Rome and Versailles News From Old World Letters
Rome reports orders to exile clergy from the Spanish Church of St James and notes the Nunciature reopening in Madrid. British and Portuguese tensions rise in America as Lord Galway, FitzGerald and Keene are cited. Ripperda’s death is confirmed. In Versailles the King mourns for Britain’s Queen, while nobles gain ranks and offices. News from Luneville warns of Worms in fruit affecting illness, and a noisy flute invention amazes observers. The Pope promotes six Cardinals, and other European moves include Amelot’s survivorship and the Duke of Roquelaure’s rise. Obits announce the Dowager Countess of Bradford and a West End fire insurance notice. Local items list trials for small liquor sales, church rebuilding, and several deaths and crimes. Commodity imports and exports appear, along with financial market notes and a fire insurance call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valenti Gonzaga
Bayon
Buen Retiro
America
Thomas Fitzgerald
London
Sebastiano de la Quadra
Benjamin Keene
Great Britain
Duke de Ripperda
Cadiz
Africa
Versailles
Fan
Princesses of
Duke of
Modena
Duke d’Estrees
France
Spain
Paris
Rome
Petro
Vienne
Dauphine
Lifton
Portugal
Port News Ships Sail for Jamaica Lisbon and Faro
Deal December 28 reports the Princess Anne Wright sails for Offend and the Mary Birwick for Jamaica while the Lifton Galley Blackalore heads to Lisbon and the Endeavour Bradford to Faro and the Mary and Betty Partis for Liverpool with a northeast wind.
Statue of a Man Shown at Hotel of Longueville
In London a letter from Paris notes that during the month a statue representing a man will be exhibited at the Hotel of Longueville, reflecting a notable cultural event and Parisian influence on current artistic display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Paris
Longueville
High Water at London Bridge
London Bridge records report high water levels reaching critical marks in the afternoon with the river surface showing notable rise documented by observers. Local authorities monitor the event as tides and flow respond to conditions along the Thames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
Mourning Goods Offered at Great Wheat Sheaf
Mr Tuomas Hincoulrr of Mercer advertises a large quantity of mourning items for sale at the Great Wheat-Sheaf on Ludgate Hill. He claims to price them as cheap as at any other time and urges customers to purchase for the present occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuomas Hincoulrr
Ludgate-Hill
Complete Body of Chirurgegy and Surgical Instruments Preview
A translated medical treatise promises to present a full body of chirurgical knowledge. It covers gate of wounds, new instruments, precautions in operations and bandages, illustrated by copper plates, from Laurentius Heister. Published by J. Clarke at the Royal Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurentius Heister
Royal and
Ducal
Julian University of Helmstad
Imperial and Royal Prufsian Society
Tae Wer
J. Clarke
Royal Exchange
Journey in familiar letters to Great Britain and Scotland volume
A late 18th century advertisement for two volumes of travel letters by Joan Macky Esq. detailing journeys by land across many English counties and a companion volume of letters from Scotland. It notes printing by Fetcer Lane and Gosling, price five shillings, with the two volumes completing Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Macky
England
Norfolk
Suffolk
Hillex
Kent
Sussex
Surrey
Berkshire
Middlesex
Landon
Buckinghamshire
Bedfordshire
Hertfordshire
Ham
Wiltshire
Dorsershire
Devonshire
Oxfordshire
Worcestershire
Gloucestershire
Somersershire
Shropshire
Cheshire
Lancashire
Staffordshire
Derbyshire
Leicestershire
Rutland
Huntingdon
Nottinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Yorkshire
Durham
Northumberland
Cumberland
Wales
Cornygall
Isle of Man
Fetcer-Lane
R. Gosling
Fleet-streee
Scotland
Great Britain
The English Malady and Vital Health Treatises
This eighteenth century catalog lists treatises on nervous disorders and chronic distempers. It references works arguing medical theory, natural philosophy, and religious refelctions. Published by George Strahan at the Golden Ball near the Royal Exchange in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jar
George Strahan
Royal Exchange
Corhbill
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Inquisition
M. Amelot
Ports
Relais
Cardinal de Fleury
Marquess d’Antin
West
Thomas Robinson
Vienna
Turin
Earl of Essex
Fe’nnight
Weston
Stafford
Mary
Bradford
Richard Newport
Earl of Bradford
Viscount Newport
Baron Newport
High Ercal
Montgomery
George the First
Thomas Wilbraham
Woodhe
Chester
Barr
Earl of
Salop
Countess of
Montrath
Engier
St. Thomas's
Excise
St. Olave’s Church
Southwark
Boothstreet
Spittlefields
Meffman
Great Queenstreet
Eaton
Mr.Eaton
Newgate
Lambert
Smithfield
Fleet-street
Anne Dunn
Justice de Veil
Sarah Fox
West. Indies
South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance
Ditco
Falliex
Ditto
Adventuré
Peror
Jonia
Grmeege
Oyal
Januery
Len
Craf
Charing-Cross
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