Mail Robbery Report From West Country Road Roadside
General Post Office announces a post boy robbery on the road between Haselborough and East Chinnock near Broadbridge on the night of April 28. The thief seized the mail bags including routes to Plymouth Bodmin Camelford and Exeter. A two hundred pound reward is offered for the robber or any accomplice who helps convict or reveal the suspect, with royal pardon for the accomplice upon discovery. The description notes a small, well-built man in a dark grey coat, white waistcoat and wig, with a brown 14 hand mail horse marked by a white star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
West Mail
Haselborough
East Chinnock
Broadbridge
Middle-Chinnock
Plymouth
Bodmin
Camelford
Crewkern
Minehead
Chard
Exeter
Ashburton
Oakhampton
Lyme
Taunton
Tiverton
Launceston
Totness
St. Collombs
Axminister
Minster
Dartmouth
Barnstable
Truro
Wellington
Bridport
Hontton
J.D. Barsutr
For Sale by the Candle at Garraway's Coffee-House
A sale notice from Samuel Torin broker lists goods to be sold by candle at Four o'clock in the afternoon in Exchange-Alley and at company warehouses. Readable items include Jamaica coffee Mocha tea snuff and other goods with viewing from Monday morning at specified warehouses in Thames Street and Budge Row. The sale is scheduled to occur Wednesday the gth instant with items to be viewed until sale time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.garraway
Exchange- Alley
Jamaica
Thames-Street
Samuel Torin
Budge-Row
Afignees
Francis Crusoe
Lynn
Norfolk
Draper
John Mitchellbourn
Lewes
Sussex
Mercer
Marine Coffee
Birchin-Lane
Copthall Court
Throgmorton Street
The Mountain of Miseries Verse Attempted
A fragmentary note from Spectators No. 558 offers a verse satire on human folly and discontent. Printed for Josiah Graham under the Inner-Temple Gate and sold at pamphlet shops, it bears the 6d price and 59 cents branding in the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah Graham
New Pocket Volume Advertises Works by Edward Young
A nineteenth century page promotes multiple titles including Edward Youngs The Universal Passion and His Thoughts on Education. The list notes Ninth and Third Editions, with items from Paraphrase and Notes on Paul to Sir Roger L Estrange Morals and Bishop Hutchinson Witchcraft. Locations include Beecesworth and Hitch at the Red Lion in Paternoster Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Young
A. Beecesworth
C. Hitch
Paternofter-Row
Lock
Dean Stanhope
Sir Roger L’estrange
Seneca
Cyrus
Sarum
Ottavo
Hutchinon
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Cuffee
Ala
LE Aventures de Telemaque Fils d'Ulysse
Fey Meffire
Francois de Salignac de la Motte Fenelon
Precepteur de Meffeigneurs Les Enfans de France
Depuis Archeveque
Duc de Cambrai
Prince du Faine Empire
Fap
Christian
Govert Caffau
Bremen
Prince of Waldeck
Pyrmont
Duke of Richmond
John Cranwell
Rotterdam
Thomas Davis
the Prince of Wales
Sc. Alban-Street
Pall-Mall
James Hodges
London-Bridge
John James
Horace
Royal Exchange
John Carter
Sc. Bridget
St. Bride
Aéiemiz Oxoniensis
Joanne Keill
M. Ds
Aftronomiz
Saviliano
R.S. S. Oe
Tenctamiria Medico-Physica
Tacitus
Julius Cesar
Augustus
Thomas Gordon
J. Peele
Locke’s Head
Independent Whig
Cato
Medd
Melgun Ours
J. Pemberton
St. Dunstan’s
Fleet-street
Martin Bryson
Newcastle
Herman Boernaave
University of Leyden
TimoTay
Dallow8
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