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The Majesty’s Reign and Ports News from 1747
Reflections on Providence and loyalty to the throne follow a royal christening notice in London. The ship London from Vera Cruz brings bullion nearly £200,000, with stock prices and mortality tallies from the Bills of Mortality. Advertisements announce medical remedies, auctions, and a wave of new pamphlet publications, including Behn’s histories and other works, with pricing and bookstore notices across London.
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London
South Sea Company
Vera Cruz
Lord Irwin
Hull
General Lumley
Preston
Johnson
Constantinople
Wortley Montague
Jacob Walter
John Kent
Kent
Fleet-Prison
Aepne
India
Africa
South Sea
James Pemberton
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Tottenham-Conge
Jane Fust
Parke
Leeward Islands
Antegoa
George French
Chamberlen
Golden Key
King’s Arms
A. Behn
Mc. R. White
D. Brown
S. Briscoe
M. Wellington
V. Mears
J. Brown
F. Clay
Cupid
Chaucer
Mr. Sewell
Royal Socciety
Hans Sloane
Mead
Edmund Heliay
Baynard
Pettiver
Chance
Juxy
Charled
Catherine
Chrift Church
Duke of Monmouth
York
Chris-Church
Henry Prince of Orange
Wermisster-Scook
Earl of Rochester
Duottet
Fleet-fireec
Paul's
St. Pauls Church-yard
Ballard
John Harding
St. Martin’s Lane
Horn
Royal Exchange
Chark Bookfeller
Cheapside
Clement