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Election News and Local Incidents in Southwark and London
Reports from Southwark detail a local election at St Mary Overy with Kinder winning 319 to Horton 280, amid broad decorum. Also noted are drownings near Old Change, shipping incidents, a Newgate theft case, Indigo from Dunkirk and rum from Jamaica, and charity sermons at St Bride's.
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Southwark
Duncomb Backwell
Northampton
Henry Laffels
York
China
Kinder
Hotton
Sexton
St. Mary Overy’s
Ballard
Horton
Smith
Robert Pocock
Newgate
Col. de Veil
James’ Maccartney
Dunkirk
Jamaica
New England
New-York
Pensylvania
St. Bride’s
God
St. Asaph
Thomas
Peterborough
London
Vintners Hall
Humphry Parsons
Joan Barnard
Robert Gopseiser
Knut
George
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
James Dejovas
Cheapside
Aerman Boerhaave
W. Innys
St Paul’s
R. Manby
Ludgate- Hill
Baily
Thomas Fuller
M.D
Eward
Prince of Wales
Stowe
Walter
Daphnis
Chloe
Milton
Oliver Cromwell
Lucan
R. Dodsley
Tully’s Head
Pall-Mall
T. Cooper
Globe
Pater-Noster-Row