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Elopement Notice and Periodicals Advertisement
Notices warn against trusting Mary wife of John Sharfell of Bideford on Christmas Eve as he refuses debts in her absence. The item also includes a medical drops advertisement claiming cure for rheumatism with London sale details and a Paris news postscript about royal actions and officers in France with dates and financial figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
John Sharfell
Bideford
Devon
Universal-Journal
Menalcas
Leonora
Virgil
T. Payne
Stationer’s Hall
Angel and Crown
Threadneedle-reet
Royal Exchange
London
France
de la Jonchere
Arsenal
Duke of Orleans