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Fire and court news from 1717 London amid royal watch
A chaotic 1717 London column reports a 3 a.m. fire at Gray's Inn Coney Court that destroyed four rooms and damaged surrounding spaces. It mentions the Princess of Wales gifting a gold watch to the Dutchess of Orleans, the Countess of Baltimore bearing a child, and trials and security preparations for the Earl of Oxford. Stock prices, mortality figures, and a flood of notices, adverts, and scientific publications fill the rest of the column, with racing dates and bookmaker schedules for Chesterfield.
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London
Funess
Princess of Wales
Orleans
Coney~Court
Gray
Beniazan
Countess of
Baltimoré
Lord Botivan
Earl of Oxford
Comyrs and
Daxwell
Constantine Phips
William Peer Williams
Dr. Henchman
Robert Raymond
Air. Reeves
Lely
France
William Puller
Newgate
Duke of Argyle
Will. Thorps