The 1805 Dispatches #24.06 December 2024 2 of 9 For us to have got this far with the two projects is a tribute to our members and friends of The 1805 Club. Not only did you provide financial support for the purchase of the uniform display case and the hardbound facsimiles of the parish register, but my thanks go out to the Borthwick Institute for conserving the register gratis and for Mr. Keith Levitt at Henry Poole & Co of Savile Row, London, who fabricated the uniform and hat, the latter made gratis for the Club by a generous donor who wishes to remain anonymous. Looking at the enclosed Events Diary, I hope you will agree with me that 2025 holds considerable promise for The Club. The success that we hope to achieve next year is due to the dedication of my fellow trustees, council members and project managers. I thank them for another good year, and I look forward to working with them in 2025. Finally, I wish to offer all of you my very best wishes during this festive season and may 2025 bring you and your family happiness, good health and success in all you do. I hope to see many of you around the waterfront next year. Yours aye, ST JOHN FIGTREE PARISH REGISTER & THE BORTHWICK INSTITUTE THE 1805 CLUB SUBSCRIPTION RATES We have news which we believe will be welcome for members of The 1805 Club. With effect from 1 January 2025, the subscription rate for individual membership of the Club will rise – but not to the anticipated £60.00 a year, which was agreed at the Club’s AGM in May 2023. Instead, the new subscription rate for individual membership will be a more modest £50.00 a year. Moreover, this rate will be held for three years (20252027). It will be reviewed at the AGM in 2027, without increase until 1 January 2028. The original planned increase was to help generate the income necessary for the anticipated expansion of the Club’s core costs due to new projects, such as the development of a virtual museum, which will require a part-time curator. We have not changed those exciting plans, but two important factors – one negative and one positive – have emerged to influence our decision. The negative one is the ‘cost of living’ crisis, an unpleasant reality. We do not wish to make things more difficult financially for any of our members. On the contrary, we want all our members to continue enjoying their membership, and we want to encourage new members to join. The highly positive one is the welcome generosity of Club members in support of Club projects, recently and notably including the Nevis projects. We will invite all members to contribute financial support to future projects and publications, and will give public recognition to such support and sponsorship. On behalf of the Trustees, thank you for your continued support to The 1805 Club and its mission — a global community of enthusiasts and scholars promoting the history and heritage of the Georgian era’s maritime world and its legacy to the modern seafaring world. Recently, John Rodgaard, Judy Pearson and Stephen Howarth paid another visit to The Borthwick Institute at York University, to meet with Conservator Alison Fairburn and see the progress with restoration of the Figtree parish Register, which is scheduled to be returned to Nevis in March 2025 (see Events Diary).
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