The London General Porters' Benevolent Association, 28, Ludgate Street, established 1848, for granting pensions to infirm or permanently disabled porters (being members) whether employed in wholesale or retail houses, of all trades, within a distance of 10 miles from the General Post-Office, and to their necessitous widows and orphans. 1700 porters have been become members of the society, and have themselves subscribed nearly £1000.
Treasurer, G. Moore, Esq.—Secretary, Mr. T. H. Bennett.
SOURCE: The Charities of London, by Samuel Low, Jun., London: Sampson Low, Son,
and Marston, Milton House, Ludgate Hill. 1861.