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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.

Plans by C. Schick, assigned n°46,01 and n°46,02, Nov. 1875.

One plan by Franghia, Chief Engineer in Palestine.
Divided into 2 subfiles assigned numbers 10,01 and 10,02.

• N° 23. Letter from December 2, 1889. Wilson, Southampton, to Dr. Thomas Chaplin [Editor of the Quarterly Statement]:
  Comments adversely upon an artible by Schick.

• N° 24. Letter from December 2, 1889. Conder, Southampton, to Chaplin:
  Enclosed Wilson’s letter and concurs, “What we most want from Schick is a definate account of what he finds. He has indulged in several theories [and] has caused confusion.”

The sketches are numbered from n° 18.01 to n° 18.23.
They include the Holy Sepulchre, the Haram area, the Haram cisterns, the Tomb of Nicodemus, Siloam, the Khubbett es Sakhra and the Es Shefa Well. They may be from Wilson.

Translation of Vizirial letter to the Governor of Jerusalem according permission for Lt. Warren to excavate certain localities in Jerusalem.