| StorageSite | UCL Special Collections |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | HUGUENOT LIBRARY/H/F/2/1 |
| Title | Contractor's account and receipts for building the original Hospital |
| Date | 1716-1719 |
| Description | These papers (noted as found in Royal Bounty cupboard, Committee Room)appear to be the only surviving records of the original building operation. There are 18 receipts for payments on account from 11 July 1716 to 19 December 1718, a detailed statement of account totalling £2,750, settled 12 March 1718/9, and final receipt of the same date for a balance of £200. All receipts are signed by the contractor, Peter Legrant. |
| Extent | 20 items |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| AccessConditions | The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. |
| PublnNote | The detailed account is printed in A G Browning, 'On the origin and early history of the French Hospital (La Providence)' in the Proceedings of the Huguenot Society (London: The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland), vol. VI, pp. 75-78. |