Mail from France brings dispatches for Grand Duke Tulany
March 14 Florence reports a courier from Vienna passed through the city en route to Leghorn with dispatches for the Grand Duke of Tuscany. It is said he will remain in the duchy for two to three months to settle affairs requiring his presence before a German tour, while the Great Duchess is expected to stay. An edit recently reduced Mounts of Piety funds interest from three and a half to three percent, with withdrawals allowed for those dissatisfied.
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Vienna
London
Paris
A-la- Main
Genoa
Corsica
Bastia
Biguglia
D. Taglorino
Calvi
Monte Maggiore
Balogna
Pino
Aleiprato
Lake Ornano
Mei
Castineta
France
Port News Report From March 28 Harbor Details
Joy Deal notes ships sailing for Gibraltar Lisbon and Falmouth from Port News. The Swedish Ship remains, the Fly sloop remains, and the Success arrives from St Valery. Wind east-northeast, Gravesend reports passing Mary from Hamburg.
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Port News
J Oy Deal
Burchley
Gibraltar
Comby
Lisbon
Cornwall
Skinner
Falmouth
Providence
Sloper
Portmouth
Groves
Pearson
Oporto
Arriv
Sympson
St. Valery
Ambiguous note on Alderman meeting and votes
Fragmentary OCR notes show an Aldermanic session with names blurred and a question about Roe and a Quettior. The readable text references Sir Edwas Sirohn Thompsee and an Aldermanic division, but details and outcomes remain unclear due to transcription errors.
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Edwas
Sirohn Thompsee
Tome i
Lamberr
Neftic Ees
Broad Street Death and Local Court Dismisses Information
The narrative covers a Broad Street death of a wealthy builder Browne, a trial before Commissioners of Excise over alleged decrease of fallow stock, and officers reprimanded for lax duty. Other items include lace seized from an Ostend trader, Turpin confession, a robbery on Addle Hill, a Kington Affixes ejectment case, and various imports and financial notices with London and international references.
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Broad-Street
Browne
Sbuylding
Broad Street
Brovdwick
York
Palmer
Turpin
London
Gounsel
Murray
Wyon
Lacey
Smith
Marth
Robinson
Stracey
Philip Bearcroft
Charterhouse
Society For
Humphries
Deceas
London Meeting Plans For Ground at Stocks Market
Fragmentary notice from London dated March 30 1739 notes mayors intend to meet at the Han Friday night the 6th to receive proposals for piling and planting the ground at the late Stocks Market. The house to be built per particulars at the Town Clerk's Office Guildhall.
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Ondon
Comiina
Awbergia
Guildhall
Chariot Door With Glass Seeks Owner in Bishopsgate Street
On Tuesday a chariot door with a glass was found near the Pump in Bishopsgate street and may be claimed by the owner through Mr. Jacob Lee, surgeon, in the same parish.
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Bishopsgate-street
Jacob Lee
Mechanical Musical Machine at Clay's House for Sale
An advertisement touts a luxury musical piece described as a mathematical clock with wheels able to play tunes in a minute. Ten shares cost a guinea, granting access to view and hear two pieces at Jane Way's Coffee House in Cornhill. The device, frontispiece, and cafe are richly adorned in silver and gilt brass.
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Barsey
Clay
Strand
Dorh
Roca
Janeway
Cornhill
Second Letter on Dr Cave's Historia Literaria Printing
Publication notice describes a second letter about the competent edition of Dr Cave's Historia Literaria printed at Oxford. It cites letters between Dr Cave and scholarly correspondents, notes the impression and occasion, and lists sale details from J Roberts Warwick Lane with prices.
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Dr. Cave
Historia Literaria
Oxon
Cave
J. Roberts
Warwick Lane
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LEE and Company, Brandy-Merchants
Jamaica
Dov Mannena
Cusuen
Flamsteed
Edmund Halley
Cushee
William Wyeth
Lord
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Thomas Wright
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Fleet-Street
Jonathan Siffon
Prince of Wales
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Chancery-Lane
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