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The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Charge to the overseers of the hundred of [blank]

Posted on April 14, 2022 by km55

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Author: Society for Bettering the Condition and Increasing the Comforts of the Poor (Great Britain)
Title: Charge to the overseers of the hundred of [blank] in the county of [blank].
Manufacture: [London] : Printed by W. Bulmer and Co. Cleveland-Row St. James’s, for the Society for the Bettering the Condition of the Poor, and to be had gratis by the Members of the Society; and by others, at one shillling a dozen, [nor before 1798]

Catalog Record

File 63 798 So678+

Acquired March 2021

Account book for … Saint Paul’s, Covent Garden …

Posted on February 7, 2013 by km55

The detailed accounts book for a one year period, Easter 1769 to Easter 1770, begins with Charles Grignion’s letter of appointment as church warden, signed by all the church wardens. Included in the accounts are detailed lists of money received and spent by the busy, inner city parish for: funerals, maintenance of fire engines and clocks, salaries for clergy, fees for laundry services, land taxes, payments to the poor, etc.

Author: Grignion, Thomas, d. 1784.
Title: Account book for the parish of Saint Paul’s, Covent Garden, Easter 1769-Easter 1770.

Catalog record

LWL Mss Vol. 196

Acquired July 2012

Recent Antiquarian Acquisitions

The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

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Charge to the overseers of the hundred of [blank]

Account book for … Saint Paul’s, Covent Garden …

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