Glasgow’s Tobacco Lords: Virginia Street, the Trongate, and the Plantation Money
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Glasgow’s Tobacco Lords: Virginia Street, the Trongate, and the Plantation Money
Virginia Street sits off the Trongate in the centre of Glasgow. The name tells you exactly where the money came from. Glasgow's eighteenth-century merchant wealth was built on…
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