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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 7
Date: Aug 1903 - Jul 1904Reference: WF/E/01/01/07Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Henry Wellcome Letter Book 3 ['Letter Book 3']
Date: Mar 1890 - Nov 1896Reference: WF/E/01/01/03Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Steel's original and correct list of the Royal Navy, hired armed-vessels, gun-boats, &c. With their commanders and stations. To which are added the following lists, &c. Establishment of rates and men page 2 Appointment of officers - 2 Pursers superrannuation - 2 Establishment of ships in Ordinary - 2 Contractions explained - - 2 Comparative rank of officers - 2 Widows annual pensions - - 2 Navy-agents - - - - 2 Navy-list, with the pursers 3 to 14 Hired armed vessels, cutt. & lug. 15 Gun and fire vessels - - - 16 Revenue and excise cutters - 16 Naval fencibles - - - 16 Statement of the British Nav. force 17 Total of all captures - 17 Advertisements to correspondents 17 Admirals - - - - 18 Admirals & their secretaries pay page 19 Admirals stations and secretaries 19 Admirals pensions - - - 19 Superannuated admirals - - 19 Post-captains - - - 20 Captains pay, half-pay, superannuation, and pensions - - 21 Commanders - - - 22 Retired lientenants - - 23 Lieutenants - - 23 to 28 Lieuts. pay, half-pay, and pensions 29 Masters - - - - 29 Masters pay, half-pay, superannuations, and pensions - - 30 Physicians and surgeons - page 31 Surgeons pay, half-pay, & bounty 32 Impress service - - - 33 Agent victuallers - - - 33 Governors of Royal Hospitals - 33 Master builders at the different yards 33 Marine forces - - 34 to 36 Signal towers - - - 36 French ships taken, &c. - 37 Dutch ships taken, &c. - 42 Spanish ships taken, &c. - 43 British ships lost, taken, &c. - 44 Prize and head-money payable - 40 Command. who have lost their lives 47 Admiralty, navy, and other public offices - - - - 49 Corrected to March, 1800, and to be continued monthly. Price Sixpence.
Great Britain. Royal Navy.Date: 1800- Books
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Hints and cautions, for the information of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor Of the Parishes of St. Giles in the Fields and St. George, Bloomsbury, In the County of Middlesex: and, Rules, Orders, and Regulations for Maintaining, Governing, Employing, and Regulating the said Poor; Made by the Vestry of the said Parishes, By virtue and in pursuance of the Statute 14 Geo. 3. c. 62.
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England)Date: [1797]- Books
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Considerations on the present state of the poor in Great-Britain. With proposals for making the most effectual provision for them. Which will be Attended with this Great Advantage, the Present Enormous Poor's Rates Must of Course be Greatly Reduced, and that in a Very Short Time. The whole most respectfully submitted to the consideration of the parliament.
Humanus, active 1773.Date: MDCCLXXV. [1775]- Books
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The duty of overseers of the poor. To be delivered to them at their appointment, being first signed and sealed, by the justices, in their petty sessions, Appointed to be held in Easter Week, or within One Month after Easter, in every District; ON A Similar Plan With The Duty Of Constables. By a country magistrate.
Nelson, William, 1653-Date: 1792- Books
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The preacher's assistant, (after the manner of Mr. Letsome) containing a series of the texts of sermons and discourses published either singly, or in volumes, by divines of the Church of England, and by the dissenting clergy, since the Restoration to the present time, specifying also the several authors alphabetically arranged under each text - with the size, date, occasion, or subject matter of each sermon or discourse, By John Cooke, M.A. late chaplain of Christ-Church, Oxford, and rector of Wentnor, Salop. ...
Cooke, John, active 1783.Date: MDCCLXXXIII. [1783]- Books
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The Countryman's garland; in two parts. To a merry new tune.
Date: 1784 - 1807]- Books
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A letter to Sir T.C. Bunbury, Bart. One of the members of Parliament for the County of Suffolk, on the poor rates, and the high price of provisions. With some proposals for reducing both. By a Suffolk Gentleman.
Suffolk Gentleman.Date: 1795- Books
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Before the Most Noble and Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. The Staadt Trieste, Jean Joseph Hyvert, Master. Jean Joseph Hyvert, the Master and Claimant of the said Ship, her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, with all and singular the Goods, Wares, Merchandizes, and Private Adventures laden therein, at the Time of the Capture and Seizure thereof, - - - - Appellant. Against William George Fairfax, Esquire, Commander of His Majesty's Ship of War the Tartar, and Benjamin Hulke, Esquire, Commander of His Majesty's Sloop of War the Du Quay Trouin, the Captors, - - - - - - - Respondents Case on behlaf of the Appellant.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1788?]- Books
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A briefe declaration for vvhat manner of speciall nusance concerning private dwelling houses, a man may have his remedy by assise, or other action as the case requires : Vnfolded in the arguments, and opinions of foure famous sages of the common law; together with the power, and extent of customes in cities, townes, and corporations, concerning the same: together with the determination of the law, concerning the commodity, and use of houses, and their appurtenances. Whereunto is added, the iustices of assise their opinion, concerning statute law for parishes, and the power of iustices of peace, church wardens, and constables; and to know what they are to doe concerning bastards borne in their parishes, reliefe of the poore, and providing for poore children, what remedy for the same.
