Catalog of 18th century books and price list
A scanned listing describes publications in two to four volumes with prices, binding, and publishers. It notes titles such as Triumphs of Constancy, Tales of Imagination, The Parson's Wife, The Miniature Picture, Memoirs of Ann Sheldon, Norman and Bertha, and a Hackney Coach Rates guide with fares and routes.
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Fense
D.” Bickerstaff
Lennon
Lacocra Phic
Bend-street
Piccadilly
Druin
Mampanrin
Phe Hiew Landers
Lhe Hotteestor
Wiss Miner
Tie
Hermitage
Ann Sheldon
Norman
Bertha
Hackney
Church Preferment Seeks Rectory Purchase Near University
A notice offers future presentation to a rectory valued at 300 pounds yearly, with perpetuity and a possible immediate possession. Located in a sporting rural area near a market town within 15 miles of a university and about 69 miles from London. The sale includes a freehold farm of 140 acres, with a compliant parsonage house for a gentleman's residence. For particulars contact Mr. Stone, Surveyor, Gray's Inn, London.
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London
Stone
Gray’s Inn
Address and policy remarks from Washington session
Part of a 1791 speech to Congress by George Washington praising public faith and debt policy while urging western land appropriation, frontiers protection, and measures to support navigation, judiciary reform, consular affairs, and revenue efficiency. It covers frontier conflicts with native tribes, militia use, European wars impact, and calls for stronger federal actions.
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Latte
Kenturke
Virginia
Congress
Union
Kentucky
Ohio
Wabash
United States
Europe
Mediterranean
Ireland seeks coal regulation and liquor crackdown
The article notes Mr Grattan's proposed bill on coal regulation and a plan to limit spirit use, including a clause to punish mixing vitriol with spirits. It describes trials in the Court of Common Pleas over a note dispute and a separate Exchequer case of criminal conversation with damages awarded.
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Grattan
Court of Common Pleas
O’b
Court of Exchequer
John Travers
Dennis M'arthy
Grace Travers
Lysaght
Carthy
Fudge
Sooon
Law Report: Loy and Countess Rift Over Property
In an Old Bailey hearing Loy and two accomplices face suspicions tied to the Countess of B’s property. Loy had taken her abroad to the East Indies and upon return stood accused of absconding with a large portion of her wealth. A portion of the assets was lodged with Mr Reid by court order.
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Rotastion Office
Mr. Loy
India
Lord Kenyor
Lorp Kenyon
Loy
Reid
Countess of B
East Indies
Old Bailey
Ireland
Speech of Congress on Wednesday December 8
Report of a congressional session published from the AMERICA section noting a speech given on Wednesday December 8 in the House about policy and legislative priorities with emphasis on national governance and debate.
President George Washington Addresses Senate and House
George Washington speaks to the Senate and House, reporting strong national prosperity. He notes rising American credit, fruitful revenues, and exemplary Marine punctuality. He mentions a 3,000,000 florin loan completed in Holland and signals further use of empowered borrowing, with Treasury to provide additional details.
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Senate
House ‘of Representatives
Holland
Europe
Half Pay Officers and Court Opinion on Allocation
The Attorney General told the Court that under the appropriation act Parliament granted funds to half pay officers and the Duke of Montrose as Daymister General sought guidance on directing his conduct. Counsel said facts could be prepared for the King's Bench to decide the case.
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Duke of Montrose
Court of King’s Bench
Tippoo Saib Actions and British Counter Strategies
The article analyzes Tippoo Saib's rapid and numerous cavalry maneuvers that outpaced English troops. It notes Lord Cornwallis plans to blunt the Maharrata horse, seize key strongholds, trap Tippoo inland in Mysore, and force a decisive battle. It recalls British expansion since Aurangzeb and Clive, with vast dominions now extending across India and likely to grow.
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Tippoo Saib
Tippoo
Lord
Aurengyr
India
Delhi
Lord Clive
Bengal
An Anecdote of Lord Pembroke at Stowe Tale
The anecdote recalls Lord Pembroke debating wit with Lord Cobham about English wit. A disguised nobleman as a yeoman bets a farmer will outwit Pembroke. In lane clash the farmer refuses to yield and, when Pembroke asks how he served the gentleman, the farmer replies he got out of the way for him.
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Stowe
Lord Cosphai
England
Lord Pembroke
Lord Cobham
Pembroke
Marrow
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House of Representatives
George Washington
LAW Report
Westminster Hall
America
Sefton
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