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accepted as the site, but it was situated in 
the Camden Road, where Prospect Place now 
stands. In Pye’s work, to which allusion 
has been made, a Mr. Tolly is given as the 
issuer, but while preparing this paper I found 
an advertisement proving Tolly to be an 
error for Jelly. The advertisement, under 
date April 16th, 1795, is most significant of 
that troubled financial time in Bath (two 
local Banking firms had recently failed, one 
for over £90,000, the latter carrying Baldwin, 
the Architect of the Guildhall, &c., with 
them, and bankruptcies were numerous). 
“By order of the Assignees, Mr. John Jelly, 
Bankrupt, his residence, Elm-Bank, the fur- 
niture, pictures, prints and large Garden 3 
of an Acre to be Sold, with “the movable 
frames and stock of the Botanic Garden,” and 
by 1800 the Garden had been built over. 
Jelly who was an Attorney (Clerk for many years 
to Walcot Parish), and evidently a token col- 
lector as well as issuer ; was also in part 
responsible for the issue of a number of 
political tokens, known as the Badminton 
(Gloucester) series. He was at one time 
wealthy, as shewn by the long list of his 
property in Bath, scheduled for sale, and his 
ruin was possibly brought about by too exten- 
sive building operations. His tokens are of 
fine design and execution, and are distin- 
guished by an apt quotation from the tst 
Book of Kings, where as to the wisdom of 
Solomon, it is noted that “He spake 3000 
Proverbs and his Songs were a thousand and 
