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City of London Livery Companies Commission. Report
… is a claim to charitable relief in case they or their widows or orphan daughters fall into poverty or other … undeserved misfortune. The relief of poor members, their widows, and orphans was undoubtedly one of the chief objects … class, and liverymen, of whom there are 7,000, their widows and orphans, are as much entitled as freemen or …
The History and Proceedings of the House of Commons
… Ships lost in the great Storm, 134,232 00 00 Bounty to Widows, &c. of Officers and Seamen lost in the Storm, 15,158 …