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Prisoners' Letters to the Bank of England, 1781-1827
… ward mate, Alexander Man, who has had 20 stolen from his portmanteau. He thinks Bank may be able to help since it is …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Palace, Pimlico, London, military trunk and solid leather portmanteau maker, undertaker (183739). Named in the Royal …
Memorials of London and London Life
… Hall,but extending to Chepe. Travelling-bag, or portmanteau; hence our present word "mail." Among his …
Middlesex county records
… of the said parish laborer stole and carried off a haire portmanteau worth five shillings, two muslin cravatts worth …
Calendar of Treasury Books
… money belonging to the Duke of Berwick being left in a portmanteau the [Navy] Commissioner at Chatham is to examine …
Old and New London
… The chaise had stopped, the harness was cut, and the portmanteau was taken out of the chaise itself. What think …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… 33 He is said to have brought over sea with him in his portmanteau, two lime trees, a tree unseen before in these …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… (mid-period), Recipes. References: Wren (1941). Portmanteau trunk [portmantua trunk; port manto trunk] A term composed of two words, PORTMANTEAU and TRUNK, each of which was used to describe a … Trunk, lock'd and corded', suggests a trunk rather than a portmanteau. Perhaps the descriptor was added to indicate …
Calendar of State Papers Relating to English Affairs in the Archives of Venice
… Wotton's absence he took possession of the Embassy with a portmanteau or two. Wotton was suspicious, and told him that …
Calendar of State Papers Domestic: Elizabeth
… from England. States the purport of the letters in his portmanteau. The designs of Spain. Proposes a system of …
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