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Great Britain's vade mecum. Containing, I. A concise geographical description of the world, with an Enquiry into the Nature, Quality, and Principal Commodities of each Country. II. The several Counties of England and Wales particularly Described; an Account of their valuable Products, Market Towns, Market Days, chief Fairs, &c. III. A short view of Trade in general, and an Enumeration of the chief Commodities and Manufactures of Great Britain: Of Weights and Measures, Coin, &c. IV. A Description of the Cities of London and Westminster, more exact and regular than any yet extant; with Tables of Fees of the several Courts in London, &c. V. Of the Courts of Judicature held at Westminster, viz. the Court of Chancery, King's Bench, Common Pleas, &c. And also large and exact Tables of their respective Fees. VI. A Compleat and Useful Table, shewing the Value of any Quantity of Goods or Merchandize ready cast up, from One Penny the Pound, Ell, Yard, Ounce, &c. to twenty Shillings. Vii. Directors for Taking up at the Entring Goods at the Custom-House, with the Business of the Water-Side, the Statutes relating to the Customs-Tables of Fees, &c. Viii. The best Instructions for Gauging and Measuring Glass, Painting, Brick, Stone, or any workmanship of Wood, and the usual Rates for such Work in Town and Country. IX. Rates of Post Letters, as Establish'd by Act of Parliament; An Account of the Penny-Post: The Stiles and Titles due to Persons of Rank and in Office. X The Rates and Orders of Coachmen, Chairmen, Carmen, Watermen, &c. XI. An account of the roads to London from the Principal Cities and Market Towns in England and Wales: Of Stage-Coaches, Waggoners, Carriers, &c. That come to all Parts of London, &c. their Inns, Days of coming in and going out, and the Rates and Prizes. The whole of Universal Use to Persons of all Ranks, in Town and Country; particularly to Country Gentlemen, Travellers, Lawyers, Merchants, Tradesmen, Builders, Gaugers, &c. By G.J. Gent.
G. J., gent.Date: 1720- Books
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The gentleman's new memorandum book improv'd: or, the merchant's and tradesman's daily pocket journal for the year 1762. Disposed in a method more useful and convenient for all sorts of business, than any of those who have pretended to imitate it; and as it was the First, so it is now the Best Book of the Kind. Containing, 1. The Times of the Dividends and Transfer Days at the Bank, India and South-Sea Houses. 2. The Holidays kept at all the Publick Offices. 3. An Account where all the Publick Offices are kept. 4. A Table explaining at one View, the Value of any Number of Portugal Pieces, Louis D'ors, and Pistoles, in English Pounds, Shillings and Pence. 5. Fifty-Two Pages for the Receipts and Expences of every Week in the Year. 6. Divisions for every Day in the Year. Useful to enter any future Appointments or Engagements, or to shew when any Notes or Payments will become due. 7. A Table that shews what any Salary, from 40,000 a Year to One Pound a Year, comes to for a Day. To which is added An Alphabetical List of the House of Peers, with their Town Residence, and the Titles of the Eldest Sons of the Dukes, Marquisses, and Earls. And also A List of the Counties, Boroughs, &c. with the Members returned for the present Parliament, and their Places of Abode. Likewise The Fairs in England and Wales.
Date: [1762]- Books
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For the year 1779. A list of the officers of the Militia of England and Wales. With lists of the lords lieutenants and agents; the place where each corps is now quartered; the number of men raised by each county; tables of their pay and arrears; and a complete index of the officers names.
