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Dray bear attack and tea prices at India House noted
A late session reports a brewer's servant attacked by a black bear while returning from Anvil Heath to Twickenham and a barrel head was used to subdue the animal. Tea sales at the India House are quoted as Bohea 58.5d per pound and Green from 48.6d to 4s 8d. Other items mention a child afflicted by a malevolent spirit in Waltham, and various European intelligence including Polish and Turkish affairs, troop movements, and Dutch harbour concerns.
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Anvil Heath
Twicken Jmn
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India House
Waltham
Sicestershire
Melton Mowbray
Vienna
Petersburgh
Holstein
Denmark
Slerwick
Constantinople
Persia
Pera
Paris