An address delivered at a general meeting of the nobility, gentry, clergy, and others, assessed to the county rate for the county of Glocester [sic] : convened ... for the purpose of receiving a statement of the proceedings of the committee appointed ... to rebuild the gaol and bridewells thereof; and held on Monday the 9th of July, 1792 / by Sir George Onesiphorus Paul.
- Paul, George Onesiphorus, Sir, 1746-1820.
- Date:
- [1792]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: An address delivered at a general meeting of the nobility, gentry, clergy, and others, assessed to the county rate for the county of Glocester [sic] : convened ... for the purpose of receiving a statement of the proceedings of the committee appointed ... to rebuild the gaol and bridewells thereof; and held on Monday the 9th of July, 1792 / by Sir George Onesiphorus Paul. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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