Forster and Foote Manuscript Plot with Kingston Duchess
An 18th century affidavit describes John Forster and Samuel Foote in a plot over a manuscript comedy titled Trip to Calais. Foote reportedly demanded £2000 from the Duchess of Kingston to publish, while Forster warned against disobliging her grace. The document notes Foote’s plan and the social pressure involved.
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Westerinster
Jorn Forster
Kington
Samuel Foote
North End
Kingston
Foote
Calais
Cutchese
Samuel Poote
Galazs
Darchess of
Notable Youths Executed for Robbery Conspiracy
A report on Henry Meter, Joseph Magpleton, and William Jacklin, all young offenders aged 18 to 25, executed after involvement in a Bond Street robbery. The narrative details their backgrounds, motives, and moral reflections, noting Magpleton’s apprenticeship and Jacklin's allotment to burglary. The piece ends with a somber exhortation for upright living.
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Henry “É Meter
Bighauay
Joseph Muggieton
William Jacklin
E Tpenry McAllester
London
Iman
Royal Navy
Isn Qi
Shis
Hufillion
Joseph Magpléton
Bate Onder
Bond-street
Jacklin
Edinburgh
Jacklin Mas
Yeterday & Woman
Wm. Rugge
All Souls College
Oxford
New Romney
Combermere
Cheshire
Lynch Salusbury Cotton
Denbigh
Robert Salisbury
Cotton
Bayt
Phierpey
John Kerry
Carpenter
Bury
Harry Sang
Stiles
Borptia
Leith
Mc. Snowden
Horrific Algerine Coast Deaths Recall Bravery and Loss
Mail from Flanders reports heavy casualties on the Algerine coast with General officers wounded or dead, including the Marquis de la Romana and the Count del Afalro, while others like M. Ricardos and M. Velena face critical injuries. Amid brutal Moorish cruelties, engineers and volunteers suffer severe losses as defenders strive to retreat.
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Flanders
Can.HaGe
Rion
Algier
Marquis de la Romana
Count del Affalro
M. Ricardos
M. O’reilly
M. Je B
Marquis de Velena
Bernand Nunez
Foreign Volunteers
Brussels
Madrid
Paris
Meudon
Bellevue
St. Cloud
London Bridge To-morrow From Bank Stocks and Annuities
Fragmentary OCR text lists financial items such as Bank Stocks in India South Sea and Old and New Annuities, with scattered figures and terms like per cent and Consol. Mentions event times and names in a style suggesting a period financial page.
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India
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Fielding
Muggleton
M‘allester
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Kew
Constitution-hill
Earl Gower
Trentham-hall
Staffordshire
Hague
Court of
Cowes
George Diana
Rigan
Georgia
Kinsale
Ireland
West Indies
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Downs
Virginia
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W.poke
Fisher
New-York
Cornelia
Falmouth
Philadelphia
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Bristol
Liverpool
Pitcairn
Boston
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Ain
Dublin
Woolwich
Admiralty Board
Whitechapel
James
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s
St. John’s Wood Farm
Hamptead
Exetér
Nareg
Barnstaple
St. Alban’s
Derby
Dartford
Trinity College
Diana
Zebeck
Lisbon
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Hazard and Co
Royal Exchange
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Croydon
London Bridge
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Navy
Riley
Bank
Adiia
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the Times
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Cockspur-street
Haymarer
Alto
Price
Perfather
Grice
Lallier
Nicoll
St. Paul's Church-yard
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Finchlane
Cornhill
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