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A complete guide to all persons who have any trade or concern with the City of London, and parts adjacent. Containing, I. The Names of all the Streets, Squares, &c. in the said City, and within the Bills of Mortality. II. The Names aud Situation of the Churches, Chapels, Meeting Houses, Companies Halls, &c. within the said Bills of Mortality. III. An Account of all the Stage-Coaches, Carriers, &c. where they Inn, and when they Go out. IV. The Names and Places of Abode of the most eminent Merchants and Traders in and about London. V. The New Rates for Carmen, as settled by the Lord-Mayor, &c. the 11th of July 1757. and the Rates of Watermen, Hackney-Coachmen, Chairmen, and Porters. VI. Rates of the General Post, and Penny-Post Offices where kept, and to what Places they send Letters and Parcels; and the Holidays kept at the Public Offices. VII. Useful Tables, which shew the Value of any Quantity of Goods, from One Farthing to Twenty-Seven Shillings. VIII. Tables of Interest, from One Day to Twelve Months, and from 1 l. to 1000l. at Three, Three and a Half, Four, and Five per Cent. Being The exactest Piece of the Kind hitherto published: And designed for the Use of Persons of All Degrees, as well Natives as Foreigners.
Date: 1760- Books
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An answer to Dr William Brakenridge's Letter concerning the number of inhabitants, within the London bills of mortality. Wherein the Doctor's Letter is inserted at large, his Arguments proved inconclusive, and the Number of Inhabitants increasing. By George Burrington, Esq; Heretofore Governor of North-Carolina.
Burrington, George, approximately 1660-1759.Date: MDCCLVII. [1757]- Books
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A collection of the yearly bills of mortality, from 1657 to 1758 inclusive. Together with several other bills of an earlier date. To which are subjoined I. Natural and political observations on the bills of mortality: By Capt. John Graunt, F.R.S. reprinted from the sixth edition, in 1676. II. Another essay in political arithmetic, concerning the growth of the city of London; with the measures, periods, causes, and consequences thereof. By Sir William Petty, Kt. F. R. S. reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1683. III. Observations on the past growth and present state of the city of London; reprinted from the edition printed at London in 1751; with a continuation of the tables to the end of the year 1757. By Corbyn Morris, Esq; F. R. S. IV. A comparative view of the diseases and ages, and a table of the probabilities of life, for the last thirty years. By J. P. Esq; F. R. S.
Date: MDCCLIX. [1759]