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Newspaper
Bristol Journal
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 20, 1787
Page
4
The writer outlines motives for retirement from busy life to a calmer country near a bustling port. He explains family duties, care for aging relatives, and preserving his daughters’ innocence, while staying connected to commerce and shipyards. He invites Mr. Crier to visit the retreat and shares plans for shared leisure with children.
An 1787 newspaper notice promotes Andersons folio edition of Captain Cook voyages, with copper plate engravings, maps, and portraits. It outlines four voyages, include ships Endeavour Resolution Discovery and details, price sixpence per number, eighty numbers, and a bound volume option priced 21. 68.
The Council at Bramstot on 6 September 1787 approves rules for hackney coach stands and fares in the city. Stand allocations fix number of coaches and ruling that empty stands require moving. Coaches must drive to the nearest stand with their last fare. offenses incur five shillings. Fares within the city are one shilling. out of the city one and a half shillings for first mile and a quarter, then higher charges with time-based rates. Disputes to be settled by the Mayor or Aldermen at the Council-House on set days.
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