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Aldermen of the City of London Corporation represented as Chinese and as monsters in procession to Westminster to protest against the Treaty of Paris, 1763. Etching after J.H. O'Neale, 1763.

The Lord Mayor of London kneels before King George III and presents a remonstrance on behalf of the City of London: the king has no time to read it as he is preoccupied with making buttons. Engraving, 1770.

A crowd of figures with the heads of animals carry banners and beat drums as they form a procession; representing the City of London Volunteers. Engraving by William Henry Toms after E. Heemskerk.

The charge of the governours of St. Thomas's Hospital.

Dignitaries of the City of London receiving official addresses while imprisoned in a cell in the Tower of London. Engraving, 1771.

Domine dirige nos.

Nathaniel Newnham taking the oaths of office as Lord Mayor of London in 1782. Stipple engraving by B. Smith, 1801, after W. Miller.

An introductory guide to the Corporation of London Records Office / edited by Hugo Deadman and Elizabeth Scudder.

Important petitions and protests, dedicated to all true Englishmen

Delme Mayor. Martis quarto die Februarii, 1723. Annoque regni Georgii, Magnae Britanniae, &c. decimo. Whereas this court hath received repeated complaints of great numbers of country carts, and other carriages, which bring fruit, roots, herbs, and other t

Reception and banquet : Guildhall, Friday, 10th May, 1929 : alphabetical list of guests (with their seats) / Corporation of the City of London.

Addresses, remonstrances, and petitions; commencing the 24th of June, 1769, presented to the King and Parliament, from the Court of Common Council, and the livery in Common Hall assembled, with His Majesty's answers: likewise the speech to the King, made 

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An introductory guide to the Corporation of London Records Office / edited by Hugo Deadman and Elizabeth Scudder.

Important petitions and protests, dedicated to all true Englishmen

Delme Mayor. Martis quarto die Februarii, 1723. Annoque regni Georgii, Magnae Britanniae, &c. decimo. Whereas this court hath received repeated complaints of great numbers of country carts, and other carriages, which bring fruit, roots, herbs, and other t

Reception and banquet : Guildhall, Friday, 10th May, 1929 : alphabetical list of guests (with their seats) / Corporation of the City of London.

Addresses, remonstrances, and petitions; commencing the 24th of June, 1769, presented to the King and Parliament, from the Court of Common Council, and the livery in Common Hall assembled, with His Majesty's answers: likewise the speech to the King, made