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<div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position:relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><div class="WordSection1"><div><div style="border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm;"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> <a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a> [<a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> 21 September 2014 20:12<br><b>To:</b> Bell.Historians<br><b>Subject:</b> [Bell Historians] "British bell tolls again in land of Bengal's Nawabs"<o></o></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o> </o><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">This news article unfortunately has no photo of the bell in question:</span></p><div id="ygrp-mlmsg"><div id="ygrp-msg"><div id="ygrp-text"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black;"><o> </o></span><span style="font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="http://news.oneindia.in/feature/british-bell-tolls-again-in-land-of-bengals-nawabs-1521942.html">http://news.oneindia.in/feature/british-bell-tolls-again-in-land-of-bengals-nawabs-1521942.html</a></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black;"> The bell, dated 1832, was "sourced from London's G a
nd C Company [and] weighs nearly 100 kg."<o></o></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Bookman Old Style","serif";color:black;">Carl Scott Zimmerman<br>Saint Louis, Missouri, USA -<br>- 19th c. home of at least 36 bell founders or resellers<br>Tel. +1(314)821-8437<br>Webmaster for <a href="http://www.TowerBells.org">www.TowerBells.org</a><br>* Avocation: tower bells<br>* Recreation: handbells<br>* Mission: church bells<o></o></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:white;"><o></o></span></p></div></div></div></div><p></p>
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<div style="color: #fff; height: 0;">_On 22 Sep 2014, at 6:44 am, "'David Cawley' <a href="mailto:davidl.cawley@btinternet.com">davidl.cawley@btinternet.com</a> [bellhistorians]" <<a href="mailto:bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com">bellhistorians@yahoogroups.com</a>> wrote:</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div id="ygrp-mlmsg" style="position: relative;"><div id="ygrp-msg" style="z-index: 1;"><div id="ygrp-text"><p></p><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Presumably “London’s C and G Company = C & G Mears</span><span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">DLC</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></span></p></div></div></div></div></blockquote>If the date of the bell is, as stated, 1832, then it must be a Thomas Mears bell, not C & G Mears. <div><div><br></div><div>R</div></div>
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