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HILL
(Octavia, 1838-1912, Housing Reformer and Founder in 1895 of the National Trust)
Autograph Letter Signed to Henry Wagner
thanking him for “your most welcome gift, which I was heartily glad to receive last night. It is a great cheer to be thus helped by others in all the work which I have in hand & I shall spend the money with great pleasure...”, 1 side 8vo., 190 Marylebone Road, 16th February
Hill was a moving force behind the development of social housing, and her early friendship with John Ruskin enabled her to put her theories into practice with the aid of his initial investment. She believed in self-reliance, and made it a key part of her housing system that she and her assistants knew their tenants personally and encouraged them to better themselves. She was opposed to municipal provision of housing, believing it to be bureaucratic and impersonal.
Item Date:
1906
Stock No:
41871
£125
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