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New England Merchants in London aid Boston fire victims
London June 5 1760 meeting at Threadneedle Street raised subscriptions for Boston fire sufferers. Prominent donors include Barlow Trecothick Mrs Trecothick John Apthorpe Samuel Vaughan Thomas Lane Benjamin Booth George Hayley Alderman Baker Jonathan Barnard Christopher Kilby John Brown Alexander Champion and Mills Bruce Wheeler. The piece notes Boston’s 100 000 sterling loss and argues absence of property insurance and local offices to cover shore assets, urging relief amid Massachusetts Bay war burdens and imperial costs.
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London
New“il
England
New-England Coffee-House
Threadneedle Street
Boston
Barlow Trecothick
Trecothick
John Apchorp
Eis John Tomlinson
Samuel Vaughan
Thomas Lane
Benjamin Booth
George Hayley
Alderman Baker
Jonathan Barnard
Christopher Kilby
New-York
Benjamin Parker
John Brown
Self
Alexander Champion
tMeff, Mills, Bruce, and Wheeler
Samuel Fludger and Co
America
Massachuset’s Bay
Nova-Scotia, &c
Honeywood, Fuller, and Company
Birchin Lane
Cliffe, Walpole
Clark
Lombard Street
James Coutts
Strand