Edinburgh and Dumfries Estates Public Sale Notices 1759
Auction notices detail sold or to be sold estates in Edinburgh Kelso and Dumfries. John’s Coffeehouse in Edinburgh and Mark Maxune’s Dumfries vintner house featured. Listings list rental values and parcels including Front Tenement HOUSES and Gardens with specific rents and conditions. References to Signet clerks and private purchase options. A separate notice seeks eight thousand pounds security at four and a half percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ednam
Kelso
Berwick
Eyemouth
Alexander Cunnyyclame
Old Bank Close
Edinburgh
Mark Maxune
Dumfries
Thomas Kirkpatrick
David Kennedy
Barc Raws
Sterling
Barkerland
Sterning
Roup
Joan Story
Messrs
John Wallace
William Kirkpatrick
Dummies
Walter Scot
Signet
Quack L Long’s Pills Advertised in Edinburgh and Newcastle
An 18th century advertisement promotes antiscorbutic and rheumatism cures by L Long a surgeon, with claims of cures across Britain. The text lists patient attestations from Hugh Ross John Drover John Clark Matthew Beck George Burd William Curry Robert Wild and many others, noting Long’s travel to town or country to treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. LO QU
Mr Long
Edinburgh
London
Europe
Africa
America
Newcottle
Castlehill
Hugh Ross
Caldron
T John Drover
Long
John Drover
John Clark
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Royal Infirmary
Matthew Beck
Queen's Head
Bottlebank
Gatefield
County Durham
D. Long
George Burd
Newcastle
Alexander Nimmo
Middle Street
William Curry
Dr Long
High Bridge
Robert Wild
Hutton-Radbey
Yorkshire
Witt. Moopy
Jon Bex
John Hall
Morpeth
Joshua Straker
Longhurift-brooks
Morpet
Jane Lorrain
Mary Blackett
Hexham
Joseph Ramsay
Corbridge
Litzgreen
Thomas Young
South Shields
George Walker
North Shields
Mary Taylor
Wilmington
Robert Watson
Blaydon
Mark Dodds
Swalwell
Robert Gilbert
Captain Gardiner
The
Sun
Grundon-chair
Wells
Norfolk
Anne Readhead
Joseph Burrel
Robert Learmonth
John Kinghorn
Lilias Henderson
James Bowey
Castlegarth
Robert Dunbar
Elizabeth Carr
Elizabeth White
Elizabeth Ure
Alexander Turnbull
David Wilson
John Davison
David Ritchie
Joseph Gibson
Anne Jameson
N.B
Mr. Long
Edinburgh Advertisements Placed at Exchange and De Se the College
A notice from Edinburgh lists advertisements being accepted at two shops. It names Gavin Hamilton Juus samour Patrick NgiLu and Joan Rei as printers for P Nein and J Reip. Locations include the first below the Exchange entry and at De Se the College.
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Edinburgh
Gavin Hamilton
Juus Samour
Patrick NgiLu
Joan Rei
P. Nein
J. Reip
Exchange
College
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