Letters from a Moor at London to his friend at Tunis. Containing an account of his journey through England. With his observations on the laws, customs, religion, and manners of the English nation. Likewise remarks on the publick charities, with curious memoirs relating to the life of Mr. Sutton, founder of the Charter-House. A description of Bedlam. With serious reflections on self-murder. The whole interspersed with historical remarks and useful observations.

Date:
1736
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Credit: Letters from a Moor at London to his friend at Tunis. Containing an account of his journey through England. With his observations on the laws, customs, religion, and manners of the English nation. Likewise remarks on the publick charities, with curious memoirs relating to the life of Mr. Sutton, founder of the Charter-House. A description of Bedlam. With serious reflections on self-murder. The whole interspersed with historical remarks and useful observations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    numbers of them are married. Here are feve- ral genteel buildings, which are inhabited chiefly _ by merchants and captains of fhips. In Stepney- church-yard there are fevera] tombs with infcrip- tions to the memory of fea-officers. And here i muft acquaint you with one very great fault of the Englifh nation ; which is, that the monu- mental infcriptions, which ought to be in the beft Janguage, are fometimes hard to be underftood, and very bad fpelt. Near to Stepney or rather Limehoufe, is a village eall’d Poplar: which al- though adjoining to London, is as referv’d as if many miles diftant from any city. ~At Mile-end, which is a pleafant place near Stepney, there are feveral genteel houfes inhabi- ted chiefly by fea captains. Here are likewife feveral alms-houfes ; but particularly one belong- ‘ing to Trinity-houfe, for maiters.of fhips, and their widows, which is very commodious ; and where the old people may end their days in peace. and quietnefs, and fit down with pleafure to recite the various fortunes of thofe whofe. depen- dance is upon the uncertainty of the winds and feas. From Mile-end I came in a direét line to White-chapel, which isa very fpacious ftreet, and of great trade. Here is kept a hay-market, great numbers of carcafe or wholefale butchers live here, who ferve the petty butchers with meat ; they likewife kill abundante of oxen for | the fea fervice, White-chapel leads dire@lly to Aldgate, which is the extreme part of London, towards the eaft ; on the left is Fenchurch-ftreet, which