… according to trades and professions. They were used to provide a range of customers, including lawyers, merchants and travellers, with useful reference materials, such as tables of names, addresses and road maps. Furthermore, trade …
Kit-Cat Club
[ Association / Associational culture / Politics & Society ]
… Walpole (1676-1745), was one of the leaders of a Commons grouping called the ‘Kitlings’, and in June 1705 four Kit-Cats travelled together to Hanover to visit the Electoral family. Late 1707 saw a brief pause, when the Club split between two …