Extraordinary political and social snippets from 1788 news
The excerpt recalls parliamentary shifts with Lordship resignations, a Guildford electoral note, and customs revenue for London. It reports shipwrecks near Dublin, a Cumberland comedy reading mishap, a Turkish village tale, and Irish lottery protests. Also noted are defences against fraudsters, charity acts, and early U.S. law on convict transport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surrey
Guildford
William Roffel
London
Dublin
Ebenezer
Arundel
L. Wellbey
Wellbey
St. Abe’s
Joan Gahan
Caslle Townsend
Lord Romney
Cumberland
Palmer
America
Algiers
Mahometanifm, &c
Sranger
Friendsip
Ireland
Welton
Bishopsgate
Falls, &c
Philadelphia
Congress
United States
Assembly of Conneticut
Thames
Bridge
Fairs by the river amid frost and crowd chaos
A January scene at the river fair ends in confusion as the crowd surges toward the shore. Watermen remove boards to prevent disaster while some hats and handkerchiefs are lost in the stampede. Nearby Jersey endures a harsher winter with frost and snow on the coast. A noted yeast recipe, using boiled potatoes and sugar, promises simple home fermentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athaw
Tower-hill
Jersey
St. Maloc’s
P. S
Donne
VA Commercial
Naval
Militar Mathematical
St. Michael’s Charch
BrisTol
Almondary
B. Donne
Juir
Analemma
Exonter General Quarter Sessions Reflect on King’s Health
Exeter January 15 report from the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace at the Castle. Chairman Thomas Taylor urged jurors to lament the King’s unhappy illness, pray for his restoration, and commend ministers for guiding the nation to its present greatness and constitutional integrity. Also listed are various financial securities and Dublin exchange rates, including Bank Stock and Consols in the positions dated 173, with related annuity prices and lottery tick details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exeter
Thomas Taylor
Denbury
Europe
Ricut
Arrivals and deaths in Bath and beyond
Bristol January 17 arrivals include Lord Archibald Hamilton Sir Frederick Eden and many others at Bath. Several ships report arrivals from Cork New York Oporto Bilboa and Cadiz with cargoes and passengers. Marriages births and deaths noted. notable obituaries include Rev. Edward Thomas and Sir Charles Barrow. A Gloucester race for the Barrow seat and local charity bequests are mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Bath
Lord Archibald Hamilton
Frederick Eden
Richard George Meredyth
Henry Mainwaring
John Caldwell
Tucker
Haynes
Lewiston
Hewitt
Webster
Elton
Percival
Babington
Dalby
Pigot
Orange
Thomas
Wingrove
Buller
Grace
Collins
Gilbert
Reedwell
Africa
Grenada
Leghorn
Diligence
Brook
Barcelona
Newfoundlan
Levant
Welsh
Cadiz
Plymouth
Hopes
Bruce
Virginia
Brio
Exterep Out
Wasp
Hutcheson
Jamaica
Susanna
James
Limerick
Galway
Deane
Reid
Barbadoes
Gareda
Bilboa
Satlep
Sprigg
Waterford
Hanley
St. Ives
Sophia
Richard
Happy
Lonsdale
Liverpool
Sheodosia
Franklyn
Carmarthen
Linden
Maryland
Bermudas
Joanna
Welth
Newfoundland
Cork
Witham
Minden
Milford
Ross
Herefordshire
Richard Bayley
Mary Roberts
Bayley
Brecon
Allen
Littleton
Middlesex
Miss Davies
St. James’s Church
Brittan
Miss Standfall
Standfasl
St. James’s Churchyard
St. Augustine’s Church
John Tyndale
Lincoln's Inn
Farell
Joseph Farell
Wm. Thomas
Sarah Grindon
Glover
Inftant
Tetbury
Ann Wight
Bryngwyn
Monmouth
Walter Jones
Jones
Pirfill
Highgrove
Charles Barrow
City of
Glocester
Charles
Thomas Crawley Beevey
Flaxley Abbey
Glocestershire
Elizabeth Brian
Ormond
Peter-street
Walters
King-freet
Baldwin Street
Kelton
Redcliff-street
Ball
Redcliff-Hill
Howard
Duke of Norfolk
Wells
Regretful Ledger and Trials From The Guildhall 1788
The document records charitable subscriptions led by the Bishop, Dean, and clergy with Masonry support, and raises wages for the parish poor. It also lists prisoners tried at the General Quarter Sessions with sentences pending, acquittals, and thanksgivings to benefactors. American news notes Massachusetts relief proposals, Philadelphia linen sales, New York and Savannah meteorology and a catastrophic Martinique hurricane with nine hundred dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tudway
Freemasons’ Lodge
Wm. Webb
Wm. Baker
Matthew Harris
John Peters
Alexander Anderson
James M’ginnis
Tho Murphy
John Bendall
John Glass
Mary Hull
George Saunders
Newgate
Easterbrook
New-York Independent Journal
Charleston
Senate
Republic
Philadelphia
New England
New York
Necembria
Savanna-la-Mer
Caifoolm
Deborah
Inghem
New London
Turks Island
Sally
Path
Martinico
Panth
Grenada
St. Lucia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Country News
Dublin Exchange
Theatre-Royal
Windsor
Shakespeare
John Falstaff
Bliffett
Page
Bates
Doctor Caius
Murray
Justice Shallow
Fox
Slender
Ward
Hugh Evans
Battmore
Fenton
Wordsworth
the Garter
Rowbotham
Ancient Pistol
Bloomfield
Simple Mr
Egan
Jack Rugby
Bygrove
Mr. Henderson
Hamlet
Lamah
Jeffamy
Hull
Friar Lawrence
Wroughton
Romeo
Bensley
Pierre
Lee Lewis
Banister
Mr. Foote
Devil
Waldron
Abram
Mr. Banister
Sear
Tug
Waterman
Crotchet
St. Stephen's Chapel
Brynstow FE Cr
Harlequin Mariner
Brooks
French
Harlequin
Neptune
Pantaloon
Durragan
Roa Defarmato
Macarino
Bloomheld
Scaramoudh
Taylor
Rothbotham
Avon
Incledon
Waterhouse
Eastmore
Miss Harley
Sharrock
Frome
Cleland
Colombine Mills
Mr. Walker
Locester
Rif
Bell Long-Room
John Pitt
White-Hart-Inn
Broad-Street
Friends of the Freedom
White Hart Inn
Broad Street
Friends of
Friends of Liberty
Mar D Ristror
Fohn Webb
Pope’s Head and Pelican
Thomas Street
John Hare
Anoxewes
Cabinetemaker Baldwin-Street
John Fargus
Houshold
Champion
Stapleton-Bridge
Pembroke
Pier
Wolfe
St. Philip and Jacob
Gloucester
Nathaniel James
Redcliff Street
Thomas Mince
Williams’s Academy
Bristol Theatre
Ames Cassin
Bank of England
N. B
Portland House
Armitreds
Jan
Bleft
Sre
Miles
She
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