Wilkes letter summons Middlesex to attend Parliament
John Wilkes responds to Sir Fletcher Norton’s summons and demands to be sworn into Parliament. He asserts the right of Middlesex to elect representatives and calls for reform of proceedings to prevent ministerial encroachment. He signs as John Wilkes to Stephen Sayre and William Lee Sheriffs of Middlesex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher Norton
House of Commons
Stephen Sayre
William Leg
Sheriffy
John Wilkes
Knights of the Shire
County of
Middlesex
Great Council
William Lee
Questions on Slavery in America From 1774 Postscript
A 1774 postscript from HOMO to British planters in Jamaica challenges slavery ethics. It asks whether enslaved labor could be replaced by animals, whether a slave exerts as much as a free person, and whether small wages would spur industry, noting that reducing slave numbers could lessen colonial perils.
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Evenine
Ricu
Jamaica
America
Deaths In Paris Notary and Stranger Drownings
A January 24 Paris dispatch reports the death of Notary B-d whose body was found in the Seine near Saint Cloud after a plan to flee abroad failed. His estate leaves about ten thousand livres yearly after debts. His mother died mad. he had no wife or children. Earlier a well dressed stranger drowned himself from the Pont Royal as the river rose over four feet the night before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BlanpeErs
Paris
St. Cloud
Pont- Royal
Seine
Charles Whitworth
Westminster Hall
Watkin Lewes
MassKs
Soho
Cox
Lincoln’s Inn-Hall
Bedford and Son
Leeds
Afsignees
Shepley
Characer Hey
Maidsivant
Jerusalem
Cornhill
Leadenhall-treet
Mater
Dennis Currin
Newgate
George Corfield
Rose
Chancery-Iame
Taxed Liberty and Stamp Act Debate in Lords and Commons
London society watched a heated session in the House of Lords over a stamp and annuity bill, with Lords presenting warnings about government power and press freedom, while supporters argued the tax would speed justice and curb fraudulent conveyances. Concurrently in the Commons, petitions, committee selections, and election challenges proceeded amid other notices and public exhibitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trith House of Lords
Ranelagh
Irnham
Mountmorres
Grace
Duke of Leinster
Ireland
Sons of Liberty
Trish
Targuim the
Ambassagiors
High Water at London Bridge and Theatre Listings
High water timings at London Bridge noted for tomorrow and Saturday with morning and evening intervals. Theatrical entertainments include Drayury Lane and Covent Garden shows such as King John, The School for Wives, Neck or Nothing, The Man of Business, The Upholsterer, and The Same Comedy with Midas. Stock prices listed for Bank Stock India South Sea and Consols with varied percentages and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
To-morow
Draruy-Lane
School For Wives
Covent-Garden
Midas
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Mr. Wilkes
Cu Pby
Court
Storey's Gate
Westminster
Fat
London
F.G
Percy Fireet
Price
Thomas Percival
M.D. F.R
J. Johnson
St. Paul's Churchyard
Mr. Aikin
J.5
Charrier
R. Nugent
Charles Dilly
J. Robson
New
Bond-street
J. Walter
Charing-cross
Stretch
Ash
Lowth
Entick
F. Millar
Ely
Earl of Bellamont
Roden
Lanesborough
Cloyne
Meath
Sinai
Burke
Cramer
Ogle
Speaker
Grenville
Rous
Worge
Masuam
Brownlow Coft
Matthew Ridley
Thomas Clavering
William Guile
Henry St. John
Penton
Smith
Mauger
Wollaston
Burrell
Rufbout
Langlois
Lord George Germaine
Richard Sutton
A.B
House
India
Consol
Wack
Aon
Gtat
Pr. Navy
Bank
Long Ann
Francis Hargrave
Otrize
Feller
Te Strand
Ametia
Legve
Remet
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
J Price
Leadenhall-street
M. Purde
Bary
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