The Rebuilding of London After the Great FireJonathan Cape, 1940 - 333 pages |
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... paid agents of some person who , living a few miles away , drew all the benefits and bore none of the burdens . This ... paid fines to avoid the office of alderman , the sums amounting to just over £ 400 apiece . This was admittedly an ...
... paid agents of some person who , living a few miles away , drew all the benefits and bore none of the burdens . This ... paid fines to avoid the office of alderman , the sums amounting to just over £ 400 apiece . This was admittedly an ...
Page 155
... paid by a fixed date . Yet it ensured that the bulk of the sites were paid for , and made it possible to discover in a moment whether any particular person had or had not done so . The issue of receipts protected the surveyors , and ...
... paid by a fixed date . Yet it ensured that the bulk of the sites were paid for , and made it possible to discover in a moment whether any particular person had or had not done so . The issue of receipts protected the surveyors , and ...
Page 195
... paid for their ' attendances and directions concerning the publick works ' . Apart from these four , the only people regularly concerned were Richard Shortgrave and William Leybourne , who measured the work before the contractors ...
... paid for their ' attendances and directions concerning the publick works ' . Apart from these four , the only people regularly concerned were Richard Shortgrave and William Leybourne , who measured the work before the contractors ...
Contents
PREFACE | 15 |
THE GREAT FIRE OF LONDON | 21 |
PLANS FOR A NEW LONDON | 40 |
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