Great Britain. Army. Militia.Date: MDCCLXXIX. [1779]- Books
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A collection of scarce and valuable papers, some whereof were never before printed, viz. I. A Defence of the Scots Settlement at Darien, with an Answer to the Spanish Memorial against it. II. An Enquiry into the Causes of the Miscarriages at Darien, &c. III. An Account of the Proceedings in the House of Commons, in Relation to the Recomage, with a List of the Yea's and No's. IV. A Letter from Trooper Tom in Flanders, to his Comrade, shewing that Luxemberg was a Witch. V. A Caution against Inconsistency. By J. Collier. VI. The Professor of Glascow's great Change, from 1673 to 93, in his Primitive and Episcopal Loyalty, through Italy, Geneoa, &c. to the Deposing Doctrine under Papistico-Phanatico-Prelatico Colours at Salisbury. Vii. Some Remarks upon, and Instances of, the Usages of former Parliaments, in Relation to Taxes. Viii. A Letter to a Friend in the Country. IX. The Desertion Discuss'd. By Mr. Collier. X. A Letter out of the Country, to the Clergy in and about the City of London. XI. The English Man's Complaint. XII. Mr. Anderton the Printer's Plea. XIII. A Letter from Feversham, to a Divine in London. XIV. Delenda Carthago. XV. A Letter to Mr. Secretary Trenchard, by Mr. Fer-Son. XVI. A short History of Standing Armies. XVII. An Argument shewing that a Standing Army is inconsistent with a Free Government. XVIII. A second Argument against a Standing Army. XIX. A Letter from the Author of the Argument against a Standing Army. XX. Sir John K-Ght's Speech in the House of Commons, against the Bill for Naturalizing Foreigners. XXI. Mr. Price's Speech for repealing a Grant made to one Mijn Heer Benting of the Principality of Wales. XXII. A Letter of Advice to the Citizens of London and others, Electors of Members to serve in Parliament. XXIII. A Letter out of Laneashire to a Friend in London, giving an Account of the late Tryals there, &c. XXIV. Taff's Narrative. XXV. Reflections upon a Letter out of the Country, concerning the Bishops in the Tower. XXVI. Parliament Antiquities, justifying the Proceedings of the Commons against the four impeach'd Lords.
Date: [1712]- Books
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A sketch of an act of Parliament to permit, under certain regulations, in wet and casual harvests, the appropriation of two Sundays in a year, for the purpose of carrying and securing corn; With the reasons, moral and religious, upon which this proposed act is grounded. Addressed to the lords and commons of England in Parliament assembled. By James Roper Head.
Head, James Roper, 1755 or 1756-1814.Date: 1797- Books
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The lords protest on the motion to address His Majesty to settle 100,000 l. per annum on the Prince of Wales. To which is added, I. His Majesty's message to the Prince of Wales, by the Lord Chancellor, Lord President, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Dukes of Richmond, Argyle, Newcastle, Earls of Pembroke, Scarborough, and Lord Harrington. II. Speakers in the Debate of the House of Commons, on the above Motion. III. Sir J-B-'s Reasons for the Representatives of the People of Great Britain, to take Advantage of the Present Rate of Interest, for the more speedy Lessening the National Debt, and Taking off the most Burthensome of the Taxes. IV. Speakers in the Debate on the Bill for reducing the Reedeemable Funds to Three per Cent. V. An Act to disable Alexander Wilson, Esq; from taking, holding, or enjoying any Office or Place of Magistracy in the City of Edinburgh, or elsewhere, in Great Britain; and for imprisoning the said Alexander Wilson; and for abolishing the Guard kept up in the said City, commonly called The Town Guard; and for taking away the Gates of the Nether-Bow Port of the said City, and keeping open the same. VI. Questions Propos'd by the D-e of A-le, on which the Judges should deliver their Opinions, in relation to the said Act. Vii. A state of the national debt, provided or unprovided for by Parliament, as it stood December 31. 1735, and December 31. 1736. Together with an Account of the Produce of the Sinking Fund, &c.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: [1737]- Books
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Parker's Ephemeris for the year of our Lord 1711. Or, the Heliocentrick and Geocentrick Motions and Aspects of the Planets, Exactly Computed to the Meridian of the City of London. With A short Explanation of the Feasts and Fasts, according to the Institution of the Church of England. Also a Correct List of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons of this present Parliament. And several other Useful Things. The Like not Extant. By George Parker, at the Star and Ball in Salisbury-Court.
Parker, George, 1654-1743.Date: MDCCXI. [1711]- Books
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The instructor; or, Young man's best companion. Containing spelling, reading, writing, and arithmetic, in an easier way than any yet published. Instructions to write variety of hands, with copies. How to write letters on business or friendship; forms of indentures, bonds, bills of sale, receipts, wills, leases, releases, &c. Merchants accounts, and a short and easy method of shop and book-keeping; with a description of the product, counties, and market-towns in England and Wales, and a list of English and Scots fairs according to the new-style. The method of measuring carpenters, joiners, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, plumbers, masons, glasiers, and painters work. How to undertake each work, and at what price; the rates of each commodity, and the common wages of journeymen, with the description of gunter's line, and coggeshall's sliding-rule. The practical gauger made easy; the art of dialling, and how to erect and six dials; with instructions for dying, colouring, and making colours; and some general observations for gardening every month in the year. To which are added, the family's best companion; and a compendium of geography and astronomy. Also, some useful interest-tables. By George Fisher, accountant.
