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Almanac fragment and notices from London May 1719
A chaotic page lists military orders from the War Office in May 1719 urging absent officers to return to duty, followed by a Gravesend arrival of a royal ship squadron. It notes the death of the Hon. Mr. Pierpont at Oxford from smallpox, noble heirs’ successions, and South Sea and Bank stock prices. Advertisements push cures for blindness, religious works, and upcoming publications with prices and booksellers’ names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lam
Ch. Delafaye
London
John Jennings
Gravesend
Holland
Pierpont
York
Oxford
E. of
Dorchester
Countess of Kingston
Earl of Dorchester
Duke of Kingston
Countess of Tankerville
Ruth
Earl of Berkeley
Chandois
India
South Sea
Bank
Blanks
T. Clark
Charles II
Bellafis
Majesly
Anne
Sig
Vero
Klind
Baleen
Salisbury
Patrick
Mracles
St. Agnes
Jonah
Mia
Sis
W. Mears
F. Cay
Temple-Bar
William Dugdale
Warwickshire
Leiger
John Osborn
Lombard-street
Hare
Coventry
Tryal
Times
Honoour
J. Pemberton
Golden Rack
Flees Street
Harlequin-Hydaspes
Lingoln
s-tan-Fields
J. Roberts
Warerick-Lane
Abbot de Vertot
Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles Leveres
Sweden
Portugal
Dela Roche
Qzell
Charis Drelincourt
Spayas
M.A
James Nailer
High Court of
Pardament &T
Cires
Theo
Abe Betes
Badewel
Pristed
R. Fancklin
J. Rowberts
Warwick Lane