Masters and Apprentices
(1723) 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 father's name and address, as well as details of the date and length of the apprenticeship. 7 January to 31 December 1723.CASLON. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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London Merchants
(1767) The Universal Pocket Companion of 1767 contained, among 'many other necessary and entertaining particulars' this directory of London merchants.CASLON. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Citizens of London
(1768) The poll of the livery of London for four citizens to represent the city in Parliament took place at Guildhall from 16 to 23 March 1768, the candidates being the Rt Hon Thomas Harley (H), sir Robert Ladbroke (L), sir Richard Glyn (G), William Beckford (B), Barlow Trecothick (T), John Paterson (P) and John Wilkes (W). This poll book lists all the voters by initial letter of surname, and then company by company, giving full name (surname first), address, and votes cast.CASLON. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Spirited and Independent Freeholders of Middlesex
(1769) This 'LIST of the spirited and independent FREEHOLDERS of MIDDLESEX; Enemies to ministerial Influence, and Court Despotism', giving names and addresses, was published in volume 4 of The Political Register and Impartial Review of New Books, for 1769.CASLON. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Apprentices
(1773) Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per pound stamp duty (late payment of the 6d rate attracted double duty (D D) of 12d): 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. 2 January to 2 November 1773CASLON. Cost: £8.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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People in the News
(1778) Births, marriages and deaths, reports of crimes, trials and hangings, and general news, mainly from England, reported in the Chronicle section of the Annual RegisterCASLON. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Deaths, Marriages, News and Promotions
(1779) Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military promotions, clerical preferments, and bankrupts, as reported in the Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland, Scotland and abroad.
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English Civil Servants
(1791) Officers and officials of the various government departments, mostly in London, listed in the Universal British Directory. It includes the royal household, the departments of state, and public officesCASLON. Cost: £6.00.  | 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.CASLON. Cost: £4.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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Traders and Merchants in London
(1791) The Universal British Directory was published in five volumes, starting in 1791. The professions included in the London section are very diverse: the addresses are mostly from central London. Some are marked 'F. M.', meaning Freeholder of Middlesex.CASLON. Cost: £6.00.  | Sample scan, click to enlarge
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