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Petworth Races and a Contested Advertisement Debate
A late 17th/early 18th century notice shows General Court censure and orders advertisement reprint following a June 1723 Daily Post claim. It details races at Petworth Sussex with purses of 30 and 5 and 10 guineas, weights, conditions, entry fees, and dates August, with further races near Northampton and a sermon-like critique of Presbyterian prejudice amid printed complaints. The document records two society notices and a publisher's location in Gray's Inn.
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Daily Post
Engier
John Billingsley
Ron
Petworth
Sussex
Andon Tucsiay
Gallowaye
atty-Horse
Perwore
Galloway
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