Supplying historical information on the life and work of Benjamin Hick, including a copy of the inscription on Hick's monument in Bolton parish church. The final letter, of Dec 20, encloses a xerox copy of a circular letter of 11 April 1833 from Hick to his customers announcing the expiration of his partnership with Messrs. Rothwell and that he will be carrying on 'the general business of Engineer, Millwright and Ironfounder at my own works Soho Foundry, Bolton'.