Lottery shares and prizes offered by Shergold and Co
Prominent notices from Shergold and Co announcing receipts and shares in late lotteries. Details include a 20 000 pound prize sold February 1 and a 10 000 pound share division among named individuals in Heytesbury and Norton Wilts, with further references to English Lottery prizes and public receipt services. Also mentions inclusion of blanks for chances and payment terms.
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Shergold
Barnes
Heytsburg
John Snelgrove
Rtichard Snelgrove
John Harris
Benjamin Burdon
Dino
John Layland
Norton
Heytsbury
Youn Roxworthy
Upton Lavel
Wilts
Mr. William Hindley
Grocer
Bath
William Lawrence
Trowbridge
Charles Otte Mercer
Cornhill
William Henlock
Thames Street
Warren
Leicester Fields
Walker’ Wraight
Rhe
Wit
Pott
Russia as a looming western rival to Europe
The piece argues Russia presents a natural enemy to Western Europe, detailing its growth from fragmented states to a vast empire under Peter the Great and warning that unchecked power could threaten European states. It praises British policy while noting mercantile interests may push into war, referencing Longland’s forced stance and Britain’s global position.
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Russian
Europe
Asia
Old World
Johan Basilides
Peter the Great
Logland
Barcelona Hospital Welfare Praised In 1780s Report
Townsend extols Barcelona general hospital for its humane care of convalescents. The facility provides a separate residence so patients recover before returning to labor. Report notes 178?, 1786 hospital admissions at nine thousand two hundred ninety-nine and six thousand four hundred eighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
Josury. Townsend
Barcelona
Townsend
General
Marquis de Gobert
Vicq
Evica
England
Dev Vincente Ternis
Spanish America
Guérntey
Barcelona Industry and Social Plight Highlighted
Descriptions of Barcelona show crowded hospitals for the poor and foundlings, high infant mortality, and harsh urban conditions. It also details crafts from gunsmiths to chocolate grinding and a cotton spinning surge under modern methods, plus a vivid Ireland Curragh feat where Mr. Wilde rode 127 miles in under nine hours amid betting controversy.
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Wilde
Daly’s
College-green
Connolly
Colonel Lumm
Mr. Wilde
Turf Club
Toll and bridge plans stir Shrewsbury meeting
A Shrewsbury committee at the Lion inn weighed toll values over twenty years and the cost of a new Welsh bridge. The Burgesses may be bound to repair but not widen the existing bridge, with subscriptions rising among gentry, farmers, and townsfolk as a public meeting nears.
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Shrewsbury
Lion Inn
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Russia
Dublin
M. Pontet
France
Maltapan
Ireland
Great Britain
B. Daly
Kildare
Country News
Groucester
Burroucns
Withington
Allsworth Down
Mary White
Coldthorp
Standish
Barton Fair
Norwich
Henry Nicude Las Astley
Norwaica
Little Snoring
Norfolk
Southampton
Otober
William Churcher
Botley
Churcher
Lewes
Brighthelmstone
Miss Hare
Herstmonceux
Sussex
Cambridge
Stirbitch
Cheshire
North Wiltshire
Derbyshire
Cottenham
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