Fisher, George, accomptant.Date: MDCCLXVIII. [1768]- Books
Census of England and Wales, 1871. : (33 & 34 Vict. c. 107.) ... / Presented to both houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.
Great Britain. Census Office.Date: 1872-73- Books
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The new British traveller; or, a complete modern universal display of Great-Britain and Ireland: Being a New, Complete, Accurate, and Extensive Tour Through England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, the Isles of Man, Wight, Scilly, Hebrides, Jersey, Sark, Guernsey, Alderney, And other Islands adjoining to and dependent on the Crown of Great-Britain. Comprising all that is worthy of Observation in every County, Shire, &c. And containing a full, ample, and circumstantial Account of every Thing remarkable in the several Cities, Market-Towns, Boroughs, Hundreds, Villages, Hamlets, Parishes, &c. throughout these Kingdoms. Being calculated equally to please the Polite - entertain the Curious - instruct the Uninformed - and direct the Traveller. The Whole Clearly and Accurately Displayed under the Following General Heads: Situation, Etymology, Extent, Roads, Capes, Battles, Sieges, Skirmishes, Civil Commotions, Trading and other Companies, Civil, Ecclesiastical, and Military Offices, Earthquakes, Storms, Inundations, and other singular Occurrences, Rocks, Rivers, Mines, Grottos, Abbey-Lands, Fossils, Caves, Hills, Moors, Springs, Woods, Antiquities-Roman, Danish, and Saxon; Minerals, Plants, Agriculture, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, Insects, Reptiles, Amphibious Creatures, Castles, Manors, Military Ways, Camps, Docks, Harbours, Bays, Havens, Markets, Fairs, Canals, Buildings, Fortifications, Palaces, Seats, Parks, Bridges, Forests, Cathedrals, Collegiate and Parish Churches, Monuments, Ecclesiastical and Civil Jurisdictions, Corporations, Charters, Charitable Foundations, Institutions, &c. Customs, Manners, &c. Handicrafts, Commodities, Military and Naval Exploits, Lives of all such Persons as have done Honor to the Counties, Towns, or Villages in which they were born, whether Kings, Princes, Peers, Generals, Admirals, Divines, Lawyers, Physicians, Poets, Philosophers, Historians, Legislators, &c. Government, Manufactures, Trades, Commerce, Revenues, Forces, Naval and Military, Polity, Power and Prerogative of the King, Laws, Prerogative, and Customs of the House of Lords, Privileges, Prerogative, & Usages of the House of Commons. Nature of the Legislature, and Modes of Proceeding in the various Courts of Justice, ancient and modern, &c. &c. &c. Being Really the Result of An actual and late General Survey, accurately made by a Society of Gentlemen, Each of whom has undertaken that Part for which his Study and Inclination has more immediately qualified him. And Including a Valuable Collection of Landscapes, Views, County-Maps, &c. Which Make an Admirable and Inimitable Groupe of Elegant Copper-Plate Prints. Also, A Complete Book of the Roads, a List of all the Fairs, and a Variety of other useful and entertaining Particulars, Not to be found in any other Work of the Kind, but which are worthy the Notice of Noblemen, Gentlemen, Merchants, Travellers, Traders, and all Ranks of People whatever. The whole published under the immediate inspection of George Augustus Walpoole, Esq. Assisted in the Digest and Arrangement of the Articles respecting Wales, by David Wynne Evans, F. R. S. In those descriptive of Scotland, by Alexander Burnet, L. L. D. And in such as relate to Ireland, &c. by Robert Conway, A. M. And Others, to whom many valuable and curious Circumstances have been communicated (for this Work) by Gentlemen of Rank and Abilities. Embellished with upwards of one hundred and fifty large, grand, and superb views of the principal Cities and Towns in Great-Britain and Ireland; perspective Views of Villages, Gentlemen's Seats, Castles, Ruins, Abbies, Cataracts, Sea Pieces, Landscapes, natural and artificial Curiosities, correct County and other Maps, Charts, Historical Pieces, &c. drawn with critical Exactness by the most capital Painters and Designers of England, Scotland, and Ireland, namely Hamilton, Carter, Griffith, O'Neal, Dodd, Metz, &c. and engraved in the most masterly Manner by the following ingenious Artists, viz. Thornton, Pollard, Lodge, Page, Roberts, Royce, Taylor, Carey, Rennoldson, Wooding, Kitchen, Conder, Hawkins, Walker, Flyn, Simpson, Grainger, Hogg, Myers, Smyth, Clowes, and others, who have distinguished themselves by their great Abilities in the Polite Arts.
