Item 12 - Letter from Edmund Wilson, secretary of the Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, to Lord Houghton

1 folded sheet.

4 Osborne Terrace, Leeds. - Letter headed 'University Extension'. Describes a 'large and influential meeting recently held in the Hall of the Philosophical & Literary Society in Leeds' to hear an address by James Stuart on the topic; resolution unanimously passed recognizing 'the extreme value of the proposed Extension of Highter Education throughout the country to all classes by means of the Universities' and proposing that a committee should be formed immediately to 'decide on and adopt the best means of assisting in the attainment of that object in Leeds and its neighbourhood'. List the names of those already making up this committee, and asks if Houghton will allow his name to be added; sets out immediate intentions of the committee.