Anecdote of the DukeE of Lezos and London Mayor
An old anecdote recounts Sir William Hewet Lord Mayor of London in 559, a prominent merchant with estate valued at over a year’s income. His apprentice Osborne saved a girl from the Thames, earning marriage to Osborne and later honors. Leeds family keep a Mayor Hewet portrait at Kniveton Hall Yorkshire. Osborne served Sheriff in 155 and later Knighted, becoming Lord Mayor in 1583.
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Dukee of
Lezos
William Hewet
London
Elizabeth
William
London-bridge
Thames
Earl of Shrewsbury
Wiliam
Osborne
Osborne Hall
Leeds
Kniveconball
Yorkshire
Book Advertisements for Sermons and Religious Works
A colonial shop list announces multiple religious volumes by E Johnston and Mel Wall. Titles include Leland’s Sermons in four volumes, De Dohal’s Sermons, Delaney’s Eighteen Discourses, Pelletreau’s Ecclesiastical History abridgment, and numerous pastoral and devotional works with varied prices. Also advertised are moral treatises on temperance, Sabbath observance, and opposition to Popery.
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E. Johnston
Mel. Wall and Co
Ludgate Street
John Leland
de. Doehal
Dean Delaney
James Pelletreau
A.M. Price
London
Git Fon
British Resolve to Crush American Rebellion in Canada
A London newspaper reflects on the American rebellion, urging a united cabinet to adopt vigorous measures against the insurgents. It cites British resilience, the need to deter rebels, and compares past naval successes to potential future victories, while recounting contemporaneous incidents at sea and crime reports. The tone calls for decisive action and patriot fervor.
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Canada
Ican Couripe
Elowe
Great Britain
Minorca
Byog
Emigration from Flanders to Austrian Dalmatia
In a Paris dated report, Greek families are described as migrating from Turkish frontiers into Austrian Dalmatia near the Adriatic Sea to settle and establish commercial ventures under the Imperial flag. The text notes discontent from the Grand Signior and Venice and mentions Sabine de St German’s plan to reorganize military departments for economy and defense.
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Trieste
Nev
Furky
Austrian Dalmatia
Germain
Muddled notice and naval updates from St James to Moldavia
The notice at St James drops drawing room events for Thursday and notes a May riverfront fishing renewal. Navy lieutenants on half pay are told to ready for active duty. Prince Orlow and General Bawr arrive in The Hague from London. Moldavia says the Turkish Austrian border talks ended without decision. An elderly lieutenant in Anhbalr dies after a fall, followed by deaths of his sister and maid.
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Rumsgate
Ann
Marha
Butler
Dover
Goodwin Sands
Seddon
Drury Lare
Portia
Antonio
Miss B
Covent Garden
S— P
Whitechapel
Bath Road
Adge
Oxford-street
Honet
St. Marylebone
Beaconsfield
George Duberly
Wandsworth
Putney
Dyer
Croydon
Norwood Common
Union Court
Hoborn
Bowlby
London-wall
Philips
Eig
Court of Chancery
Ehna Batourfl
James Brrant
Hinckney
Lacy
Jn Wednelay
Robbea
UsrKenda
St. James’s
Nice
Nes Fava
Sor
Nvtty
Prince Or
General Bawr
Hagu
London
Feders
Watin
Moldavia
Anhbalr
Reiter
Kennedy
N.B
W. Bayley
A. Rothwell
New Band-street
F. Newbery
Ludgate-street
St. Paul's Church-yard
J. Price
Leadenhall-street
J. Grosvenor
Perfumer
Chancery-lane
Holborn
The Bankatures of No Jacobt TE and No KrelIng received
The fragment notes that two entities named No Jacobt TE and No KrelIng have received something from the Lgoteti tnaer tie Banatures.
Local Weather Woolgathering Tricky OCR Entry
Fragmentary OCR note shows a morning time marker of 53 minutes after sunrise with garbled place names Loniten and Bruege. No clear event or responsible organization identified. Readable fragments suggest a weather or scheduling trace but lack concrete details or outcomes.
Stock prices and bank shares move through the market
The listing shows various bank stock prices and futures with figures like 87 percent and 3 percent. The text is fragmented but indicates movement in financial securities and bank shares in a South Sea or similar market, with references to Indian and New Delhi banks and annuity or conditional yields.
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India
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Bark Ann
Navy
Bank Long Ane
Hs. Dreery
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Indies
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Royal Academy
Robert
James Adam
Adelphi
England
Scotland
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Strand
Duke of Northumberland
Siontio
Lord Mansfield
Cajn-Wood
Earl of Hates
Luton
Italy
Cunego
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Sailarit
Nyon
Paris
Rey
Amsterdam
Wilton
Dublin
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Welbeck Street
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William Leyborne Leyborne
Chreeatay
Enziard
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Sir
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Hoy
Ann Leyborne
Daley
Intanc
Nesvbery
St Paul’s Church Yard
Crane
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Fleet Marvet
Jackson
Tin Gure Hatfield
de Hooper
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Dr. Anderson
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