Date: 1784- Books
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The humble address of the House of Commons to the Queen.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1703- Books
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The proceedings and debates of the House of Commons, in the sessions of Parliament, begun the twentieth of January, 1628. and ended by dissolution the tenth of March following, Sir John Finch Kt. being Speaker. As also The Examination of several Members before the Lords of the Council the Fourth of March, 1628. Together with A Petition by the Lords concerning the Precedency of the then late created Barons, Viscounts and Earls of Scotland and Ireland. Taken and collected by Sir Thomas Crew (father of John Lord Crew) Sergeant at Law, and Speaker of the last Parliament of K. James I. and of the first Parliament of K. Charles I.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1707- Books
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Extracts from Journals of the House of Lords.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1775?]- Books
Census of England and Wales, 1891 (53 & 54 Vict. c. 61.).
Date: 1893- Books
Census of England and Wales, 1881 (43 & 44 Vict. c. 37.).
Great Britain. Census Office.Date: 1881-1883- Books
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The bill, intituled, An Act for the relief, imployment and settlement of the poor, which came from the House of Commons; And also the bill, intituled, An Act for the further and better relief, imployment and maintenance of the poor: and the scheme of an act for the relief of the poor, delivered into the House of Peers, from the commissioners of trade and plantations, as drawn by them.
England and Wales. Parliament.Date: 1705- Books
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The several proceedings and resolutions of the House of Peers, in relation to the lords impeached or charged.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1701- Books
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The report of the Lords committees appointed to draw up the state of the case upon the writ of error, lately depending in the House of Peers; wherein Matthew Ashby was plaintiff, and William White and others defendants. With the resolutions of the House of peers relating thereunto.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1704- Books
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The report of the Lords committees appointed to draw up the state of the case upon the writ of error, Lately Depending in the House of Peers; wherein Matthew Ashby was plaintiff, and William White and others defendants. With the resolutions of the House of peers Relating thereunto.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1704- Books
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Votes of the House of Commons concerning subsidies to be raised over the whole island and for making good the damage to the owners of Capt. Greens ship condemned in Scotland.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.Date: 1707]- Books
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Die Lunæ 27 Martii, 1704. It is resolved and declared by the lords spiritual and temporal in Parliament assembled, that the House of Commons taking upon them by their votes to condemn a judgement of the House of Lords, ...
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1704- Books
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The report of the Lords Committees appointed to take into consideration the report of the Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament, Anno 1 Annae Reginae, for taking, examining, and stating the Publick Accompts of the Kingdom; so far as relates to the accompts of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Orford, late Treasurer of the Navy.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1704- Books
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The report of the Lords committees appointed to take into consideration the report of the Commissioners Appointed by Act of Parliament, Anno 1 Annae Reginae, for taking, examining, and stating the Publick Accompts of the Kingdom; so far as relates to the accompts of the Right Honourable Edward Earl of Orford, late Treasurer of the Navy.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: 1704- Books
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The proceedings of the Right Honourable the House of Lords, in relation to the Bill for taking, examining, and stating the publick accounts of the kingdom; together with the Amendments made to the said bill, which were rejected by the House of Commons the last Session of Parliament, made publick, in order to vindicate John Parkhurst, and John Paschal, Esquires: with some remarks in justification of Mr Whitaker's fidelity, in his Place of being Solicitor to the Admiralty, from the Reflections of a late Author in his Book, Entituled, The True Picture of a Modern Whig. In a letter to a person of quality.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: [1702]- Books
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The proceedings of the Right Honourable the Lords Spiritual & Temporal in Parliament assembled, upon the observations of the Commissioners for taking, examining and stating the Publick Accounts of the Kingdom: delivered into the House of Peers.
England and Wales. Parliament. House of Lords.Date: MDCCII. [1702][i.e.1703]