On 1 August 2012 12:40, Andy Mabbett <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 http://www.peterberthoud.co.uk/2012/08/chilling-unique-unpublished-newgate-prison-execution-journal/
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 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
