Pocket Edition of Hume's England History in Guidelike Form
A late 18th century prospectus announces Cooke's pocket edition of Hume's History of England with Smollett and Lloyd continuations, lavish engravings, and a sixpence per number plan. It includes details on printing quality, paper, portraits of monarchs, and subscription terms. a medical advertisement for Deering's Antiscorbutic Drops appears alongside.
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Smolest
James’ii
George I
Lloyd
King
William the Conqueror
Tyeagel III
Times
England
Smollett’s
Lloyd’s
Bey
Mali
Hume
Eng- Lane
Willae
Althe
Great Britain
Paternoftet-row
Transfer of American Stocks in London Trust Office
A group led by Noel Edwards and others forms a trust to hold American Stocks for twenty years, transferring dividends to proprietors via Stratford Place and Freeman's Court. Trustees levy premiums for transfers, aiming to make stock transfers and London dividends as convenient as Bank of England operations.
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Noel Edwards
Samuel Smith
George Templer
Nathaniel Middleton
Richard Johntex
John Wedzewood
Esquires
America
Stratford-Place
London
Freeman’s Court
Cornhill
Gerrard Noel Edwards
Richard Johnson
George Temper
John Wedgwood
Gerrard
Moon
United States of America
Mark Leavenworth
London and Middlesex Bank
Bank of England
Freeman
Coxat
Cornbil
Law case on maintenance and property rights in a milliner dispute
In this action for goods sold and delivered, Lord Kenyon hears whether a separated wife with annuity payments could sustain an action for debt. The discussion centers on feme covert versus feme sole status, property control, and whether funds held for a wife’s maintenance act as a deed or trust. The court weighs equity against precedent, noting regional customs and the danger of forcing the defendant to starve if liable. Verdict orders for the defendant.
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Lord Kenyon
Gooch
Lord Renyon
Court of Equity
London
Bristol
Liverpool
Manchester
Ajourist
Fustice Buller
Justice Grefe
J. Ashurst
Fustice Aurff
Verdi
The King Against Dowling for Perjury in Dowling Case
Thomas Dowling is convicted by a jury of wilful and corrupt perjury in the trial of John Kimber for the murder of a negro girl on the high seas. The court condemns the crime as a severe breach of judicial oaths and sentences Dowling to one month in Newgate and seven years’ transportation beyond the seas.
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Deering
Bacon
Oxford-street
London
Charlotte-freet
Rathbone-place
Capy
Mr. Deering
Thomas Priscott
William Bacon
W. Bcon
Thomas Dowling
John Kimber
High Seas
Newgate
France
The King Again? Frost Seated for Sedition at Newgate
Attorney General moved for judgment after a verdict convicting Frost of public speech deemed scandalous and seditious against the constitution and King. The sentence: six months in Newgate, pillory at Charing Cross for one hour, then five years good-behavior sureties, with Frost struck from the attorney list.
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Newgate
Charings Cross
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Rown and Anchor
Strand
Prince OF Wales
Duke of York
Duke of Glarence
Duke of Gloucester
AW. Devaynes
Jonyas
Iaw
LAW Report
Court OF King's Bench
Stedman, & Gooch
Dowling
Justice Ashurst
Frost
Mr. Fros
Judge Auf
John Frost
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