Leake's Patent Pills described with cure letter from 1792
A public notice extols Leake's Patent Pills as a cure for venereal and scorbaric complaints with a testimonial from Thomas Lloyd of Earl's Court. The letter recounts a long illness resolved after taking pills, and names Thomas Taylor as proprietor with multiple London sale points. The piece ends with a political commentary praising British prosperity and dismissing dissent.
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Leake
Thomas Taylor
New Bridgestreet
Black-friars
London
Earl’s Court
Kensington
Middlesex
Letter condemns reform club and praises Port's integrity
A dated letter to Willam Baker in 1792 criticizes a reform society and its members as opportunists. The writer defends Port's abilities and public character, opposes Paine and Horne Tooke, and calls political clubs by questionable names. The piece notes the letter appeared in a paper after delays due to press load.
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Puy Perenps
Hristian
Paine
Horne Tooke
Baker
Meneth
Nation In Crisis Turned To Jubilation Amid Restored Credit
The writer laments long cries of national ruin but notes a revived scene after the American war. Commerce and industry rebound, manufacturers stay employed, and public credit improves under the current ministry, with Consols recovering from their depressed level. Yet the perennial claim that the nation is ruined or enslaved is still loudly proclaimed.
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Great Britain
Lettered Jester on Lord Lucan’s Daughter Marriage
A retort-like verse from A.B. thanks a Lady for a Johnson letter and proposes publishing Johnson letters in a future edition. It evokes Boswell’s epistolary tone and offers a witty jester addressed to Lord Lucan on his daughter’s marriage. The piece imitates 18th century correspondence with a humorist edge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Johnson
Lord Thuriow
Tam
A.B
To the Right Honourable Lone Lucan. A wedding note.
A long letter from Samuel Johnson dated March 1 1781 celebrates the forthcoming marriage of Lord Althorpe’s daughter. It alludes to heraldry, royalty, and social customs, with Johnson’s characteristic wit and formal tone.
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Lone Lucan
Gerard Hamilton
Gerard
Pope
Madan
Leland
Lord Charlemont
Serné
Bingham
Geneva
Binghamia
Spencer
Roma Eterna
Perpetua
Sam. Johnson
Lighterage Dispute Over Sugar Movement At Guildhall
In a June 9 case before Lord Kenyon and a special jury, a lighterman sues a prominent West India merchant over portage charges. Testimony shows lighterage was nine pence when sugar was not warehoused, but three pence per week once it was housed. The dispute centers on whether a hogshead moved from ship to wharf without warehousing incurred sixpence or ninepence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs. Hibbert
Lord Keagin
Lord Kenyon
Collier
UV. Hibbert
Common Pleas Case In Woollen Trade At Westminster Hall
In Westminster Hall a woollen-draper sues a shoemaker over a bill of exchange for 15 guineas. The defendant argues usury via discounts, cloth-for-debt and a pawnbroker loan routed through Bland. Lord Loughborough urges jurors to decide if the plaintiff knew of Bland’s conduct and if the cloth sale was proper. Jury returns verdict for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
David Bland
Recolleé&T
Bland
Nan Confiat
San Katic Lodge
Loughboringh
A Singular Case of Illness in Doncaster
A 75 year old gentlewoman in Doncaster suffered two years of violent shakes and fever with periods of insensibility, improving after limited use of Spitsbury’s Antiscorbutic Drops. The article notes her leg improves, swelling subsides, and wounds heal, while Mrs. Sanderson of Doncaster can verify details. Spitsbury’s medicines are advertised as purifying blood and aiding digestion, sold in Great Britain and Dublin with price lists.
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Doncaster
Great Britain
Halland Co
Great Britain-street
Dublin
Ireland
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Brompton
Mez
Atan
Ty Deorder
Thomas Lloyd
Ohn Croomes
Szekiah Crayford
Robert ‘Picey
Florida Gardens
Corporation of Surgems
New Athis House
N . London
Bridge-street
St. Alban’s-street
Pall-Mall
Roberson
Oxford-street
Fithh-street-hill
Strei
Union Row
Little Tower- Hills
THE
Evening Mail
Willam Baker
MR L
Bolt-Court
Fleet-street
Steary Club
Citizerns
Republic
Universal
War Commission
Lai
Common Pleas
Westminster Hall
Lord Loughborough
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