Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the Eighteenth Century; Vol. 1 (of 2) / Including the Charities, Depravities, Dresses, and Amusements etc.

by James Peller Malcolm

4,000,000l. for manufacturing iron and steel, Black Swan Tavern.

2,000,000l. for dealing in lace, &c. &c. &c. Sam's.

10,000,000l. for a Royal fishery of Great-Britain, Black Swan.

2,000,000l. to be lent upon pledges, Blue-coat Coffee-house.

Turnpikes and wharfs, Sword-blade Coffee-house.

For the British alum works, Salutation.

2,000,000l. for erecting salt-pans in Holy Island, John's Coffee-house.

2,000,000l. for a snuff manufactory, Garraway's.

3,000,000l. for building and rebuilding houses, Globe Tavern.

The reader will find that I have given him the titles of ninety of these symptoms of public