SOCIETY OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
9, CONDUIT STREET. W

5. Richmond Grove
Barnsbury. N.

27^th Nov^r 1874

My Dear Sir

Bagsters ^<1> are urging on your translations with all speed, the Sargina is all safe, but not having passed through my hands first has been overlooked this I am very sorry for

The Assyrian Classes will begin in February 75. and extend till the close of the following April. M^r Sayce ^<2> is preparing a grammar which will soon be in the printers hands. The entire liability of expence as concerns these classes will be met by a guarantee fund of 100£ twenty gentlemen subscribing 5/- each. Those who have subscribed are already

D^r Birch ^<3>

M^r Bonomi ^<4>

Sir William Burton

Cha^s Harrison

J. W. Bosanquet ^<5> who will act as banker and Treasurer.

May I ask if you will kindly assist us in this undertaking as all deficiencies in the sums guaranteed will have to be met by myself. D^r Birch, M^r Sayce M^r Renouf, ^<6> and all of us are working entirely gratuitously but there are preliminary expenses which must be met viz 21 £ for rent of rooms alone and 10£ for printing & postage

Excuse this request which I make with some diffidence & remain

My Dear Sir
Yours truly

W. R. Cooper

H. Fox Talbot Esq. F. R. S.

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Notes:

1. Samuel Bagster & Sons.

2. Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933), Egyptologist & Orientalist.

3. Dr Samuel Birch (1813–1885), linguist, Keeper at the British Museum, London.

4. Joseph Bonomi (1796–1878), sculptor, draughtsman, and traveller.

5. James Watman Bosanquet (1804–1877), banker & author.

6. Sir Peter Le Page Renouf (1822–1897), Egyptologist and orientalist.