File GB-PEF/DA/JER/WIL12-17 - Wilson's letters to Besant and other manuscripts documents relative to the excavations

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JER/WIL12. [Sir H.James]: estimate of expenses for the exploration of Palestine from November 1 [1863] to May 31 [1866].

JER/WIL13. Letter from Wilson, to Besant: on the tombs at Abud and a Greek inscription, no date, maybe 1868.

JER/WIL14. [Wilson]: comments on excavations carried out by Dr. Schick near Jeremiah’s grotto in Jerusalem, [1874].

JER/WIL15. Letter from Wilson, Dublin, to Besant: on Fergusson’s theory of the Holy Sepulchre. “I am quite unprejudiced...” . Enclosed notes towards the proposed [Palestine Pilgrims Text Soc.] Series, 10 [December] 1870 (2 duplications numbered 15.01 and 15.02).

JER/WIL16. Letter from Wilson to Besant: discusses instructions given to Palmer concerning his visit to Moab and the copying of inscriptions in Jerusalem, [1864-1869].

JER/WIL17. Note on the cost of the Survey of Jerusalem as against the amount of money granted to it, no date.