Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1925. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. It is date stamped on 19 Jan. 1925 by the Royal Society of Arts. The letter is typed on the author's stationery with minor notations. The contents read: My dear Mr. Menzies, I have your letter of the 15th. as the meeting in connection with the Soane Museum take place on Wednesdays, I should be very pleased to accept the appointment as Trustee. I remain, Yours sincerely, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. Sir John Soane's Museum is a house museum, located next to Lincoln's Inn Fields in Holborn, London, which was formerly the home of neo-classical architect John Soane. It holds many drawings and architectural models of Soane's projects and a large collection of paintings, sculptures, drawings, and antiquities that he acquired over many years. The museum was established during Soane's lifetime by a private act of Parliament, Sir John Soane's Museum Act 1833, which took effect on his death in 1837. The act stipulated that on Soane's death, his house and collections would pass into the care of a board of trustees acting on behalf of the nation, and that they would be preserved as nearly as possible exactly in the state they were at his death. The museum's trustees remained independent, relying only on Soane's original endowment, until 1947. Since then, the museum has received an annual Grant-in-Aid from the British Government. More

Brighton, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1926. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. It is date stamped on 11 Jun. 1926 by the Royal Society of Arts. The letter is typed on the author's stationery with the address lined through and Hotel Metropole, Brighton typed in. The contents dated June 10, 1926 state My dear Mr. Menzies, I have your letter of yesterdays date which I have sent on the Mr. Philip H. Davitt, of Messrs. Davitt & Moore, 84 Leadenhall street. He is the leading spirit in connection with the Pangbourne Nautical College. Very many thanks for your suggestion. I am in no way connected with the College except that I was a very great friend of the Late Sir Thomas Devitt who started it. Yours sincerely, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. Devitt and Moore was a British shipping company formed by Thomas Devitt and Joseph Moore in 1836. They became shipowners and entered the passenger and cargo trade to Australia managing and owning clipper ships. They developed a training scheme for cadets and formed Pangbourne College. In purchasing their first two full-rigged ships from Duncan Dunbar in 1863, Devitt and Moore started their long connection with Australia as shipowners. Until the end of the First World War when they finally conceded to the competition from steamships, at times the Devitt and Moore fleet comprised twenty-nine square-rigged sailing ships and two steamships carrying passengers. More

Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1925. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. It is date stamped on 21 Mar. 1925 by the Royal Society of Arts. The letter is typed on the author's stationery with minor notations. The contents dated March 20, 1925 state Mr dear Mr. Menzies, Just a line to tell you that I am gong to see my son in British Columbia and will be away probably two or two and a half months. I mention this as it will account for my absence in connection with any of your meetings. Trusting to find you well on my return, I remain, Yours sincerely, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. More

Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1924. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. It is date stamped on 28 Nov. 1924 by the Royal Society of Arts. The letter is typed on the author's stationery. The contents read: Dear Sir, I have your letter of the 25th and have made a note of the meeting on Thursday the 4th of December at 4 o'clock in connection with the Thomas Gray Memorial Trust Committee, and I hope to attend. Yours truly, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. More

Homestead, Hindhead, Surrey, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1924. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 8 inches by 10 inches. It is date stamped on 10 Nov. 1924 by the Royal Society of Arts. The letter is typed on Mr. Yarrow's printed stationery. The contents read: My dear Mr. Menzies, Many thanks for your note. If you would like to go further into the matter before the next meeting of the Council I have no doubt if you applied to Mr. Young, The Secretary of the Royal Institution he weould either loan you or guive you a copy of the Counsels opinion on the subject. Yours very truly, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. More

Brighton, England: Alfred Fernandez Yarrow, 1925. Original manuscript, typed letter signed. Single sheet, typed on one side. The format is approximately 6 inches by 7.75 inches. The letter is typed on Hotel Metropole, Brighton stationery. The contents dated October 3, 1925 state My dear Mr. Menzies, I have your letter of the 1st with regard to sir Philip Watts' suggestion that it would be advisable to invite Sir Westcott Abell to join the Thomas Gray Memorial Trust Committee. You could not have a better man. Yours very truly, A. F. Yarrow. George Kenneth Menzies first became associated with the Royal Society of Arts when in 1908 he was appointed Assistant Secretary. In 1917 he succeeded Sir Henry Wood as Secretary, and held that position until 1935. Sir Philip Watts KCB FRS (30 May 1846 – 15 March 1926) was a British naval architect, famous for designing numerous Elswick cruisers and the revolutionary battleship HMS Dreadnought. In June 1900 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and was vice-president in 1915–1916. Sir Westcott Stile Abell, KBE (16 January 1877 – 29 July 1961) was a British naval architect. At the age of twenty he lost his right hand and suffered serious throat injuries while lighting fireworks to celebrate the diamond jubilee. Despite this handicap, he taught himself to write with his left hand and recovered to such good purpose that he passed out head of his year (1900) at Greenwich. He became professor of naval architecture at the University of Liverpool (1910–1914) and chief ship surveyor at Lloyds Register of Shipping, serving as president of the Institute of Marine Engineers (1924–25) and master of the Worshipful Company of Shipwrights (1931–32). More