London letters recount society life and unrest in November
In London, gatherings at Great Ormond Street, Bath, and Blenheim sail through fashion as judges, duchesses, and dukes appear. Political tensions in France alarm Britain, while domestic crime rises with a Sommers’ Green grocer fire and robberies in Whitechapel and Piccadilly. A council of manners, finance, and reform ripples through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancerldr
Great
Ormond-street
Westminster Hall
Justice Butter
Court of
King’s Bench
Justice Winson
Court of Common Pleas
Duchess of
Duke of
Cuancexxor
Bamster Gascoy ¥Ne, Esq
Barking
Essex
France
National Assembly
Aterers
Marine
M. de Montmorin
Europe
Roth
Revolution Society
London Tavern
Mr. Horne Tooke
London
Buckingham-house
Guern
Johnson
Janes Downay
Newman Street
Piccadilly
Trial at Bar Ordered in Suffolk Case Over 50k Staked
Westminster Hale notes the first day of Michaelmas Term with a Trial at Bar granted after Mingay's motion. The Suffolk case previously heard at Lent Assizes lasted two days, twelve hours daily, and involved around 120 witnesses. Stakes exceed fifty thousand pounds. Erskine has two special retainers already.
Lords and taxes in a world of royal appointments
A commentary on potential appointment of Lord Aucktown as Secretary of State and peerage, with speculation on York House spending, royal marriages, and national finances. The piece critiques public expense, compares colonial actions in Jamaica and St. Domingo, and laments labor migration and Franco-American policy impacts on industry.
Return of Lord Lrures from Kilkenny Castle
A report from Dublin notes his Excellency the Lord Lrrures and escort arrived at the Castle of Dublin from Kilkenny Castle, with cordial congratulations from friends and the Nobility on his safe return after an anxious wait. The piece discusses weather patterns during the season, shipping risks, a packet voyage of twenty six hours with vivid lightning and thunder, and the hearth money tax yields up to Michaelmas, praising Mr. Bushe for revenue gains without harming the poor while estimating Ireland's population at four millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Aucktown
Home Department
Dunpas
Great Britain
York House
John Bull
Sippoxs
Haymarket
McLeDon
Billineron
York
Kembie
Wilki1nsey
Jamaica
London
Lord Erringham
St. Domingo
West India Islands
Errincham
British West India Islands
Europe
Richard Coeur de, Lion
Germany
Holy Land
Mary Queen of Scots
Elizabeth
Charles
France
Louis Sixteenth
Segislators
Lrrures
Castle of
Dublin
Oxmone
Kilkenny
Bushe
Ireland
Baptism ceremony for Leinster's young son in Dublin
Reports from Dublin describe the baptism of the Duke of Leinster's infant William Robert George with grand preparations and new liveries for servants. Amid sea trade woes coal prices rose seven shillings per cargo due to winds delaying shipments, while coal consumption in the metropolis dropped prices to 45s 8d to 48s 5d per quantity. Also noted are multiple ship misfortunes, wrecks, quarantine near Leith, and heavy fatalities in the Clitherow family in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke of Leinster
Isfargutts
Kilparr
Dublin
William
Robert
George
Lis
Prixes
Wates
Lord Mippiston
Radford
Lenton
Trent Below Bridge
Nottingham
Beefton
England
Scotland
Ireland
Felicity
Scott
Penzance
Smagelling
Scilly
Spiering
Carlferena
Genoa
Lefoe
Leith
Inverkeithing
Frederica Elizabeth
Strubold
Stettin
London
Acarbay
Margate
Zekanberg
Archangel
Malaga
Falmouth
Ann
Alida
Sam
Luson
Wamburg
Fortune
Virginia
Rotterdam
Corm
Koningsburg
Bourdeaux
Mount’s Bay
Cook
Woodbridge
Lymington
Poole
Stormont
Ellis
Peru
Treacherous Seas and Grim Accidents Reported At Harbor and Fair
In NEBS country a boat sank off the Naze after a gust, drowning Thomas Cole his wife and Lienry Day. James Whitby perished when his boat Adventure capsized near harbour. In Essex a gravel pit collapse buried Westwood and damaged helpers, Westwood died, Coroner recorded accidental death. Our last fair drew many buyers with cattle and horses selling, but crime and losses appeared: a dealer had 20 pounds stolen from him, and a pistol killed a pub master at Erdington. Bridgnorth fair showed butter and cheese prices and strong animal shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cole
Lienry
Wrivenoe
Naze
James Whitby
John Deane
Sondon
Essex
Westweop
Westwoon
Les
Average Prices of Corn in October by Standard Wincurst
October prices for corn per bushel of eight gallons published by Standard Wincurst show a range from early October through October 29. The report lists commodity quotes and market movement affecting farmers and traders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Middlesex
Surrey Fertford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Ratan
Leichtter
Nottingham
Derby
Stakrd
Hereford Salop
WeCntery
Wrick
Gloucester
Wilts
Berks
Oxford
Bucks
Counties
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
York
Durham
Northumberland
Ciisterland
Westmoreland
Lancashire
Cheshire
Aouthy - Id
Itmerset
arOyson
Cornwall
Duffet
Hants
Sussex
Kent
S. - Angiefea
Flint
Mmontgomery
Carnarvon
Denbirh
Nexioneby
Srecon
Art Cardigan
Carmarthen
I. Emmeeh
Glamorgan
Ty Pembroke
Radnor
England
Wales
Bushel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Westminster
King’s. B
NEBS
Harwich
Chelmsford, Noy
Newcastle
Birmincham
Bull's Head
Erdington
Gorton
Bridgnorth
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!