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in 1704, and in his will he is described as citizen and clothworker. In accordance with his direction he was buried in a church yard belonging to the parish of St. Leonard, Shoreditch; on his monument he was said to have died in his sixty-third year. He left the bulk of his property to his nephew,
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About 1725, a society of gardeners residing in London was established, and
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John Bacon of Hoxton, who was a member of the
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afterwards entered in a register. After a time they decided to make known the results of their labours, and a volume was produced called
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A Catalogue of Trees and Shrubs both Exotic and
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in Hoxton. Fairchild is honoured in the name of the Thomas
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A Treatise on the Manner of
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