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Streets of London – Auction Mart, Bartholomew Lane circa 1811

“The project of this useful undertaking originated with Mr. Shuttleworth, one of its present directors. The fund requisite for carrying this plan into execution, was raised by subscription. The first stone of the structure appropriated to the objects which it embraces, was laid by the Lord Mayor, on the 20th of September, 1808, and it…

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