_Beaver Hats._--On the subject of beaver hats, I would ask what was
the price or value of a beaver hat in the time of Charles II.? I
find that Giles Davis of London, merchant, offered Timothy Wade,
Esq., "five pounds to buy a beaver hat," that he might he permitted
to surrender a lease of a piece of ground in Aldermanbury. (Vide
_Judicial Decree, Fire of London, dated 13. Dec. 1668. Add. MS. 5085._
No. 22.)