Antiquated Remedies and Book Notices in London Advertisements
An 18th century advertisement lists an oval Gold Snuff-Bar reward, a sea-sickness cordial, and a range of medical and literary goods for sale. It mentions Mr. Bell, bookseller, Cornhill, Pope’s Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day, Cato related works, eccentric new dialogues, Gardiner’s sermon, and The Present State of Europe monthly Mercury, with publishers and prices noted.
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Bell
Cornhill
Pope
St. Cecilia’s
Dennis
Cato
M.p.cato Uricensis
Plato
Fontenelle
Earl of Shaftsbury
Tamworth Reresby
Mr. Gardiner
B. Listore
Europe
Mercury
Jane
Hague
Fleet-street
Eliz
Harris
Royal assent granted to acts in grounds of licensing, trade, and relief
London reports the Queen addresses both Houses after a Speech in the Lords and Commons. An Act to license hackney carriages, to promote sail cloth making, build a Strand church, regulate forces, and provide perpetual relief to the poor receives royal assent. Also acts for soldiers trades, MPs returns, and public debt. The Queen thanks Parliament for supplies and promotes peace. Parliaments prorogued to August 28. Golden medals struck for the peace presented to each member.
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London
House of Lords
Commons
Great Britain
May-Pole
Strand
E. Beriigeon
Bloomsbury
Atorphew
Stationers Hall
France
House of Commons
Britannia