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Sir, The inconveniences arising from the manner in which the streets of this city have been kept for many years, notwithstanding of every endeavour hitherto taken to remove them, have, at last, disposed the magistrates and council to appoint a committee of citizens, with full powers "to digest, and carry into effect, a plan for the purpose of more effectually "keeping the streets clean." The committee, after very fully deliberating on this businesss, have resolved, as the most likely method of accomplishing the purpose of their appointment, to engage a certain number of seavengers, ... [electronic resource].

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Format:
Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Street cleaning--Early works to 1800.
Street cleaning.
Genre:
Letters.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 sheet )
Place of Publication:
[Aberdeen : s.n., 1786]
Notes:
Dated at head: Aberdeen, [blank] 17 [blank].
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T219262.
OCLC:
510614040

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