George North (numismatist) of by William Herbert. North drew up sale catalogues for the coin collections of the Earl of Oxford (1742) and of Richard Mead (1755); he also catalogued, in 1744, James West's series of Saxon coins and Ducarel's English coins. A paper on Arabic numerals in England, written by North in 1748, was published by Richard Gough in "Archæologia" (x. 360). George North (numismatist) George North (1707–1772) was an English cleric and numismatist. The son of George North, citizen and pewterer, who resided in or near Aldersgate Street in London, he was educated at St Paul's School. In 1725 he entered
Collect Pond Fort d'Anormée Berge (Fort of the Grand Scarp). It is unclear when it was disestablished. Collect Pond was used as a terms of boundary for night watch duties in 1731 under John Montgomerie's charter during the British rule in New York City. The pond was home to a copious amount of fish; in fact, legislation was passed in 1734 preventing the use of nets in the pond. This was prior to the extreme pollution to the pond, which included the dumping of dead animals. The southwestern shore of the Collect Pond was the site of a Native American settlement known