State Lottery Tickets Sold At Richards Son Goodluck Office
State Lottery 1796 begins drawing in November and February 1797. Tickets and shares are sold at Richard Son Goodluck offices in Cornhill and Charing Cross. Last prize of 30,000l shared in sixteen sixteenths. Shares stamped under Parliament act. Prices list shows various eighth and sixteenth shares with denominations and dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard, Son,goodluck, and Co
Cornhill
Ard
King’s Mews
Charing-Cross
A&t
Spilsbury and Pepper mint Essence claims detailed in notices
The document presents advertisements for Peppermint essence and Spilsbury's Antiscorbutic Drops, detailing sales points in Nottingham London Newark and Edinburgh. It includes a patient testimonial praising the Drops' cure of a leg complaint and urges readers to buy from multiple agent outlets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spiesbury
Abersquare
Lordon
Stine
Spilsbury
Ridge
Curistoruss Corton
Brant Broughton
Lincolnshire
Edevard Rees Wm. Booth
Soho
Descriptions of a solitary Indigenous woman found near Hudson Bay
Journal excerpts recount a Western Dogrib prisoner eloping from Athapaskan captors in 1770. After months apart from others, she built a winter hut, hunted partridges rabbits and beavers, and sustained herself with clever snares. She crafted warm clothing with beaded ornaments, showing resourcefulness and taste despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince of Wales's Fort
Hudson’s Bay
Northern Ocean
North America
The Indian Woman and Survival in Arctic Search
An account details a Dog ribbed Indian woman who crafts nets and tools from willow bark and iron and survives a harsh winter. Her romantic misfortunes and encounters with Matonabbee’s camp lead to tragedy, including the death of her child and the violent downfall of her people. The passage also includes political rhetoric about British policy and Batavian resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esquimaux
Matonabbee
Fraror
Proclamation on Importation of British Manufactures
A proclamation from the Batavian National Assembly addresses concerns over the importation of British manufactured goods. The measure signals ongoing debates on trade policy and economic independence within the Batavian Republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Assembly
Royal Proclamation Frays Batavian View Of British Policy
The National Assembly blasts a Royal Proclamation granting free navigation to the United Provinces with neutral ships while France is excepted. It recalls a May manifesto detailing British ministerial perfidy, including seizure of Dutch ships and aggression against Batavian colonies, accusing him of betraying treaties and aiding émigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Provinces
Republic
England
East Indies
Higufual
Baltic
Great Britain
France
Europe
Orange Party
Proclamation Bans British Goods Importation
A historic notice prohibits any person from engaging in directly or indirectly importing British goods and declares opposition to the Proclamation a treasonable act with severe penalties. The text outlines enforcement against violators as high treason under the regime.
Quarantine Orders Issued for West Indies Vessels
Philadelphia reports alarm over a reintroduced fatal disease prompting Executive action. Health Officers must quarantine all arriving ships from West Indies ports and enforce penalties for breaches. Senate elections loom March 4 with a vigorous campaign. The President’s term ends that day. supporters expect reelection and say he would continue serving if reelected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
A& Passed
Senate
Beaconsfield Farmer Fends Off Pear Thieves in Night Attacks
In Beaconsfield a farmer named Johnt Browne guarded a prized pear crop after bragging of watching it nightly. Two men dressed in white sheets feigned supernatural encounters, prompting Browne to descend the tree where he was struck, breaking an arm in the alleged defense of his pears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnt.Browne
Browne
Dreadful Cheapside Fire Claims Five Lives and Heroic Aboard
A late Cheapside blaze involved several engines including a parish unit that arrived first and fought the fire until the wall collapsed. Five people died, among them Carter of the workhouse. John Lucas, a cloth-weaver, and American Blak, a promising apprentice, were named among the deceased. A widowed crew member and his unborn child mourned, while a fellow worker who gave despite poverty perished after being buried under burning debris. The fire led to hospital amputations and tributes to self denial and temperance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheapside
Carter
John
Lucas
Mathine
buGhefs
Hetart
Philosophical Society Premiums Announcement 1797
The Philosophical Society of Philadelphia offers seven prizes for essays and designs. Topics include liberal education and public schools, lunar longitude by sight, ship pumps, stoves for homes, peach tree preservation, American vegetable dyes, and street lighting lamps. Submissions due by January 11, 1797, with extensions to February 1798 for some entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
al Botters -Patern
J. Juniper
Nottingham
Thos. Bookey
Old Broad-Street
Royal Exchange
Newry
St. Paul's
Ward’s
Fetter-lane
Holborn
Bailey and
Lowe
Cocik
Husband
Holland
Philadelphia
Beaconsfield
John Browne
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!