Lost John Rolleson sought by authorities in London search
A late 18th or early 19th century notice asks informants to report on John Rolleson, son of Robert Rolleson of Stoke Newington, last seen in Shoreditch and Kitsend vicinity. He may be alive as a private soldier or dead. authorities request a burial certificate to Messrs Carpenter Smith Franco and Harris in London and promise reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John ‘Rolleson
Robert Rolleson
Stoke-Newington
Mida
John RoWeson
Aphberg Sharp
Hartlegool
Sunderland
Skelton
Admenton
Rochester
Dodd
Highgate
Shoreditch
Kitsend
East India Annuities Transfer Books Shut in 1793 Notice
East India Company announces that the Transfer Books of the East India Annuities will close on Saturday at two o'clock and be transferred to the Bank of England to graft into reduced 3 percent annuities under an Act of Parliament. The measure aims to manage the debt and enable a further increase of capital to cover debts and fund government obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Directors
United Company of Merchants of
Eng
East Indies
East India
BANK
England
Bank of England
East India Company
Crosby will case seeks acknowledgment in London lawyers
Alice Crosby daughter of the late Alderman Crosby applies through Carpenter Smith Franco Harris solicitors at King's Arms yard Coleman street London to obtain her advantage under the will. If she dies, any person producing her burial certificate will receive a handsome reward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Crosby
T Crosby
Hr Crosby
London
Carpenter, Smith, Franco and Harris
King’s+Arms-yard
Coleman-street
Affy's Elixir advertised amid Revolutionary letters
A 1793 notice from Avignon and Toulon details Affy's Elixir prepared by France, with praise for its ingredients and virtues. The document cites a Poultier letter and reports on Marseilles unrest, royalist plots, and the Convention's political maneuvering. It notes resignations, fiscal motions, and a public welfare committee debate, ending with deputies gathering on the hall’s right side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Crosby
AFFY
France
Poultier
H. Siront A Sie Sarna
Norte
Rhone
Avignon
Piccadilly
Department
Vaucluse
Truguet
Steerspeac
Brunet
Toulon
Marseilles
Marseille
Louis XVII
Bourdeaux
Lyons
Digue
Nantz
Caen
Buxot
Petion
Barbaroux
Ponsier
Committee of General Safety
Department of Vauclise
Morrifex
Dupin
J. B. Leclerc
Corih Fullier
Eters Pete
Lacroix
Canbiague
Paris August 18 1790 Revolution Continued Turmoil
The Revolutionary Tribunal has examined 40 witnesses against Custiney with a doubtful fate ahead. Bakers face crowds as new levies spark fears of fresh upheaval. Debates persist on the fate of the late Queen. Lecomnrre seeks a quick decision in the Convention. Quesnoy is surrounded, a first parallel offered, bombs used. The decree to destroy Mausol eums in St Denis is executed. TyreMeE remains preserved in a coffin. General O Moran and Lanroque are imprisoned, Beauuarnais requests a successor, Lavaterre indicted by the Public Welfare Committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Custiney
Lecomnrre
Committee of Public Welfare
Execution of Lefcuyer in Paris Revolt Trial
On August 12 Charles Joseph Lefcuyer aged 49 a marshal de camp was condemned by the Revolutionary Tribunal for taking orders from Dumourier to arrest Citizen Belle-garde deputy commissioner to the army of the North. He fainted on the way to the guillotine and died at seven o'clock. A State of the Forces of the Republic was published by order of the Executive Council in the Ministerial Gazette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Joseph Lefcuyer
Marshal de Camp
Dumourier
Belle- Garde
Army of the North
Revolutionary Tribunal
Executive Council
Admiralty Orders and Continental Turmoil Reported
London dispatch notes the Vesuvius and Terror bomb vessels commissioned, Dunkirk siege preparations, and a 12,000-man force to the West Indies. It covers Queen Marie Antoinette’s issue before the National Convention, French defense plans around Bergues and Gravelines, and criticism of the War Ministry amid Paris upheaval, with calls for a capable minister and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Macsrive
Dunkirk
West Indies
Lord Amherst
Duke of York
Nieuport
Boy Ron
Portsmouth
Spithead
Gosport
France
National Convention
Convention
Louis the Avrth
de Bergues
Gravelines
Great Britain
Bergues
Barcu
Rochdale Canal Advocacy Compromise Debated in Rochdale
A Rochdale Canal committee met at the Roebuck in Rochdale on Saturday August 17, 1793. They read an advertisement for the mill owners and held that the canal line passes well above streams. They supported clauses protecting mills and water supply, and urged Parliament to pass the bill. They noted potential benefits to trade and linked canal plans with the Duke of Bridgewater’s network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochdale
Barrlott's
Roebuck
Oach
Irwell
Manter
Mercury
House of Commons
Bridge Hall Mill
John Nuttall
Road
Calder
Rochdale Canal
Bury
Manchester
Sowerby Wharf
Afpten
Man
Duke of Bridgewater
Colnhook
Mancheser
House
Commons
Eeattiog
Bilnet Ad
I -Founded
Star
Evening Mail
Chronicle
Laverpesl
Zork
Leeds
Birmingham
Cammitreg
Evening Sittings and Frontiers Report on War State
Barrere opened with a decree to abolish departmental forces and then presented the Report of the Committee of Public Welfare. He notes Aristocracy and malevolence sowing public alarm, the Frontiers state, resources, and the Minister of War, praising Bouchotte as honest while warning war administration bears immense labor amid Lyons rebellion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrere
Committee of Public Welfare
Republic
Bouchotte
Beauharnois
Department of War
Louis
Lyons
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John Rolleson
East India House
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Paris
Ardennes
Moselle
Alps
Italy
Rattern Pyrennées
Rochelle
Bret
Cherbourg
Derancé
Goffin
Department of the North
Condé
Valenciennes
Cambray
Peronne
Peronné
Ro Lacroix
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