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London Attorneys
(1791) A list of attorneys residing in London, Westminster, the borough of Southwark and their environs, from the Universal British Directory. Those without a mark before the name practised in the King's Bench; those with a (C) in the Common Pleas; and those with a * in both courts. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London bankers
(1791) This list of banking houses in London appeared in the Universal British Directory. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Bankers and Merchants
(1791) The British Universal Directory lists the various British trading companies established by statute, starting with the Bank of England, the Million Bank, the East India Company, &c., and including insurance companies. Also included are His Majesty's Consuls Abroad for the Protection of Trade, in European countries, America and Barbary; receivers-general; and the Commissioners of Sewers, Lamps and Pavements for the 28 wards of the City of London. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Barristers
(1791) A list of legal counsel (omitting conveyancers, special pleaders and draftsmen), with their addresses, usually in the respective inns of court: from the Universal British Directory. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Lieutenancy Commissioners and Militia Officers
(1791) His Majesty's Commissioners of the Lieutenancy for the City of London; and field offocers and commanders of the six regiments of the London militia | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London merchants and bankers
(1791) This section of the Universal British Directory lists corporations, bankers, and army and navy agents | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London nobility and gentry
(1791) The Universal British Directory includes a list of the nobility, gentry, &c. in London and Westminster: esquires, i. e., gentlemen without titles, are sometimes listed without their christian names. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1791) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 5 March to 31 December 1791. IR 1/35 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Masters of apprentices and clerks
(1791) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade, address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 3 January to 1 March 1791. IR 1/34 | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts &c.
(1791) The list of contributing members of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce: those marked ** pay 5 guineas a year; * 3 guineas a year; those with P are perpetual members; those with a double dagger have served of office of steward; and those with a single dagger are stewards elect. | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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