On 1 August 2012 12:40, Andy Mabbett <andy(a)pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
This handwritten Newgate Prison execution journal of
the “Ordinary”,
or Chaplain, of Newgate, the Rev. Horace Salusbury Cotton, may be of
interest:
http://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/2012/08/chilling-unique-unpublished-newgate-…
Currently on sale for £5,000, and the blog's author pleads: "There
must surely be an individual or institution who would be willing and
able to properly document the contents of Cotton's unique record of
Newgate's executions and put the results into the public domain."
Wikisource would be the perfect channel for putting the contents of
the journal into the public domain, if only we could get scans of the
whole book.
What's the possibility of WMUK buying the book for £5,000, scanning it
to Commons, then selling the book privately or to a dealer to recover
most of the money spent?
Andrew