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“the intelligent tradesmen” did so promptly, as the Chronicle of 
January 30th contains the following :— 
“To Messrs. Whitchurch and Dore. 
Bath, 24th January, 1812. 
Gentlemen, 
We beg leave to return you our sincere thanks, for the 
very seasonable relief which your SILVER TOKENS have afforded 
us, at a time when we (in common with our Fellow Citizens) were 
labouring under the greatest inconvenience for want of small 
change. While your respectability at once dissipated every 
apprehension of loss, your public spirit has impressed us with 
_ gratitude, we therefore earnestly hope, that you will not with-hold 
_ such further supplies as the necessity of the case may require. 
We are Gentlemen, yours etc., 
W. Kemp, Grocer, No. 27, Market Place. 
_ James Evill & Son, Jewellers & Silversmiths, No. 21, Market Place. 
Edward Gibbons, Grocer, No. 18, Market Place. 
Wm. May, Greyhound Inn, No. 25, Market Place. 
_ Evill and Newall, Taylors & Woollen Drapers, No. 22, Northgate St. 
John Daniel, Wine Merchant, No. 45, Milsom St. 
-Evill and Godwin. 
_§. and W. Slack, Linen Drapers, No. 40, Milsom St. 
Sheppard & Trinder, Woollen Drapers, No. 7, Milsom St. 
H. Godwin, Librarian & Bookseller, No. 24, Milsom St. 
Stephen Leedham, Grocer, No. 1, New Bond St. 
John Barnard, Woollen Draper & Tailor, No. 6, Bridge St. 
George Barnard, Woollen Draper & Tailor, No. 7, Bridge St. 
James Taylor, Hatter, Hosier & Glover, No. 3, Bridge St. 
R. M. Payne, Goldsmith & Jeweller to His Majesty, No. 10, Union St. 
y oger & Nicholson, Linen Drapers, No. 15, Union St. 
_B. Shaw & Son, Linen Drapers, No. 18, Cheap St. 
Sam Hallett, Ironmonger, No. 5, Cheap St. 
lenry Griffith, Union Passage.” 
the original, only the names of those who signed are 
en, occupations and addresses I have traced and added.) 
