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| − | A musical and literary club in Cape Town, for which Mr [[T.P. Hill]] was the secretary in 1848-9, and where he took the lead in elocution and literary studies. In the Report[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false] of the subscribers meeting, it is recorded that he donated an amount of | + | A musical and literary club in Cape Town, for which Mr [[T.P. Hill]] was the secretary in 1848-9, and where he took the lead in elocution and literary studies. In the Report[https://books.google.co.za/books?id=V9U7AQAAMAAJ&pg=RA2-PA3&lpg=RA2-PA3&dq=T.P.+Hill+Amicable+Club&source=bl&ots=UJ0EsEIAui&sig=q2fPnmKcb_5LdQtPgJ2u2f3irGQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PGB2VbamIdSv7Abiz4KgDQ&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=T.P.%20Hill%20Amicable%20Club&f=false] of the subscribers meeting, it is recorded that he donated an amount of £4 11s 4d to the Public Library of Cape Town in 1849, in his capacity as secretary, since the Amicable Club had apparently closed down. |
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A musical and literary club in Cape Town, for which Mr T.P. Hill was the secretary in 1848-9, and where he took the lead in elocution and literary studies. In the Report[1] of the subscribers meeting, it is recorded that he donated an amount of £4 11s 4d to the Public Library of Cape Town in 1849, in his capacity as secretary, since the Amicable Club had apparently closed down.
Sources
F.C.L. Bosman, 1928[2]: p440.
Proceedings of the 11th to 34th anniversary meetings of the subscribers of The Public Library, Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope[3]
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