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GENTLEMEN,

From Graham Hastings, Esq., Q.C.

10, OLD SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN,

Dec. 5, 1877.

I understand, that Mr. EDWARD HUME is a candidate for the appointment of Secretary to the Skinners' Company. It would, I think, be scarcely possible to select a gentleman better qualified to discharge the duties of the office in question. To the possession of excellent business habits and a competent knowledge of law, he unites an earnestness in the prosecution of what he undertakes, which promises well for the interests of any Company who may avail themselves of his services. He is a gentleman in the highest sense of the term and one with whom it would be a pleasure to act. I should add that I have known Mr. HUME almost since he left the University of Oxford, and have therefore had ample opportunities for forming an opinion about him.

To the Master Wardens and Court of Assistants

of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

I am, GENTLEMEN,

Your obedient servant,

GRAHAM HASTINGS.

302

GENTLEMEN,

From Basil Field, Esq., of the Firm of Field, Roscoe & Co.

36, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,

LONDON, 4th December, 1877.

Mr. EDWARD HUME of the Equity Bar, who is a candidate for your Secretaryship, was for some months in our office. He was chiefly engaged in business connected with the acquisition of the site for the New Law Courts, in which he not only acted as one of the conveyancing staff, but had the care and arrangement of many letters and papers. The careful and methodical way in which he performed the work entrusted to him, and the ability shown then and since in work of a more purely legal nature enable me to say without hesitation, that I consider you will be fortunate, if you secure his services as your Secretary.

To the Master Wardens and Court of Assistants

of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

Yours obediently,

BASIL FIELD.

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Page 302 GENTLEMEN, From Graham Hastings, Esq., Q.C. 10, OLD SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INN, Dec. 5, 1877. I understand, that Mr. EDWARD HUME is a candidate for the appointment of Secretary to the Skinners' Company. It would, I think, be scarcely possible to select a gentleman better qualified to discharge the duties of the office in question. To the possession of excellent business habits and a competent knowledge of law, he unites an earnestness in the prosecution of what he undertakes, which promises well for the interests of any Company who may avail themselves of his services. He is a gentleman in the highest sense of the term and one with whom it would be a pleasure to act. I should add that I have known Mr. HUME almost since he left the University of Oxford, and have therefore had ample opportunities for forming an opinion about him. To the Master Wardens and Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. I am, GENTLEMEN, Your obedient servant, GRAHAM HASTINGS. 302 GENTLEMEN, From Basil Field, Esq., of the Firm of Field, Roscoe & Co. 36, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS, LONDON, 4th December, 1877. Mr. EDWARD HUME of the Equity Bar, who is a candidate for your Secretaryship, was for some months in our office. He was chiefly engaged in business connected with the acquisition of the site for the New Law Courts, in which he not only acted as one of the conveyancing staff, but had the care and arrangement of many letters and papers. The careful and methodical way in which he performed the work entrusted to him, and the ability shown then and since in work of a more purely legal nature enable me to say without hesitation, that I consider you will be fortunate, if you secure his services as your Secretary. To the Master Wardens and Court of Assistants of the Worshipful Company of Skinners. Yours obediently, BASIL FIELD. Page 303
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From Graham Hastings, Esq., Q.C.

10, OLD SQUARE, LINCOLN'S INX,

Dec. 5, 1877.

I understand, that Mr. EnwanD HUME is a candidate for the appointment of Secretary to the Skinners' Company. It would, I think, be scarcely possible to select a gentleman better qualified to discharge the duties of the office in question. To the possession of excellent business habits and a competent knowledge of law, he unites an earnestness in the prosecution of what he undertakes, which promises well for the interests of any Company who may avail themselves of his services. He is a gentleman in the highest sense of the term and one with whom it would be a pleasure to act. I should add that I have known Mr. HTME almost since he left the University of Oxford, and have therefore had ample opportunities for forming an opinion about him.

The Master Wardens and Court of Assistants

I am GENTLEMEN,

Your obedient servant,

GRAHAM HASTINGS.

302

GENTLEMEN,

of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

From Basil Field, Esq., of the Firm of Field, Roscoe & Co.

36, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS,

LONDON, 4th December, 1877.

Mr. EDWARD HUME of the Equity Bar, who is a candidate for your Secretaryship, was for some months in our office. He was chiefly engaged in business connected with the acquisition of the site for the New Law Courts, in which he not only acted as one of the conveyancing staff, but had the care and arrangement of many letters and papers. The careful and methodical way in which he performed the work entrusted to him, and the ability shown then and since in work of a more purely legal nature enable me to say without hesitation, that I consider you will be fortunate, if you secure his services as your Secretary.

To the Master Wardens and Court of Assistants

Yours obediently,

BASIL FIELD.

of the Worshipful Company of Skinners.

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