A short history of the rise and progress of the Manchester Royal Infirmary : from the year 1752 to 1877 / [F. Renaud].

  • Renaud, Frank.
Date:
1898
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Credit: A short history of the rise and progress of the Manchester Royal Infirmary : from the year 1752 to 1877 / [F. Renaud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    the purchase of the lands then held on lease from Sir John Parker Mosley; to fix the mode of ascer- taining the boundaries of the lands; to apply to Parliament for an Act to obtain a good title to the same; to exonerate Sir J. P. Mosley from all expenses incurred in the obtaining of such Act; to incorporate the Trustees ; and to appoint a Com- mittee for the conduct of the business. Sir John Parker Mosley placed himself in com- munication with Mr. Charles White and Mr. John Dickinson, Trustees of the Mosley Estate, and agreed to accept a 25 years' purchase on the reserved rents conditionally to his being freed from all expenses past or future ; that the purchase value should represent to him a sum of £2,050 after a good title had been obtained ; that no alterations were made in the conveyances executed in the years 1753 and 1783; and that the boundaries should be properly settled by arbitration. By virtue of the Act, so to be applied for, it was understood that the Charities should be incor- porated under the style and title of The Trustees of the Manchester Infirmary, Dispensary, Lunatic Hospital, and Asylum; and that the lands belong- ing to the Charities should be inserted; also that no power should be given to any individual by name, but that all power should be lodged in a