Copy letter from Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society; to [Alfred] Austin, Office of Works Regarding an extension of the heating waterpipes in the store rooms in the basement of [Burlington House], in order to 'better preserve' the books and papers store within. White refers to finding 'damp and decay. White enquires if the Office of Works will be able to examine the rooms remarked on before work fitting pipes begins. 19 September 1861