Undertaking to Reform the Desperate and Criminal Poor
A circulating appeal from King Street Bermondsey details an undertaking to prevent misery and crime among the lower orders by work programs. Donors are urged to support linen manufacture projects and employments, with a list of subscribers and offices in Cornhill, Old Bond Street, Lombard Street, and nearby venues. A preface notes the work’s national importance and a printed paper continuing on March 7.
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King Street
Bermordsey New Road
Baron Dimsdale
Sons and
Barnard
Cornhill
Ladbroke
Rawlinson, Parker and Watson
Pybus
Call
Grant
Hale
Old Bond Street
Castle, Powell, Sumner and Co
Lombardreet
Staples
Day
Cox, Staples and Lyne
Melis
Samuel
Piccadilly
Beazley
Downing Street
Westminster
J. Johnson
St. Paul’s Church Yard
New Geographical Game of England advertised
An advertisement notices a Geographical Game of England with two volumes, a set of 180 counters, and accompanying maps. It lists publishers PICKTET ST QUINTIN Reading and DUDLEY ADAMS Charing Cross London, with claims of educational utility and affordable terms for schools and booksellers.
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England
Tis
Apanew
Sy Meif
Picktet
ST. Quintin
Reading
Dudley Adams
Optician
Charing Cross
Lordon
Mons
Abbé Gaultur
Yacademie Des Inscriptions Et Bal Lettres
Paris
D. Adams
London
Fis
Epileptic cure claims and lottery notices from 1790s London
Public notices tout Dr Howell powders for epileptic fits from London. Sworn affidavits praise remarkable recovery at St Bartholomew's and Guy's Hospitals. Included are aggressive investment updates from Shergold and Co about Irish and English lotteries with prize distributions, price changes, and bank notices.
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Dr. Howell
T. Rebecca, Green
Savoy
St. Bartholomew’'s
Guy's
St. Thomas’s
Howett
Guildhall
London
T. Wright
John Hunt
John Burgess
Strand
Jer. Thompson
Lille-Dyer
Burch
Tho
Berger
Hofer
Noro
Clobrlaers
Howell
High Holborn
Red Lion Street
N. B
Proposed Tax on Dogs to Aid the Poor
A letter urges counties to adopt a dog tax as a means to aid the poor and curb poaching. It argues dogs protect homes and property, compares tax collection difficulties to servants and horses, and suggests parish vestries deny paupers relief if they own dogs. The writer calls for swift legislative action and rational reform.
The Vestal Lady of Essex and Her Odd Will
An elderly Essex woman, aged eighty three, died and left a vast fortune to nieces and female cousins while disinheriting all male relatives. She created strict conditions for four beneficiaries, requiring they be married, aged forty, and swear they had never known a woman. Six young virgins danced over her grave at the funeral, and the event drew two thousand attendees.
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Lombard Street
William Lawrence
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
Wilts
London
Loimbard-street
John Morris
Morris and
Dobrec
Gracechurch-street
Thomas Breton
Hoddesdon
Hertfordshire
Shergold and Co
Edward Davis
Charles Bell
Fhroymoyton-Street
ROYAL
Royal Union Bank
Stan
Essex
English Parliament House of Lords Daily Session Report
In Wenpnespay on March 2 the House of Lords met at 3:30 PM, heard prayers, read a few bills, and adjourned to the next day with very little business conducted.
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Pitt
Gilbert
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Rose
Wasi
House OF Commons
Government OF Canada
Canada
Pit
United States of America
East India
East India Company
India
Dundas
Tippoo Sultan
Mr. Holland
Travancore
Madras
Tipspoo Sultan
Tippoo
Earl Cornwallis
Bengal
Board of Control
Macleod
Great Great Britain
Meff
Taylor and Co's
No.q. Cockspur-Street
Clarine Cross
Hay Market
Lombard-Street
Essas. Shergold and Co
Evuine Marr
the. Vestal
House OF Lords
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