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, facing prison for her debt of £150, petitioned the king
for arrears of payment.
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Wealth and Poverty
Elinor James
Thomas James's will, proved in May 1710, did not leave EJ
the library: he intended it to become a public library in its own right, under the title of the Jameson Society. Elinor, however, got...