to amalgamate the Police Forces of Boroughs with districts
114 - A letter from C H Cooper to Mr R Mann requesting he sell at auction material goods from a house in St Mary's Passage
115 - A letter from C H Cooper to L Lanchester, Clerk to the Mayor of Southampton relating to proposed Police Force amalgamations by parliament
116 - A circulated letter from William Brown MP of Richmond nr Liverpool to the Borough of Cambridge relating to the adoption of a decimal coinage system
117 - A letter from C H Cooper to George Brimley - majority of letter missing
118 - A letter from James Witham, Wakefield Town Clerk to the Mayor of Cambridge relating to support for opposition to the proposed amalgamation of Police Forces and reply to same
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38 - Town clerks correspondence 1909
39 - Town clerks general correspondence file 1
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42 - Town clerks general correspondence file 4
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28 - Copies of Council resolution and copies of certificates relating to service as special constables during the Great War
29 - The Great War roll of honour card index
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