A broadside on London Bridge and its partial destruction by fire on 11 April 1758, with an account on the history of bridges on the site and an engraving of the view of London and the River Thames, with the remains of London Bridge in the centre above...
Alternative Title:
Chronological and historical account from the first building a bridge across the River Thames from London to Southwark ...
Description:
Title from etched text above the design.
Publisher:
Sold by William Herbert, under the Piazzas, on the remains of London-Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Thames River (England), England, London, London., and London (England)
Roland Grugeon's copy, signed, of The London Censorship, 1914-1919, "printed by Harrison & Sons... for private circulation" to members of the London postal censorship office to commemorate the activities of the office during World War I. With letters,...
Description:
Roland Grugeon, of the North London Borough of Barnet, England, was a member of the London postal censorship office during World War I.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Grugeon, Roland., Great Britain. Postal Censor's Department., and Harrison & Sons.
Manuscript daybook in unidentified hands, recording daily sales of snuff, cigars, and other products by Fribourg & Treyer. Entries list customer names and addresses; varieties and prices of snuff and cigars, with amounts purchased by weight or contai...
Description:
Fribourg & Treyer, 34 Haymarket, London, manufactured and sold snuff, cigars, and other tobacco products, 1720-1981. From 1780 to 1803, Fribourg & Treyer was owned by G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus) Treyer and Martha Evans Treyer.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., London, and London (England)
Subject (Name):
Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840., Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851., Treyer, G. A. (Gottlieb Augustus), Treyer, Martha Evans., and Fribourg & Treyer (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Cigar industry, Snuff, Tobacco industry, Tobacco use, Tobacco workers, Upper class, Social life and customs, and Economic conditions
A manuscript in a single hand, signed by the clerks and witnesses, providing a record of the answers to fifteen questions, prompted by an 1814 parliamentary investigation into the living conditions of ‘Lascars and Chinese’ which ended with the publica...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
China., India., and London (England)
Subject (Name):
East India Company
Subject (Topic):
Employees, Merchant mariners, Economic conditions, and Social conditions
