London City Resolutions Call for Ward Meetings 1797
The Common Council of London in session at Guildhall on June 6 1797 endorses urgent, united action to preserve city tranquillity amid war and militia fears. It calls ward meetings, arms readiness, and a pledge to defend life and property, with committees to recruit volunteers, equip constables, and circulate the resolutions nationally. It includes notices on subscriptions, publications, and a broader appeal to public papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common Council
London
RIX
Cooke
Hume
England
Smollett
Cormick
Bain
Swhich
Casey
Fetter-Press
Joeing
EF Ume
Julius Orfar
George II
Dr. Smollert
C.M. Cormick
T. A. Lloyd
Cormicka
Lloyd
Iren William the Conqueror
Majssty
W. Ridley
Hume and Small
C. Cooke
Paternofter-row
Fil Che Bookfelters
Hajl
Christ
America
York
Worcester
Kingdom of Heaven
Toyoud
Joseph Gibbins
Meeting of Merchants and Shipowners on Naval Discipline
A London meeting of merchants, shipowners, insurers, and inhabitants condemned mutinous seamen at the Nore. Resolutions demand orderly obedience, certificates of conduct, Admiralty support, a subscription fund to prosecute traitors, and thanks to vessels and crews upholding the Crown. The list of signatories includes numerous MPs and merchants.
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London
Royal Exchange
Lords Commissioners of
Admiralty
Royal Navy
Mustiny
Nore
Bhr Inglis
John Lubbock
Eig
Alderman Lushington
James Mackenzie
Wm. Manning
Richard Neave
Bart
William Pitty
Robert Preston
John Wedderburn
John Whitmore
Alderman Anderson
John Julius Angerstein
Alexander
Aubert
HLM
Birds
Thomnson
Bonar
Samuel Bofanquet
Jacob Lofanquet
John Brickwood
Sy. Dulon
Ale -Champion
Abel’ Chapman
Joseph Cotton
Alderman Curtis
Thomas.Dorrien
George Douglas
Francis Easterby
William Frater
George Hibbert
Robert Hunter
John Ingtis
Jomas King
William Leighton
Samuel Long
Eefton Long
Andrew Loughnan
RysoLven
Fit
Fiorenzos
Othe
Weiter
Serapis
Discovery
Pers
Medway
Arming the People Plan for Parish Defense in Print
The document outlines a plan for a General Association of parish inhabitants to serve without pay in emergencies. It details enrollment, district division, captain leadership, class flags, and member rejection rules under royal commission.
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Committee of Association
Arrest of Lecus MeRE in Holyrood sanctuary shocks Scots lawyers
In Scotland a major question arises after the arrest of Mr Lecus MeRE, former Worcester member, within Holyrood House sanctuary under the warrant Meditatio fuga issued by the Sheriff of Edinburgh, following application by the assignees of Walls avia Shepheard for 22,000.
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Scotland
Lecus Mere
Worcester
Holyrood House
Edinburgh
Wallsavia
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Watson
Dire&t
Hugh Inglis
Lloyd's Coffee-house
Crown and Anchor
St. Alban’s
Southwark
Marine Society
Bithopsgate-street
É&C
W. Bayley
Bayley, Son
Blew
Cockspur-street
N.B
Yearly Meeting
The
Quakers
Friends
Great Britain
Ireland
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