Widows of Royal Navy Officers To Receive Pensions At Pay Office
Pay Office in Broad Street issues notice that widows of Royal Navy officers are to receive pensions and bounty dating to August 31 1738. Schedule lists dates: Captains Lieutenants and Adjutants widows October 16, Boatswain and Gunner widows October 17, Carpenters Pursers Surgeons widows October 12, between 10 and noon, then weekly Tuesdays. London and Paris area widows must attend or send a certificate via their parish minister or churchwardens.
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Royal Navy
Otober
London
Paris
Ziey
South Sea Company to Sell Cocoa Nuts in October
South-Sea London notices the Court of Direct Fors will expose to sale 1674 serous bags and casks of Caracao Cocoa Nuts imported by the ship Tryton from the Carraceas. Sale to occur at Threadneedle Street on October 12 at nine o clock in the forenoon. The company will not sell any more coconut nuts until June next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South-Sea
London
South-Sea Company
Threadneedle-street
Otober
Tryton
Fune
Bath: A Very good Coach Performs With Four Horses
A notice from Bath states a coach driven by John Tea will start Thursday or Friday morning from the Red Lion and Coach and Horses in Holborn. The coach is described as very good and drawn by four able horses.
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Bath
Red Lion
Holbourn
John Tea
Sale by Candle at Exchange Alley for 144 Bales Coffee
Auction notice stating on Tuesday October 3 at four o clock in the afternoon a sale by Samuel Torin sworn broker of 144 bales of coffee pr Britanmua in the East India warehouse plus teas and Jamaica coffee. The sale is adjourned from September 28 due to a Customhouse sale on the 28th.
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al Garraway
Exchange- Alley
Otober
India
Montagu
Jamaica
Norice
Samuel Torin
N.B
Uftanc
This Day is publise'd and bound volumes advertised
A colonial-era catalog excerpt listing multiple works and prices. Includes a poetical paraphrase of Epictetus by Ellis Walker Af. 4 as well as titles such as The Honour of the Goat by Purland Merisaurus and Ways and Means can raise the Value of Land by W Allen Esquire. Mentions Earl of Peterborough in Spain and the Campaign of Valencia with original papers. Third edition priced at 1s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epictetus
Ellis Walker
Rexton
Dr. Stan
Purlanpder Misaurus
W. Allen
Earl of Peterborough
Spain
Barcelona
Valencia
Joan Fateno
Modern Theory and Practice of Physick Second Edition
This Day is publish’d Denglang printed in Cave five shillings The second edition with additions explains antecedent causes of diseases rise of common symptoms true methods of cure according to Nature and Animal Economy Also a chemical analysis of urine and a surgical blood examination in every stage of each disorder where blood drawn.
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Cave
Brown Langrish
College of Physicians
FR. S
Mel
Betterworth and Hitch
David Hamilton
Sale of French wines from 1724 vintage in Old Fish Street
A proprietor announces the private sale of imported French wines from 1724 kept eighten months on the scantlings. Items include URGUNDY Beaune growth at 30 per dozen, Hermitace and Pontiac Claret, all sealed and candle-bright, with tastings available by pro rata, notes on duties and authenticity address public concerns about contraband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowe
France
London
Dr. Kinc
Old Fish Street
Second Edition of Hatton Arithmetic in All Parts
This listing promotes a revised and expansive arithmetic treatise by Edward Hatton. It details algebraic simplifications, numerous tables for logarithms and interest calculations, and new methods for valuing money, with extensive definitions and an added appendix on measurements of solids. The work is printed for G Strahan in Cornhill.
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Edward Hatton
Geur
Princed
G. Strahan
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Book list advertising notable works and pirates tales
A catalog of 18th century publications including Robinson Crusoe and Don Quixote editions, The Posthumous Works of William Wicherley, and A General History of the Pirates with a life of two female pirates. Describes formats, pricing, and editions, reflecting period curiosity and seafaring adventures.
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Don Quixote de la Mancha
Wiliam Wicherley, Esq
Pyrates
Island of
Providence
This Day is public in two volumes in octavo
A catalogue listing varied works including Pinel and Miscellaneous Traits, Gulliver's Travels author, with Dublin printing and London reprint details. It advertises Miscellanies in Prose and Verse, Hibernian Patriot letters, Bishop Atterbury sermons, and other items. It notes volumes, formats, and publishers, plus a memoir of the late Marshal de Fouquieres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinel
Gulliver
Dublin
London
C. Davis
Warwick-lane
Dhapter
Weavle
Ireland
Bishop Atcerbury
Royal Society
John Houghton
F. R.S
Marquess Dé Fouquieres
Europe
Transcendant Balm for Gleets and Seminal Weaknesses
Ale judicious physicians claim stubborn gleets and seminal weaknesses are hard to cure and dangerous. A transcendent balsamic restorative elixir promises rapid, safe relief, strengthening back, kidneys, and urinary vessels in days, sold at the Rose and Crown in the Strand for 65s 2d per pot.
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Strand
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Robinson Crusoe
York
Mariner
America
Oroonoque
I. Woodward
Fleertreer
Otto Hh
RS. Stephens
Devereux-Gourt
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