Watchmen Tells of Tragedy and Fire in 18th Century News
A watchman helped a man to his box by the waterside but found him dead on return with a large contusion on the left head, coroner's verdict accidental death. A strong fire at Edward Mainwaring's in Whitmore, Staffordshire, destroyed out-houses and stables, with servants narrowly escaping. The text lists colonial imports and exports by ship from Cadiz to Virginia, plus bankrupts Edward Heylyn and Robert Rogers, Abraham Arnold, Edward Grevile. High water at London Bridge noted at 3:29 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Mainwaring
Ely
Whitmore
Staffordshire
Cadiz
Haiburgh
Peverfourgs
Stockholm
Holland
Ireland
Carolina
Virginia
Spain
New England
Jamaica
Edward Heylyn
Robert Rogers
Bristol
Merchants and Partners
Abraham Arnold
Battle Bridge
Southwark
Surrey
Lightermman and Chayman
Edward Grevile
Saturday South Sea Stock Prices and Notes
The item lists mixed South Sea stock prices and financial notes for opening trades. Entries include South Sea Annuities, New South Sea Annuities, bank circulations, premiums on India, various Per Cent and Exchequer orders, Royal Exchange and African securities, mine shares, Emperor’s loan, and lottery tickets with quoted rates and fractions.
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South Sea Stock Ee
New South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Tes
Inka
Mine Adventure
Eimperor
Ioan
Bath coach and four horses depart Belbourn inn Thursday
A very good coach and four able horses will leave the Red Lion Inn in Belbourn on Thursday next, indicating a regular stage coach run with four horses and a skilled driver ready for departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Red Lion Inn
Belbourn
Seven Adaptional Volumes of The Craftsman Published
This Day are publish’d seven adaptional volumes of The Craftsman printed on the same sizes and with the same letter as the former. They treat chiefly matters of a domestic flick nature with foreign affairs including excises standing armies dependence of Parliament parties ancient and modern constitution church and state bank contract civil list prerogative Cromwell era power. A dedication to the People of England is prefixed and some royal paper copies are issued to complete the set. Printed for R Franklin in Ruffel-street Covent-Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Croms
Sic
England
N.B
R. Francklin
Ruffel-street
Covent-Garden
Pinchbeck the Right Old Shop Advertises Imperial Medals
The notice warns publicurs about impostors near Fleec Street and introduces CHAT MC EDWARD PINCHBECK at the Sign of the Musical Clock. It asserts the shop sells original Imperial Medal Toys and watches made of a claimed true metal, offering 2s 6d per ounce as change after use, and promises repair and musical clockwork services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward ‘A. Pinchbeck
Fleecstreét
Ueware
Pinchbeck
England
Edward Pinchbeck
Edward Winchibeck
This Day 1937 War and Debates in Fine Paper Magazine
A promotional record of a July 1937 issue printed by SyiV ants Ursdn, offering extensive contents from parliamentary debates on Edinburgh Riot Provost Wilson licensing plays to scientific essays on sun parallax and human liberty. Includes letters, historical Dissertations, and lists of deaths and promotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magazies
H.of Lords
Edinburgh
E. of
Cams
Wilson
Facio
Thomipson
Newcastle
Norwich
Orliet
P. Ci
Roc Phaederus
Provost Wilson
Watts
Historical Chronicle
Cave
St. John’s Gate
Law Pocket Compendium Volume Offered by R Gosling
Historical catalog of two volume legal compendiums and manuals for attorneys. Contains forms of pleas in abatement and demurrers, writs in the King’s Bench and Common Pleas, and translations of law proceedings with precedents. Includes uses and trusts law and a treatise on ejectments with tables and select precedents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Bench
Common Pleas
R. Gosling
Fercerlane
Fleerstreet
King’s Bench and
Eyror
Revolutions in Kingdoms and The Maxims of Government
A historical miscellany listing works translated from Italian Octavio Sam marca and others. Includes Discourses on voluntary servitude by La Boetie and The Maxims of Government by Father Paul IV. Also notes on negotiating with sovereign princes and ambassadors. Printed for Geo. Strahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Octavio Sammarca
Baronella Rocca
Evandro
di Camino
Stephen de la Boetie
Bourdeaux
Adam
Mitton
Europe
Italy
Father Paul
Mont. Calleres
Ryswick
Geo. Strahan
Royal Exchange
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London Bridge
S. Neville
Baily
Ludgate
T. Cooper
Globe
Georgce I
N. B
Robert Boyle
Bentley
StanHope
Derham
Ry. Kipper
Remme
Williams
Gastrel
Hares
Bradford
Blackwall
Ibbot
Lena
J. Clarke
Gux Don
Burnet
Berriman
Clarke
Hancock
Whiston
Turner
Burrer
Woonwakr
Gilpert Burnet
Coggerball
Essex
Betterworth and Hirch
Red Lion
Paternofter-Row
Clarkenwell Green
Richard Blackmore
Richard Heer
W—n
Samuel Garth
Dean Swift
John Hughes
Thomson
Chandler
Ralph
Alléw Merhad
Henry Bono
Price
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