The original Picture of London . n petition, signed by a Governor; and a Committee ofthe Governors sits every Thursday to receive petitions, asat St. Bartholomews. Guy^s Hospital^ St. Thomass Street, Southwark. Thisnoble institution was the work of one man, a citizen andbookseller, from whom it is justly and appropriately deno-minated. Mr. Guy commenced business at the housewhich forms the angle between Cornhill and LombardStreet, with a stock of 200/. value, in 1668; and, by in-dustry and extreme frugality, joined to some very success-ful speculations, in the purchase of seamens tickets, andi
The original Picture of London . n petition, signed by a Governor; and a Committee ofthe Governors sits every Thursday to receive petitions, asat St. Bartholomews. Guy^s Hospital^ St. Thomass Street, Southwark. Thisnoble institution was the work of one man, a citizen andbookseller, from whom it is justly and appropriately deno-minated. Mr. Guy commenced business at the housewhich forms the angle between Cornhill and LombardStreet, with a stock of 200/. value, in 1668; and, by in-dustry and extreme frugality, joined to some very success-ful speculations, in the purchase of seamens tickets, andin the South Sea Scheme, he acquired a very large pro-perty, for the application of which to charitable pur-poses, (says Highmore, in his History of the PublicCharities of London,) the public are indebted to atrifling circumstance. He employed a female servant,whom he had agreed to marry. Some days previous tothe intended ceremony, he had ordered the pavementbefore his door to be mended up to a particular stone,which /s///////f//. Btir/holivftfifS EiSpihtl. GUY S HOSPITAL. 959 he marked, and then left his house on business. Thisservant, in his absence, looking at the workmen, saw abroken stone beyond this mark, which they had not re-paired, and on pointing to it with that design, they ac-quainted her that Mr. Guy had not ordered them to goso far. She, however, directed it to be done; adding, withthe security incidental to her expectation of soon becom-ing his wife: * Tell him I bade you, and he will not beangry. But she too soon learnt how fatal it is for any ina dependent situation, to exceed the limits of their autho-rity ; for her niaster, on his return, was enraged at find-ing that they had gone beyond his orders, renounced hisengagement to his servant, and devoted his ample fortuneto public charity, Besides various benefactions to Hospital, and other charitable gifts and munifi-cent bequests, he expended 18,793/. upon this building,living nearly till its completi
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