William Shipley 1715-1803 held the foundation meeting of The (Royal) Society of Arts in Rawthmell’s Coffee House on this site 22 March 1754

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Rawthmell’s Coffee House in Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London
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by William Shipley Group for RSA History and City of Westminster on 06 April 2016

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William Shipley
(1715-1803) social reformer

Sarah Rawthmell
coffee house owner

Royal Society of Arts
(1754-present) society