Fragmented 18th Century News Briefs From London and Georgia
Reports of a woman falling into a well near Bloomsbury Market and a cargo boat disaster at Westminster, plus a Bennet Street fire in Surrey. From Frederica Georgia, General Oglethorpe details fortifications, Spanish ships, ambuscades, and troop movements near the town, with updates on prisoners, scalps, and a missing Highlander. Theatre notices from Drury Lane and Covent Garden close this fragment.
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Swinton
Bloomsbury Market
Kingston
St. Mary’s Lock
London-Bridge
Westminsterridge
Billingigue
Mr. Bawcock
Bennet
Ozlethorpe
Frederica
Georgia
Highland Company
John Milledge
Darien
Savannah
Hugh Mackay
Maxwell
de Camps
Sutherland
Stewart
Financial quotes from South Sea and related securities
Market notes show South Sea stock at 112 1/2, South Sea Annuities at 113 7/8, New South Sea Annuities at 214 1/2 to 5, Bank 142 Sths, Bank Subscription 4 4 Bths per Cent, Bank Circulation 31.1s, India securities including Three per Cent Annuities, Milton Bank and Royal Exchange Assurance at 84, India Bonds at 4], sale tallies at 23 qrs per Cent prem, Seven per Cent Emperor's Loan at vhalf, Five per Cent ditto 78 3 qrs, Three and a half per Cent Exchequer Orders 41 qr Prem, Three per Cent ditto 2 per Cent Discount.
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South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
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Charles Harvey
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New Law Dictionary
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Globe
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Sweden
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