Hunt & co.'s directory & court guide for the cities of Bath, Bristol, & Wells

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1848 - 1848 pages
 

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Page 33 - The mayor and corporation of Devizes avail themselves of the stability of this building to transmit to future times the record of an awful event, which occurred in this market-place in the year 1753, hoping that such...
Page 33 - On Thursday the 25th of January, 1753, Ruth Pierce, of Potterne, in this county, agreed with three other women to buy a sack of wheat in the market, each paying her due proportion towards the same; one of these women, in collecting the several quotas of money, discovered a deficiency, and demanded of Ruth Pierce the sum which was wanting to make good the amount; Ruth Pierce protested that...
Page 8 - Let humble ALLEN, with an awkward shame, Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

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