Local Offenses and a Busy Trade Day in London 1745
William Tilly was committed to Newgate by Alderman Ewer for stealing a silver coral set from Mr. Joseph Hunt. Susannah Kelly was committed the same day for pocket-picking from Mr. James Otterweil, valued at 15 pounds 1 shilling. The day also noted imports from Gottenburg and Dunkirk and exports to Oporto and Antigua, plus theatre offerings at Drury Lane Covent Garden and Goodman's Fields. High water at London Bridge reported two minutes after 2 PM.
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William Tilly
Newgate
Ewer
Joseph Hunt
Susannah Kelly
James Otterweil
Gottenbourg
Dunkirk
Jamaica
Oporto
Antigua
Dublin
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Rape of Proserpine
Goodman’s Fields
Old Batchelor
Lhe Lying Valet
The Life of Oliver Cromwell Sold by Brotherton at Cornhill
An 18th century advertisement touts the fourth edition of The Life of Oliver Cromwell detailing his civil wars, government, and foreign affairs. It notes additions, a rival life by Jacely, and urges buyers to compare editions at J Brotherton's shop in Cornhill.
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Samuel Wrighs
R. Hell
Church of Christs
Peter
Oliver Cromwell
Commonwealth of England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Spain
Charles the
Bett
J. Brotherton
Cornhill
J. Brothercan
George Gordon
J. T. Defaguliers
Ll.d. F.R.S
Charles Hitch
Red Lyon
Patern
Edward Saul
A.M
William Webster
Virgil
Eresichthon
G. Strahan
Gornhill
Alexander Strahan
Classical authors listed with ancient historians and poets
A fragmentary title lists Plautus Terence Lucretius Catullus and others alongside Herodotus Thucydides Xenophon implying a catalog of classical writers. The sparse OCR suggests an editorial note or reference collection rather than a full article.
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London Bridge
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange Assurance Fg
London Ditto
Enghith
County of
York
George Fox
Boerhaave
University of Leyden
W. Innys
Stephen de la Hoelle
Milton
Biographia Classica
Herodotus
Pindar
Aristopharies
Sophocles
Theocritus
Euripides
Lycophron
Horace
Ovid
Lucan
L. Traves
Diodorus Siculus
Dionysius Halitar Natius
Ramon Hilner
Persius, Juvenal, Martial, Claudian, &c
Ecian
Erodian, Lucian
Titus Livius
Velleius Patercu- Jane
Cornelius
Tacitus
Salustius Julius Cafar
Cicero
Cornelius Nepos
Quintus Curtius
Juflinusy
Daniel Browne
Black Swan
Temple-Bar
Great Britain
Earl of Peterborough
George Carleton
Francis Gosling
Fetter-lane
Fleet-streec
Ofavo
Joan Arcen
F.R.S
William Meadows
Angel In
Archibald PaFoun
Royal Society
Havrs
Amsterdam
London
HaAyes
Westminster
Francis Bacon
S. Bire
Avemaryane
Higgs
Contai Homef
Hesiod
Anacreon
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