Cordial Balm of Gilead advertised with medical claims
A Broadside lists charitable appeals and debt adjudications alongside an advertisement for the Cordial Balm of Gilead by Dr Solomon of Aberdeen. It promotes the medicine as a cure for relaxations, debility, tremors, and nervous afflictions, with price set at 10s 6d a bottle and details for purchase in London locations and Dr Solomon’s house in Brownlow Street. It notes monthly secretariat meetings and mentions various donors and agents across Lombard Street, Fleet Street, Charing Cross, Cornhill, and Craven Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uonert
James Nield
Cheyneywaik
Cuelfea
Fuller,Son, and Co
Lombard-street
Biddulph
No. 7
Craven-street
Surand
Gilead
Solomon
Royal College of Physicians
Aberdeen
Soloon’s Place
Brownlow
Mary
Bone
Liverpool
Foint
Mathews
Strand
Solamgn
Adur
Botanic Syrup Restores Navy Lieutenant in India Letter
A letter from Edward Hence late lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship Heroine praises a Botanical Syrup for restoring his nerves after overindulgence in spirits. He receives pension and lists multiple London and provincial sellers offering the remedy across England and Ireland.
Mineral Remedy Claims Cures Across Wide Range of Ailments
A 1759 London advertisement promotes Ss Yr MINERAL as a universal cure for cancers leprosy scrofula scurvy ulcers and many cutaneous diseases and fevers. It asserts success without mercury or salivation, credits Dr De Varancia and Dr Hunter, and details Mr Jones’s six year battle with a severe palm eruption finally cured in months by the Solvent Mineral. The text pitches testimonials and bottles for apothecaries at Clare Market London, with prices and gratis distribution to the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East
West Indies
London
de Varancia
London Royalege
Hunter
W. Jones
Clarestrast
Clarcarket
Ultramarine and art supplies advertised with colorist aims
The notice proclaims Ultramarine and Ultra Marine ashes in all tints offered at unprecedented England prices. It also advertises drawing and painting materials for oil and water colors, plus a separate county notice seeking a Governor and Task Master for the Preston House of Correction, with salaries listed, and nominations set for June. A separate Taunton sale advertises a stone-built dwelling with stables, coach house, yard, shop, gardens, and 9 acres of meadow, with London furniture believed recent and ready for occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ultramarine
Middleton
Corourman
St. Martin’s-lane
Chering-crrss
England
Ps Tawntor
Somerset
Lontraet
London
A. B. Poff
Taunton
British ships arrive and militia plans in colonial courts
East India Intelligence from Bombay reports the Suffolk and Tite docking for repairs after a cruise with Royal Navy dispatches noting a viewed squadron near Aleppo. Calcutta describes militia enrollment for about 2000 men under Lieut Col. Graham, with police designations for Rohillas and Afghans while tip Lord Duncan reaches Ingenlee. Madras notes the new Court of Judicature under Sir T Strance and a long discussion on a poem about the Bank of England, with judges defending liberty of the press and architectural critique amid libel questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Suffolk
Rainier
Tite
Miccer
Aleppo
Branxerr
Calcutta
Graham
Windsor
Lord Duncan
Ingenlee
Bencoulen
Fort Marlborough
Pedier
Borneo
Forte
Prudente
Streights
Macaffar
Manilla
China Seas
Prefectutur
Soare
Robert Taylor
Archtes
Royal Academy
Italy
Norris
Pope
Lord Carer Justice
Ner Guiley
Law report of cases in exchequer and Westminster Hall
Court records reveal a Crown victory over defendants for bond penalties after docked goods bound for export were landed at Orford Haven and seized by a revenue cutter. The later Norfolk libel case centered on The Modern Goth poem about Bank architect Soane and a monument inscription for Sir William Chambers, with proceedings stressing reputation and press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Elias
Josh
Cohen
Hamsburgh
Orford Haven
Suffolk
Munnings
Westminster Hall
Lord Kenyon
King UY. Norris
Erstine
Soane
Architec
Philip Norris
Castletreet
Holborn
Robert Taylor
William Chambers
Enféine
Cox
The King v Robinson Guilty Of Corruption In Office
The King v Robinson reports a former surveyor of Tottenham liberties indicted for forcing parish workers to toil on private gravel projects while they were meant for public roads. Witnesses testifying to misused materials and profits, the jury found Robinson guilty after the counsel’s arguments and the attorney general’s charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tottenham
Mingay
Erfeine
Fasrils
Mr. Obinson
Guzty
Punishment and antiquated justice in medieval London
The article recounts historic penalties for assault on high officials, citing Richard II in 1385 when Mayor Nicholas Exton nearly lost his hand for striking a London Alderman. It notes early modern Fleet Street houses, a royal visit, and student pageantry with cherubs and verses praising a queen, reflecting period attitudes and urban lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Exton
William Hater
Guildhall
Jon Borz
London
Fleet-street
Chancery-lane
Epward VI
Exazanetyn
Thomas Seasaam
Child Found after Abandonment in Ironmonger Lane
Mary Mason identified Mery Sensing as the mother who dropped a five week old male infant near Ironmonger Lane Cheapside. The infant was advertised as missing with a five pound reward. Mason and William Mafin described the discovery and subsequent inquiries. Jennings admitted paternity issues but denied denying the child. The mother was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mery
Cheapside
Staines
Mary
Mason
William Mafin
Mary Mason
Baw Fair
Mary Major
Jennings
St. Giles’s
Dublin prisoner gets government permission to emigrate to America
The article notes Henry Jackson of Church Street Dublin granted permission to dispose of his estate and retire with family to America. He sold his house and iron mills at Mills Town to Mr. Stoxes in the ordnance department for £2,000, with his foundry and parks in the city reportedly to be purchased by Government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jackson
Churchestreet
Dublin
Kilmainham
America
Rouse
Iroin
Millstown
Stoxes
Ordnance Department
Bombay
Belvedere
Nriti
Hawkshead
Ulverston
Cumberland
Fats Bridge
Taylor
fJennins
Lescot
Cel
Beaconsfield
Bown
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Craven-strecet
Lord Romney
Caetaliog
Charles Middleton
Bart
Jon Trevour
Per Fuller
Neild
Dr. Jenner
Y. G. Secker
H. Hodgkinson
Peter Rainier
G. A. Kempenfelt
Op . Harris
Liesdon and Co
W. Fuller
Eig
J. G. Vernon
Eferries and Co
E. Law, Esq
A. David Hahbuton
Go Wilson Pearson
Thos. Lane
Meiffrs. Vere, Lucadou
J. Lockhurst
Cranmer
Mrs. Schutz
I. P
Townsend
W. T
Sc. U
Dorrien and
H.C. Rh
Eowaan
Baopum
Albion-street
India
Dan
Gardner
Pather
Arma Paternal
Lara
Liehtenant
Heroine
Doétos’s
Albion
Sheer
Mr. Robinson
Tunbridge-ware
York House
Piccadilly
Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
Ware
Gray's Inn
J-bourt and Co
Bacon
Oxford-street
Pidding’s Medicine Warehouse
Fulin and Sheppard
Bristol
Baxer
Edinburgh
Brown
Voizey
Read
Vine-street
Fristol
Donald
Glasgow
Chalmers
Bell’am
Draggitt
Port
Predon
Nicholas Grigtshaw
Preston
J. Taylor
Leigh
East India Intelligence
Madras
Court of Judicature
T. Strance
Court of the Recorder
LAW Report
King v Robinson
Mayie
Spinsbury’s
Thomas Wright
C. Garsforth
Leeds
W. Porter
Soho Square
Great Britain
Ireland
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