Imperial sentences and market notes from a London hoard
The report details officers to be cashiered or imprisoned with fines tied to rank following a process led by General Suckau for Belgrade. It notes Dexar’s fate and rumors of royal grace via Luckau, plus widespread pity for Doxar after forty years of service. Market quotes list South Sea stock and bonds, bank issues, and various government loans and tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suckau
Belgrade
Charg’d M. Luckau
Dexar
Tuscany
Doxar
Niffa
South Sea
New South Sea
India
Royal Exchange
London
Dicca
Mine Adventure
Ditto
Ditco
To be LETT or SOLD in London Fields Hackney
A handsome large house inLondon Fields Hackney offers ten rooms on a first floor with marble chimney pieces paintings coach houses stables with lodgings above, all in good repair and well supplied with water and gardens. Enquire of Mr Cremer upholster at the Crown and Cushion Warling Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London-Fields
Hackney
Cremer
Warling-street
Household Goods Sold by Hand From Fulham Estate
The household effects of Daniel Fulham esq deceased at his dwelling in Charles Street near St James’s Square St James’s will be sold daily until exhausted The sale includes Worsted Damark beds and bedding glass sconces in carved gilt frames mahogany and walnut chest of drawers desks bookcases writing tables breakfast tables compass chairs with damask and Spanish leather seats pictures china linen brass and kitchen furniture The house will be cleared by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Fulham
Deceas
Charles Street
St. James’s Square
A Milton Latin to English Translation and Britannia Poem
A 17th century pamphlet, published by A Millar in the Strand, presents John Milton's Latin An English Manifesto translated into English with a poem Britannia by Mr. Thomson. It argues for the Commonwealth against Spanish depredations and includes a Latin to English rendition first printed in 1645.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth of England
Scotland
Ireland
John Milton
Britannia
Mr. Thomson
A. Millar
St. Clement’s Church
Strand
A Short History of a Ten Years Negociation
A brief notice announces a pamphlet titled A Short History of a Ten Years Negociation between a Prime Minister and a Private Gentleman. It includes biblical and Latin references and states the book will be sold by T Cooper at the Globe and J Millan near Charing Cross, with an upcoming Letter to the Society of Booksellers on judging manuscripts and promoting learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buas
Stanhope
S. Clarke
Hancock
Whitton
Turner
Butler
Woodwar Beneral
D. Midwinter
W. Parker
T. Astley
S. Austen
St. Paul's Churchyard
A. Beecesworth
C. Birch
C. Davis
Pater-noster-Row
W. Innys
R. Manby
David
T. Cooper
Globe
J. Millan
Charing-Cross. Co
N. B
Society of Booksellers
Society For Promoting of Learning
Books for sale at Millan's near Admiralty Office Charing Cross
An old papercut advertisement lists many volumes and copper plate works offered by J Millan opposite the Admiralty Office at Charing Cross. It highlights Palladio designs by Ware, editions of Letters from a Gentleman, a French grammar, political geometry tract, and a design for Westminster Bridge with savings quoted. A sale of thousands of books continues this month with exchange options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Millan
Admiralty Office
Charing-Cross
Inigo Jones
Ware
Fourdrinier
Palladio
Kantell
N. B
Pallaios
England
Ispahan
J. &. Tandon
Cadiere
Girard
Westminster Bridge
Care For the Scurvy Thymical Drops at Two Blue Posts
An advert touts Thymical Drops as a universal cure for the scurvy and related ailments. It claims rapid relief in three days, purifying the blood and curing bodily ills from eruptions to digestive woes. Sold only at the Gentlewoman's, Two Blue Posts, Raydon yard, for 2s 6d a bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raydonyard
Subscriptions for Cave Historia Literaria at Oxford
An early eighteenth century notice invites subscriptions for the compleat edition of Cave Historia Literaria now in press at Oxford. It lists official agents, payment terms, and limits on large copies, urging patrons to join by sending names and first payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Dedd
Temple Bar
Historia Literaria
Mr. Strahan
Cornhill
Innys
Manby
St. Paul's Church-yard
Wood
Pater-noster-Row
Whitton
Fleet-treet
Temple-Bar
Vaillane
Strand
Oxford
Cambridge
Bath
Bockfeller
Eton
The Most Wonderful Drops for Various Weaknesses
An antique advertisement touts cleansing and strengthening drops for seminal and genito-urinary issues, claiming cures for back and kidney pains, gravel, and urinary stoppage. It cites dramatic patient recoveries, notes a price of 3s 6d per bottle, and states sale through Mrs West’s Old Fairy shop and Johnson at Seven Scars Vere Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iit
Katchitte
DoGor
West
Goldsmith
Johnson
Vere-street
Clare-marker
Tinctura Mirifica cures Stone and Gravel and more
An old advertises a tincture claiming to cure kidney stones gravel and urinary troubles. It promises instant relief from pain in the kidneys and bladder, dissolves large stones, and restores urinary flow with a single dose. Sold at a London shop for sixpence a bottle with directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radford
Rose
St. Clement’s Churchyard
Strand
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London Bridge
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Kidder
William BP
Harris
Bradfore
Derham
Thbot BP
Long
J. Clark
Gordon
Burnet
Berriman
DEXEL
J. Peete
J. Osborn
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