| Description Of Item | Addressed to Dr C Grace, Cupar, Scotland: he is unable to attend the meeting in Edinburgh and asks that his views on the formation of the Provident Institution be made known - that the association should be simple as the numbers will not be great; that as members will have life insurance elsewhere provision for children is not needed; and that members who are not in good health should not be admitted. Addressed to Richard Poole: he asks him to act as his proxy at the meeting. Addressed to James Cleghorn and David Cannan: he gives his report of his examination of William Smith, who is applying to be a member of the Medical Provident Institution, and encloses a letter from him; he commiserates that so few are taking policies and notes that the only objection he has heard is to the high rates of annuities and that perhaps the Institution should publicise the fact that any profits go to members; he puts the lack of success down to Dr Thatcher's speech at the meeting in May 1828; he will put the directors' views at the next meeting where the Act on Benefits Societies will be discussed, 27th May; the appointment of Dr G R Wanman as agent in Arbroath, 14th June; his opinion that the Institution should be dissolved, 13th June; and whether the decision made at the June meeting to have a trial year without payments falling due to find out the level of support still stands, 5th December. Addressed to the Directors - he asks for clarification whether he is expected to carry on paying his premiums, 20th October. Addressed to Richard Poole - a mandate to act on his behalf at the special meeting to wind up the Institution, 12th December. |