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The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University

Mrs. Lloyd Gibbon, most respectfully notices to the Ladies…

Posted on December 11, 2024 by km55

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Mrs. Lloyd Gibbon was a maker of stays who was granted a patent in 1801.

Author: Gibbon, Martha Morling, 1772-1832.
Title: Mrs. Lloyd Gibbon, most respectfully notices to the Ladies, that they may be immediately supplied with her Anatomical Stays, which have come under the inspection of the most eminent physicians and surgeons …
Publication: [London] : [Mrs. Lloyd Gibbon], [approximately 1825]

File 66 825 G439

Acquired July 2023

At a meeting of the dealers in hats and gloves

Posted on April 13, 2023 by km55

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Title: At a meeting of the dealers in hats and gloves, held this day at Robert Marflitt’s, the sign of the Bell in Scarborough aforesaid (pursuant to a recommendation from the Commissioners of the Stamp-Duties) to consider of some method to prevent the evasion of the stamps ordered by Act of Parliament to be affixed thereto and charged therewith.
Publication: [Scarborough, England] : [publisher not identified], [1790]

File 66 790 At862+

Acquired May 2022