Court of Chancery inquiry over Calvert bankruptcy petition
The court dismissed the petition to prove a debt under a bankrupt commission against Tottenham Court Road horse dealer Calvert. Affidavits alleged an annuity scheme by Trottman Newsham. Calvert denied involvement. The document quotes French revolutionary finances, noting mounting deficits, debt, and famine risks.
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Calvert
Tottenham Court Road
Trottman
Northamptonshire
Newshim
King’s Bench
Newsham
Philipson
East India Annuities Transfer Notices By United Company
The directors of the United Company of Merchants of England East Indies announce the transfer books for East India Annuities will close Saturday at two o'clock and be delivered to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England to graft the annuities onto the 3 percent Reduced Bank Annuities under Parliament's act. The move aims to raise funds and discharge debts of four million two hundred thousand pounds, increasing capital stock for the East India Company. William Ramsay, Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Company of Merchants
East Indies
East India
Bank of England
Ted
Eat India Company
William Ramsay
Daffy’s Elixir and Other Medicines Sold by Steers at Wearehouse
Fy AFFY's ELDGR prepared and sold by B32 H. Steers at his Wearehouse for Dr Steers's OPODELDOC and other medicines No 1 Old End street from Piccadilly three doors beyond Stafford street price 1 6d the bottle Duty included Also offered Huxham's Tinsture Camomile Drops Myrrh solution and Paregeric Lozenges NB Stamps allowed Sold wholesale and retail at Mr Newbery's 45 St Paul's Church Yard
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H. Steers
Steers
Huxham’s
Newbery’s
Paul’s Church Yard
Medical Patent Adverts and Patient Testimony from 1702 Nottingham
In a Nottingham Journal extract, William Goodall of Mansfield thanks Dr Basidu m for skill that rescued him from paralysis. The notice, dated March 1702, describes his recovery after using the doctor’s Nervous Cordial for three weeks. An array of patent warehouses and perfumers advertise a botanical syrup for scurvy leprosy and other ailments with prices listed. Witnesses, locations, and outlets are named, including Oxford Street Tutt’s Royal Exchange Pall Mall and Haymarket, with directions for obtaining the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Goodall
Mansfield
Wordhouse
Peter Sheppard
Bockfelter
Edmund Titterton
Crown
Samuel Turner
Norton
Worksop
Bacon's
Oxford-street
Tutt’s
Royal Exchange
Williams’s
Pall-Mall
Mr. Bourgeois and Co.’s
Haymarket
Buty
Petition From Creditors Seeks Release of Separate Commission
A fragmented OCR note describes a petition by Lane, Son, and Razor, alleged bankrupts, seeking to aside a commission issued against an individual declared a partner in a wrongdoing court matter. The text references a jury verdict and joint action in a related bench, with details incomplete in the fragment.
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Lane, Son
Razer
Commission
S Bench
Nishon lowGness
Atlantic Letter of Marque Capt Paice Captured French Ship
The Atlantic Letter of Marque under Capt Paice of Bristol captures and brings to Waterford a large French merchant ship from Saint Domingo bound to Nantes, heavily laden with cotton and sugar. The Swift, Berton, sailing from Bristol to Africa, has captured French vessels off the African coast.
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Atlantic
Paice
Bristol
Waterford
St. Domingo
Nantz
Swift
Berton
Africa
Lord Howe Fleet Reaches Falmouth But Misses Action
Falmouth reports Lord Howe's 44 gun frigate and fleet ships anchored off port with intelligence that the French fleet numbered three ships fewer than the British. Wind favored the French. Howe prepared for battle on Tuesday evening but by Wednesday morning the French fleet had slipped into Brest harbour. The French ships are described as painted black.
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Lord Howe
Brest
Frech
Lord Howe's fleet anchors off Torbay after sighting Dartmouth
Dartmouth reports Lord Howe's fleet passing the harbour at ten in the morning and anchoring in Torbay. The article notes a recent heavy rain and lightning storm with little damage locally. Admiral King had earlier sailed from Torbay with the Newfoundland fleet but returned due to favorable winds.
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Lord Howe
Torbay
Dartmouth
King
Kilkenny jury tries Edward Connell and others for murder
In Kilkenny districts Edward Connell James Dunn and Darby T o by n faced murder charges in the brutal killing of Sarah Wilson of Mooneemoe near Castle Comer. The case recounts a June mob attack burning the Wilson home, with multiple gunfire incidents and a fatal wound to Mrs. Wilson, amid testimonies of spectators and neighbors.
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Kilkenny
Edward Connell
James Dunn
Darby Tobyn
Sarah Wilson
Wilson
Mooneemoe
Castle Comer
Catherine Bradley
Mrs. Wilson
Bradley
Bem
Dundalk
Justice Crookshank
Michael Clarke
Christophilus Jenny
Park
Martin Fitzpatrick
Matthew Conner
Alanus M-Kevit
Haemille
Thomas Andrews
Patrick Reath
Glock
Thomas Coleman
Tarquin Patrick M*neil
Bryan Larkin
Saimes Brennan
James Martin
Bryanna Mahon
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Court OF Chancery
Palmer
Wen
Louis
France
Netherlands
Europe
Cambox
Chabot
M. Lavoisier
Turgot
Peru
INDA
Avent
Nottingham Journal
Basidum
Albion-street
Leverean Museum
Blackfriars Bridge
Thaacgolda March
Ship News
Falmouth
Ireland
England
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