Liverpool as it was During the Last Quarter of the Eighteenth Century. 1775 to 1800 |
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Act of Parliament afterwards amongst appears Author Bailiffs Bamber Gascoyne Birkenhead Book of Records Bootle borough Brooks building built burgesses called Canal Castle-street chap chapel Charles Pole Charter Cheshire Chester Church Coffee-house commencement Common Council copy Corporation of Liverpool Court Crosbie Dale-street east side Edward election erected Everton Exchange freemen Gaol Gascoyne George the Third George's Gore's General Advertiser Henry Henry Blundell inhabitants James John John Blackburne Joseph Brooks King Lancashire Lancaster land letters Liver London Lord Manchester Mayor Mayor of Liverpool mentioned merchant Mersey Mount-pleasant north side o'clock occasion opened Ormskirk parish Parliament period persons pool port of Liverpool present principal prisoners respect Richard river Mersey sailors September ships south side Staniforth stone stood street Tarleton tavern Theatre Thomas tion Town-hall Toxteth-park trade Trafford Troughton's Liverpool vessels Warrington Water-street William
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