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William Pickett
British painter, active 1792-1820
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Public improvement; or, a plan for making a convenient and handsome communication between the cities of London and Westminster. By William Pickett, Esq
William Pickett
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Date: [1789]
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Sir, Several gentlemen of the corporation have assured me they should most willingly have given me their support at the last court, if they had no[t] been apprehensive and intantians were, of any rate, to remove temple-bar, and that an enormous expenditure was exclusively to come out of the chamber of London. An honourable alderman acknowledge it was a most desirable improvement, by thought as it, was a publics benefit, it ... Parliament, I know ... characters who stand in a more respectable situation than that gentleman and his colleagues, to introduce and forward it in the House of Commons. That I may be clearly understood on this measure, which i think of the first importances as a general accommodation, and of considerable consequence to the trade of the city of London, I have thought it right to convey, to every member of corporation, the words of the motion which I [shall] have the honour to submit at the next court, and likewise a copy of my explantory letter, to the representatives, on the subject. ..
William Pickett
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Date: 1788]
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An apology to the public, for a continued intrusion on their notice With an appeal to the free and independent proprietors of Bankstock; demonstrating that it is highly proper for them to examine into the state of their affairs. By William Pickett, Esq.
William Pickett
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Date: 1788
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