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Notices of Old Brandies and Lost Goods in 1715 London
An 1715 newspaper fragment advertises 5 gallons minimum of aged French brandy for sale at 75.6d per gallon with attendance by John Clarke. It also lists hotel upgrades, a bishop’s Stortford feast, a man named James Badly wanted for desertion with a Guinea reward, and various lost horses and goods with rewards. Additional notices mention a Derby mill lead mintage, horse/meadow races, and a Melton Mowbray purse.
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Boyden
Tower-street
England
John Clarke
Little-Tower-street
Reading
Gona Smith
George Son
Bishop’s Stortford
Bishop's Stortford School
James
Scar Huntingdon
George Churchill
Regiment of Foot Guards
Stollen
Layton- Stone
Adam Holt
Gardiner
Layton Stone
Green Man
Aping Forest
Essex
Will. Harris
Crouchend
Horn
Smithfield-Markee
Hareris
W.A
W. Atthins
Southam
Warwickshire
Miltake
Wilne
Duke
Oylman
Leicester-treer
Leicester Fields
Moulay