London (England) - Social conditions

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A summary view of the rise, constitution, and present state of the charitable foundation of King Charles the Second , commonly called, The Scots Corporation in London. With An Alphabetical List of the Benefactors, taken from the Registers, and from the Tables hung up in their Hall.
Scots Hospital of King Charles IIDate: 1766
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The tricks of the town: or, ways and means for getting money. Wherein The various Lures, Wiles, and Artifices, practised by the Designing and Crafty upon the Weak and Unwary, are fully exposed. Recommended to the serious perusal of all adventurers and sharers in bubble-undertakings, the Pursuers of Pennyworths, and Bargain-Buyers. Chiefly collected from some papers of the ingenious Mr. John Thomson, scattered between Laurence-Pountney's-Hill and Dover
Thomson, John fl. 1732.Date: 1732
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A fortnights ramble through London , or a complete display of all the cheats and frauds practized in that great metropolis, with the best methods for eluding them being a pleasing narrative of the adventures of a farmer's son ..
Date: 1795
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An account of the rise and progress of the religious societies in the city of London, &c. and of their endeavours for reformation of manners. By Josiah Woodward, D.D.
Woodward, Josiah 1660-1712.Date: 1744
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Londinopolis : essays in the cultural and social history of early modern London / edited by Paul Griffiths and Mark S.R. Jenner.
Date: 2005