Public Letters and Literary Fragments from 1773
A collection of letters, poems, and notes from the General Evening Post era. Contents include an appeal to church authorities by a writer in Lambeth criticizing mission work, a London theatre critique praising Garrick’s Lear, reader correspondence asking for bread-raising recipes, and a personal letter from a reader describing winter entertainment and Prudentia’s writings. The page mixes religious critique, theatrical appraisal, domestic tips, and a social letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Evening Post
Society For Propagation
Old England
Bench
Lambeth
P.S. Iis
Quebec
Garrick
Pleen
Cadenis
Mr. Garrick
Edgar
Gloucester
Savery
Drury‘Jane Theatre
Péadentia
Prudentia
Nightly watch regulation and Westminster anxieties rise
London reports a move to regulate the nightly watch and beaches in Westminster and nearby. Parliament hears petitions from the Goldsmiths Company and London Goldsmiths against an Arsay-office at Sheffield. Background fills with ministerial shifts, Rhode Island tension, and fires in docks and Bishopsgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon Doon
Westminster
House of Commons
Goldsmiths Company
Goldsmiths of London
Sheffield
Lord North
Treasury Board
Bolton
Montagu
Rhode Island
Rhode Islanders
A&t
St. Vincent
St. James's
Lord Chatham
London
Bedford Party
Lord N
Himelf
Vienna
Bohemia
Chathar
Fehrs
On the Preparation and Use of Magnesia Alba
A scholarly note discusses preparation calcination and medical uses of magnesia alba and examines solvent qualities of calcined magnesia. It also notes the variation in solvent powers of quick lime when used in different quantities, attributed to Thomas Hi-4 for L Johnfeny No.
Also Mentioned on This Page
R. W
Adam
Poffett
Eaf
Nebo
Bey “Taft
Ganzxal Evanine
Mr. Stong
Surry
Williams
City
Liberty of
House of Peers
Irving
Bridewell
Bethlem
Alderman Wilkes
Blackfriars-bridge
Haymarket
Drurylane
Dauphin
France
Drurylane Theatre
Lear
Lord Apsley
Lord Camden
Covent-garden
Bristol Theatre
Summer Theatre
Summier Theatre
Meff
Collier and Smith's
Bishopsgate-street
Threadneedle-street
Chatham
John Smith
Elizabeth Coys
John Coys
East India House
United Company
England
East-Indies
Leadenhall-street
Junius Brutus
Pacificus
Draury-Lang
Os Covent-Garven
London Bridges
Bear-Key
Josefa Howand
Willian Magsnatt
India
Pr Navy
Bank
Long
Thomas Hi
L Johnfeny
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