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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1739
Page
2
Fragmentary listing mentions a house on Philpott Lane near Brabant Court with three rooms, a floor space nearly filled, and a very good vault.
In Southwark on Sept 20 1739 a countryman offered a set of fine Holland shirts and others not as fine and a pattern shirt marked Dear Siffer Sc with directions to have them made against her master. A note signed Elizabeth Scack or Huck appeared on a shirt. The seller was held on suspicion of felony at Surrey County Gaol after word reached Sir John Lade’s.
This Day 1 item notes a pamphlet by the Author of the Letter to Sir G- about the Liverymen of London and their Common-Hall actions on the 2d Instant. It includes cautions for future conduct and a city address to the Common Council, with a Virgilius reference and notices of related pamphlets and translations.
This fragment advertises Matthew Prior's miscellaneous works in two volumes, priced at 128. It notes frontispieces and dedication to the Duke of Dorset and the Earl of Oxford, with manuscripts revised and copied for the press by Adrian Drift. The excerpt finishes with a sentiment about preferring to be a good Englishman over being the best poet or scholar.
A 1718 to 1720 voyage narrative under Sir George Byne later Viscount Torrington, detailing secret motives behind actions as Admiral and commander in chief. Compiled from Sir Georges manuscripts and other papers. printed in Fleet Street and sold by booksellers.
A bundled catalog style notice detailing the Second Epitroy with an Appendix on Persian histories from Father Krusinski translated by Father Du Cerceau, plus other works: Memoirs of Count De Forsin, Tully's Offices, Caius Vélletis Baterculus, and Locke’s Essay abridged. List includes pricing, editions, and publication details.
Proceedings of the Court of Hustings and Dominion-Hail of the Liverymen of the City of London recount speeches from the late Lord Mayor election. Includes remarks by Micajah Perry, Alderman Heathcote, and Mr. Glover on important subjects. A supplemental speech discusses an affair of city honour. Printed for GC Corbett at Addison's Head Fleet Street.
An ad claims a transcenaanc Baxsamien Resrrictive ELECTVA Ry cures stubborn gleets and seminal weaknesses in a few days. It promises restoration of back, urinary, and seminal vessels, with one pot sufficient in most cases. Sold at Mr Radford's Toythop in the Rose and Crown, Strand.
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