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XXXVI. Paper Relating to the Dome of S. Paul's,acirca 1708

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 December 2009

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Camden New Series , Volume 26: Documents Illustrating the History of S. Paul's Cathedral , March 1881 , pp. 173 - 174
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Copyright © Royal Historical Society 1881

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page 173 note b This word is inserted in manuscript.

page 174 note a This paper may probably be dated about 1708, for we read in Elmes' Life of Wren, 419Google Scholar, 4to edition, “In 1708 S. Paul's had proceeded so far towards completion, that on February 23 Sir Humphry Mackworth (Journals of the House of Commons, xv. 556, 557) brought up from the Committee a report concerning the mode of covering the Cupola, and presented two estimates, one from John Roberts, a plumber, offering to cover it with the best Derbyshire lead for the sum of 2,500l.; and the other from Davis and Co., coppersmiths, proposing to cover it with the best copper for 3,050l. The Committee recommended copper, but lead was finally adopted.”