Pope elevates new cardinals amid Savoy diplomacy
Dispatches report a papal consistorium at the Quirinal with Cardinals Grimaldi and Aldobrandini, and a flurry of diplomacy involving Savoy France and Portugal. News from Florence, Genoa, and Amsterdam covers ministerial moves, military movements, and rising tensions in Corsica and Italy.
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Quirinal
Grimaldi
Aldobrandini
Sacred College
Chevalier Dé St. George
Cardinal Banchieri
Savoy
Cardinal de Polignac
France
Holy See
Turin
Signor
Bichi
Portugal
Corcia
Florence
M. Colman
Parma
Leghorn
M. Cocchi
Mafia Carafa
Milan
Moton
Genoa
Bastia
Caprara
Gorgona
Vela
Battia
St. Pierre d’ Arene
Corsica
Leeborn
Naples
Republick
Novion
Dresden
Schaub
Perlin
Bareith
Anspach
de Meinungen
Count de Leuwol
John Moore Worm Medicines Advertisement Letter 1731
A 1731 letter from Ripon to apothecary John Moore recounts a three yard long worm cured by his medicines. It lists distributors in London and across England, cautions against counterfeit powders, and notes Byfield’s Sal Volatile Oleoium sold at six pence per ounce. The bearer brings payment and praise for the worm remedies.
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John Moore
Laurence-Pountneys-Lane
Cannon-street
London
Ripon
Fune
Joan Mount Ton
Yorkshire
N. B
Leader
Hungerford- Market
James Abree
William Aylert
Canterbury
Benjamin Smithurst
Plymouth
Peer Brown
S. Thomas’s Street
Bristol
Inngland
Byfield
Fireworks in Chelsea and London amid August jubilee rites
London hosts August 1 anniversary rejoicings for King George with a notable firework display at the College Green Chel sea and on the river by a Gibraltar escort. Treasury vacancies discussed at the Cockpit Whitehall. Palmer of St Bartholomew's Hospital gravely ill. Robberies terrify city. a masked highwayman threats with pistol in Copenhagen Fields and Mincing Lane. Dr Bernard Lynch and companion robbed near Stanmore. a chimney stack collapses at the Mermaid Inn Great Carter Lane.
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London
George
College-Gur
Chelsea
Gibraltar
Board of Treasury
Cockpit
Whitehall
Palmer
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Worf
Wor
Highgate
Copenhagen House
Fleming
Fenchurchftreet
Mincing Lane
Bernard Lynch
Stanmore
Harrow
Mermaid Inn
Great Carter Lane
Fire and accident report amid August city notices and plays
A fire at Allebury House in St John’s Square damaged much of the building while a man was lightly bruised by bricks. An accident caused by a neglected chimney undermined walling is noted. The page lists theatre bills, lotteries, stock prices, and notices for York Building Annuities and upcoming performances at Drury Lane and Tottenham Court.
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Allebury House
St. John’s Square
Clerkenweff
York Building
Fleece Tavern
Cornhill
Playhouse
N. B
George Barnwell
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Weenespat
Hethce
Vienna
Count de Schulemberg
Amsterdam
Cadiz
New Spain
Count de Clavijo
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St. Vincent and
St. Mary
Deal
Morris
St. Lucar
Lily
Townshend
Malaga
Nut
Theatre Royal
Drury
Lane
Blandford
Yiverton
Chamber of London
South Sea
Bank
India
Royal Exchange Aesset
London Assurance
York
Welet
His Majesty’s Company of
Drury Lane
Goodman's Fields
Theatres Royal
Tottenham Court
Achmet
Selma
Amarath
Mr. Huddy
Hulett
Selima
Spiller
Zara
Thomas
Penkechman
Brains
Collet
Excell
John Harforrd
North
King-street
Guildhall
Great Brita
J: & Post
Kent Street
Lee
Black Heath
Keat
Daniel Jamineag
Jamine U
Cannon-stree
Lawerence-Pountney
s-Lane
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