Letter from an unidentified author, place not specified, to the Editor of the [London] Standard,1829 March 16 : autograph draft manuscript signed.

Being an autograph draft of a letter, signed "a Constant Reader" to the Editor of the Standard, docketed "March 16, 1829 / My letter to Editor of Standard suggesting a Ch[urch] building fund to be raised as a monument to L. Eldon;" saying "The noble stand which, in this degenerate age you have uniformly made against the attacks of liberals, & infidels, - reduces me to suggest, through the medium of your columns, the propriety of raising a national monument to commemorate the exertions of the great and good L'd Eldon in defense of our Church - to erect such a memorial immediately, during the lifetime of our inimitable defender, would be more gratifying to his feelings and those of his friends than to defer such a mark of our gratitude till the time unhappily arrives when in the course of nature, or under the pressure of his unparalled [sic] exertions wh. are deprived of his invaluable services - The formation of an 'Edon Fund' - for the erection of additional Churches under the control of the Incorporated Society, would be an appropriate testimonial of a nation's gratitude to him;" suggesting that if a subscription were opened to the public at a very low subscription price a very large fund could be raised; adding "I beg this to be considered entirely as a private communication; signing the letter "a Constant Reader" and adding in a postscript, "being unwilling that my name sh'd appear in public take it as a hint, which may be greatly improved in your hand & I trust brought to a successful [illegible];" adding that he has collected over 22,000 signatures from West Kent to an address to his Majesty and that his report will include East Kent as well; adding "One week only has the address been in actual circulation."