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Highlights of specific items in the collections: City of London (England). Corporation
This example is
from the reign of King George V. It grants Robert Egerton
Rivers, a Solicitor, the Freedom of the City of London. It is signed by
the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Vezey Strong, Mayor, and has the Arms of the City
of London on one end and the
embossed seal of the Chamberlain, the Rt. Hon. Sir Joseph Cockfield
Dimsdale, Bart., on the other.
Unlike the
Libraries' example from 1845, this Freedom came in a red-cloth covered
slip-case rather than a wooden cylindrical case. It is not known if
this is the original case, or a replacement. Originally, the Freedoms were issued
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