[VAUGHAN, William]. Memoir of William Vaughan ... with miscellaneous pieces relative to Docks, Commerce, etc., London: Smith, Elder, 1839, 8°, lithographed portrait on India paper mounted (lightly spotted), bound with; Reasons in Favour of the London-Docks, London: 1795, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 19th-century cloth, paper spine label (rubbed). [Kress C5029 with the Reasons dated 1897] Provenance MARIA EDGEWORTH (inscribed from the author on front free endpaper and to "Maria Edgeworth from Mr ?Hunter 1839 July" on title)

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[VAUGHAN, William]. Memoir of William Vaughan ... with miscellaneous pieces relative to Docks, Commerce, etc., London: Smith, Elder, 1839, 8°, lithographed portrait on India paper mounted (lightly spotted), bound with; Reasons in Favour of the London-Docks, London: 1795, 8°, FIRST EDITION, 19th-century cloth, paper spine label (rubbed). [Kress C5029 with the Reasons dated 1897] Provenance MARIA EDGEWORTH (inscribed from the author on front free endpaper and to "Maria Edgeworth from Mr ?Hunter 1839 July" on title)

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William Vaughan (1752-1850) had a great influence on the development of London as a port. He, like Maria Edgeworth, did much work for the poor.

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