Public Sale Arrangements by Nathaniel Jefferys Co
Pall Mall March 20 1797 Nathaniel Jefferys and Co announce public sales of estates and private contracts at No 59 Pall Mall near the former Ransom Morland and Hammersley banking house. They pledge secure expeditious settlements and that deposits will be paid into a banker of eminence in joint names of the firm and purchaser.
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Pall-Mall
ESSAS
Nathaniel Jefferys and Co
Messrs
Ransom, Morland
Desirable Bluntisham Estate for Private Contract Sale
Large manor estate in Bluntisham with farm house garden yard barns stables granary and timber supplies plus 82 acres open fields arable land 30 acres rich pasture five fenced parcels and common rights over Somersham Heath totaling 2600 acres freehold and copyhold. Let to Mr. Raper and John Thorpey until 1797 with inquiries through Lyon Gray's Inn London and local contacts.
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Funtingdonshire
Blantthamy
Blacktham West Fen
Bluntisham Long Holt
Somersham Heath
Raper
John Thorpey
Blantitham
Somersham
County
Huntingdon
St. Ives
Cambridge
Ely
Bedfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Lynn
Somert Hamsr
Lyon
Gray’s Innsquare
London
Messrs. Johnson and Welftead
Wr.Harris
Henry Kent
Bluntishany
Assault on Fort Breachan Ends Insurgent Threat in India
James DactrymPce reports a British detachment under the Nizam’s government suppressed a major insurrection near Pettah Rachore. By daylight they breached the fort, routed the defenders, and spared noncombatants, with about 30 wounded and one Lascar killed. The operation showcased artillery’s breach work and infantry assault by combined forces.
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Dccan
Fort St. George
A. ‘Claixe
Adirati
Bemy
Owever
Danan Jan
Begum
Ismazn Kann
Lindsay
Mureau
C. James DactrymPce
Rachore
Unhusbandlike Farming Trial Ends in Victory for Defendant
A High Court trial before Mr Justice Asuuurst and a Special Jury heard Rev John Hubbard sue Thomas Lovett for damages over a promised yearly straw delivery and husbandry duties. Evidence showed poor farm condition, farm improvements by Lovett, and a key witness’ questionable actions. The jury returned a verdict for Lovett, with spectators showing approval by returning collected guineas to the defendant.
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Bucks
Asuuurst
John Hubbard
Hyde Heath
Chesham
Thomas Lovett
Coombs
Sills
Serjeant le Blanc
Pea Seed Experiment Shows Extraordinary Yield
In 1794 Mr. Shenstone of Standyford Mill near Wolverhampton sowed a single pea and harvested 720 peas from 1g8 pods. He repeated in 1795 yielding 29,150 peas, then 1796 produced seven bushels 38 quarts per acre with thick sowing reducing yield. Dibbling and targeted hoe work could have yielded 84 bushels per acre, suggesting great potential for careful sowing.
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Shenstone
Standyford Mill
Wolverhampton
Staffordshire
Annals of Agriculture
Peartree of Sudbury Dies After Six Decades Bedbound
A poor woman named Peartree died in Sudbury in her eighty sixth year. For the past fifty years she was wholly confined to her bed.
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Peartree
Sudbury
Barge Man Edward Crawfrd Drowns After Fall at Wallingford
On Thursday evening Edward Crawfrd a barge man from this place fell overboard from a timber boat near Wallingford bridge at Field's Wharf in a fire suspected incident. He was rescued but died despite immediate recovery efforts.
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Edward Crawfrd
Wallingford Bridge
Field’s Wharf
Two Adams Convicted For Cruel Treatment Of Apprentices
In Northampton on the eleventh inst, James Adams and James Adams jun of Market Bosworth were convicted before Justices Willoughby Dixie and Samuel Steele of shameful and cruel treatment of five poor girls apprenticed at St Michael Coventry and Heather Leicestershire. The victims endured starvation, exposure, and brutal neglect, with evidence of repeated cries and wounds. The Justices discharged the children from their apprenticeships and parish officers pledge pursuit of full legal penalties.
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James Adams
Fen
Market Bosworth
Leicester
Willoughby Dixie
Samuel Steele
Perkins
Ape
Louisa Green
Mary Cain
Jané Rauifon
Cain
Worthy
Roulton
Fire at Bailie Martin cabinet-maker shop in Edinburgh
The Edinburgh workshop near the Chapel of Ease burned at six in the morning, destroying stock and utensils but the blaze was fought with a fire engine and city guard to prevent spread to the ware-room above. Reports from Dunkeld and other counties note volunteers and loyal supports for the Duke of Gordon, Duke of Athol, and other leaders amid invasion fears. A grim discussion warns against pawnshop loans and the dangers of weekly interest, urging frugality and caution against betting on luck.
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Bailie. Martin
Chapel of Ease
Huntly
Duke of Gordon
Marquis of
Duke of Montros
Perth
Stirling
Dumbarton
Clackmananshire Farmer Club
Tillycoultry
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East Indies
SKVW
Siariy Oe
Mattingly
Erie
Agriculture
Triptolemus
Northampton
Edinburgh
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