What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Tontine Hotel, 1808. French prisoners may have helped to build the Georgian hotel which was financed on the 'Tontine' principle. Recorded plaque organisation: Peebles Town Council.
The Tontine Hotel, built in 1808, is significant for its construction possibly involving French prisoners of war and its financing through a collective investment scheme known as the 'Tontine' principle.
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