[134]Place MSS. 27798—8; Times, November 9, 1810.
[135]Report in Manchester Exchange Herald, preserved in Place MSS. 27799—156.
[136]Bookfinishers’ Friendly Circular, 1845-51, pp. 5, 21.
[137]Bain’s Merchant and Craft Gilds of Aberdeen, p. 261. An earlier combination of 1768 is also mentioned.
[138]R. v. Hammond and Webb, 2 Esp. 719; see the Morning Chronicle report, preserved in Place MSS. 27799—29.
[139]Star, November 26, 1799.
[140]R. v. Connell and others, Times, July 10, 1819.
[141]R. v. Ferguson and Edge, 2 St. 489.
[142]Sheffield Iris, December 17, 1816. The men’s clubs often existed under the cloak of friendly societies. In the overseers’ return of sick clubs, made to Parliament in 1815, the following trade friendly societies are included, many of these, at any rate, being essentially Trade Unions:
| Tailors, | with | 360 members, | and | £740 | |
| Braziers, | with | 664 members, | and | 1768 | |
| Masons, | with | 693 members, | and | 1852 | |
| Scissorsmiths, | with | 550 members, | and | 1309 | |
| Filesmiths, | with | 260 members, | and | 600 | |
| United Silversmiths, | with | 240 members, | and | 299 | |
| Cutlers, | with | 65 members, | and | 450 | |
| Grinders, | with | 283 members | |||
| Sheffield Iris, 1851. | |||||