Date: 1636- Books
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The laws concerning the poor. Wherein is treated of overseers, and their office. Of rates and contributions. Of settlements. Of families, vagrants, children, servants, &c. What shall make or amount to a Settlement by the former and latter Statutes. Stat. 14 Car. 2. c. 12. Explained. Of the 40 Days continuance; Of Notice by Statute 1 Jac. 2. and what shall amount to a Notice or not. Statute 3 & 4 W. & M. c. 11. Explained. What shall be said a Disturbance. Of Vagranes, Vagabonds; Stat. 39 El c. 4. 11 W. 3. c. 18. 1 Ann. c. 13. Explained. Of Workhouses, House of Correctio &c. and many other Matters relating to the Poor. All which lying in a confused Manner, are here setled under their proper Titles; And Illustrated with many late Resolutions of the Judges, as to Allowance or quashing several Orders of Sessions. To which are added several forms of orders of sessions, warrants, mittimus, &c.
Date: 1705- Books
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Legal provisions for the poor: or, a treatise of the common and statute laws concerning the poor, either as to relief, settlement, or punishment. Being a methodical guide for justices of peace, church-wardens, and overseers. Wherein are explain'd, All the Statutes relating to that Subject; with the Ancient and Modern Law-Cases and Resolutions of the Judges: And also many Precedents proper for such a Treatise. By S. C. of the Inner-Temple, Esq;
S. C. (Samuel Carter), of the Inner-Temple, Esquire.Date: 1710- Books
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Legal provisions for the poor: or, a treatise of the common and statute laws concerning the poor, either as to relief, settlement, or punishment. Being a methodical guide for justices of peace, church-wardens, and overseers. Wherein are explain'd, All the Statutes relating to that Subject; with the Ancient and Modern Law-Cases and Resolutions of the Judges: And also many Precedents proper for such a Treatise. By S. C. of the Inner-Temple, Esq;
S. C. (Samuel Carter), of the Inner-Temple, Esquire.Date: 1715- Books
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Minutes of a general conference of the members of the New Church, signified by the New Jerusalem in the Revelation: held in Great East Cheap, London, from the 13th to the 17th of April, 1789. In Consequence of a general Invitation, by Circular Letters, to all the Readers of the Theological Works of the Hon. Emanuel Swedenborg, who are desirous of rejecting, and separating themselves from the Old Church, or the present established Churches, together with all their Sectaries, throughout Christendom, and of fully embracing the Heavenly Doctrines of the New Jerusalem.
New Jerusalem Church.Date: 1789- Books
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A calm address to the people of Great Britain. By a citizen of London.
Citizen of London.Date: 1795- Books
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A guide to the lottery; or, the laws of chance laid down in a plain and intelligible manner, wherein is shewn the probabilities arising from any proposed circumstance of play; applied to the Solution of a Variety of curious Questions relating to Cards, Dice, Lotteries, &c. Likewise The whole Business of insuring Tickets in the State Lottery clearly explained, the several Advantages taken by the Office-Keepers pointed out, and an easy Method given, whereby any Person may compute the Probability of his Success upon purchasing or insuring any particular Number of Tickets, with a Table of the Price of Insurance for every Day's drawing in the ensuing Lottery, another Table, containing the Number of Tickets a Person ought to purchase to make it an equal Chance to have any particular Prize; with several other curious Tables. To which is added a companion for the draught-player, Containing Thirty select Games of Draughts, shewing the Manner of moving the Pieces to the best Advantage; together with several critical Situations to win Games, and fine Strokes, never before published: being the Result of the Practice and Observations of some of the first Players. By W. Painter.
Painter, W.Date: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- Books
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An humble proposal for relieving, reforming and employing the poor. And herein by vertue of one new general law, instead of near forty statates, relating to the presmises. We may comfortably maintain all th' impotent poor, judiciously employ all the capable poor, probably reform the profligate poor; and gradually sink, and in time, totally discharge all our poor-rates, - And we may further receive, from that new-law, all other political benefits, which populousness, arts, and industry, can possibly produce.
Braddon, Laurence, -1724.Date: 1720- Books
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The tragical ballad: or, the lady who fell in love with her serving-man.
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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Before the Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes. Koninghen Esther, John Gardner, Master. John Gardner, the Master and Claimant of the said Ship and her Tackle, Apparel, and Furniture, and also of all and singular the Goods, Wares, and Merchandizes, laden and taken in and with the said Ship - - - - - Appellant; and Matthias Kitchin, Commander of the private Ship of War the Fonthill - - - - - - - - - - - Respondent. The Respondent's Case.
Great Britain. Lords Commissioners of Appeals in Prize Causes.Date: 1760?]- Books
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The Oxfordshire garland. In four parts
Date: [1736 - 1763]- Books
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Heads of a scheme for erecting publick magazines, to relieve the necessities of the poor, and supply England with Corn. By a person of distinction.
Pitt, Villiers Clara.Date: MDCCLVIII. [1758]- Books
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Great Britain's glory: or, an account of the great numbers of poor employ'd in the woollen and silk manufacturies, to the increase of trade, the enlargement of the revenues of the Crown, and augmenting our navigation. With the Reasons of the Decay of these Trades, and the Pernicious Consequences which must follow their Destruction. Together with a Scheme of Proposals for preventing the Loss of such Valuable Branches of our National Wealth, and restoring them to their former Grandeur. By John Haynes.
Haynes, John, wool factor.Date: 1715- Books
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A Display of uncontroverted truths, and an alarm to unsound professors. By - -, a poor labourer in the Lord's Vineyard.
Date: M,DCC,LXXXV. [1785]- Books
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The durham garland. In four parts.
Date: [1736 - 1763]