Auction and lottery sale notices from the 1798 Customs and lottery era
Public auction at the Custom House London on February 3 and 6 1798 lists goods ranging from groceries to gunpowder with detailed locations for storage and payment terms. The English Lottery of 1798 promoted by Hornsby and Co and others outlines prize structures, ticket prices, and stamping requirements for London Liverpool Exeter and other offices.
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London
Geneva
Greenland
Rotherhithe
Monele'’s
Barking
Essex
King’s Tobacco
Tower-hill
Cistom-House
Gorioe
Hornsby and Co
Starx Loitzny Orricz
Royal Exchange
Mefirs
Trewman
India
South-Sea
Turbulent conditions in Ireland and rising unrest in Kilbreda region
A Dublin letter reports renewed spirit of disaffection in militia regiments, especially in the North, with attacks in Athy and surrounding counties. Proclamations to five more baronies follow recent disturbances as bands of Defenders operate at night, terrorizing homes and seizing government arms. Striking scenes include arson at a Harper residence, escorted arms movements toward Limerick, and widespread fear across Monarata, Nenagh, Stradbally, and nearby towns. The writer notes scarce markets, quiet until recent disturbances, and ongoing searches for arms lost in Athy.
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Dublin
County Curion
Biiaris
Athy
County Kildare
Montrata
Harper
Nenagh
Tipperary
Limerick
Stradbally
Queen’s County
Bariditti
Moore
Maryborough
French Prisoners of War Report Sparks Outcry in France
A harsh rebuke condemns a French prisoners of war report as deliberate falsehoods. The piece accuses a French legislator and a La Grande Nation reporter of disseminating calumny about inhumane treatment. It cites a Courier Evening Paper letter dated the 26th ultimo as an example of the alleged fabrications.
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Liverpool
Fan
Trnde
America
Seneca
Robertierre
Courier Beat
France
Rion
England
Courier
Scotland
Ireland
Pairan Thropos
Cocurane
Statham
Cayenne
Ross
Acabin Rrow
la Grande Nation
Courier Evening
Easter and Pragmatic Dates for Easter Sunday
The article discusses two reasons for fixing Easter Sunday on the eighth instead of April first, including Jerusalem’s longitude relative to London and the astronomical day boundary. It also reports Charlestown Legislature’s December 5, 1797 activity and a Worcester infant death case with a coroner’s finding of willful murder.
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Jerusalem
London
Charlestown
Worcester New Shambles
Divorce and will dispute heard in Consistory Court
In the Consistory Court, J Boddington sought separation from his wife for adultery, leading to a bed and board divorce for life. Separately Hannah White’s will was contested, detailing legacies to hospitals and a physician, with relatives arguing lack of testamentary intent and bias toward the medical man. the Court of Delegates deferred judgment.
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W.scort
J. Boddington
Hannah White
Tve
St. George’s
Mid
Dlesex
White
Court of Delegates
Robbery on the Whetstone Turnpike Involving Dr Bupp
On Thursday night Dr Bupp of Chat ham Pigce was returning to town in a post chaise when three footpads halted him beyond the Whetstone Turnpike and robbed him of his purse and money.
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Bupp
Chathame Pigce
Whetstone Turnpike
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Bank of of
Englund
Bank H of Englands
Goth
Court of Directors
Pena Procese
Robert
Best
Sec
Fleet-Street
Szx
The
Philanthropos
Doctors Commons
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