Ball notice and royal appointments mark page fragment
fragmentary newspaper record shows an etiquette ball notice for St James's on a Tuesday next and a royal grant appointing Robert Chester to collect and receive perpetual tenths for church dignities and benefices, with interruptions from confusion over inoculation prejudices and provincial ravages affecting posts and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Chamberlains Ofice
St. At
St Fietan
Robert Chester
Inmer Temple
Collec
Thomas Parry
St John Pringle
William Buchan
The
Royal College of Physicians
Edinburgd
W. Strahan
J. Cadell
Strand
J. Balfour
W. Creech
Edinburgh
Speedwell sails with dispatches amid gale
Reports from Plymouth and Newcastle detail Royal Navy movements as Speedwell under Capt Pearson is ordered to Gibraltar with dispatches for the Governor, while another sloop is sent express to Sir Peter Dennis. In Liverpool a postboy evades two footpads after a failed bag seizure. both attackers miss their aim as the rider escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Speedwell
Pearson
Dover
Gibraltar
Gosport
Peter Dennis
Streights
Newcastle
Dunbar
Budle
Holy Island
Kirkaldy
Liverpool
Ferrybridge
Brotherton
Arrivals list from ships and ports with numerous names
The report catalogs arrivals at multiple ports including Cadiz Madeira and Liverpool. Ships and captains named include True Briton Polly and King of Prussia along with numerous others from Newfoundland Dublin New York and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadie
Cheeseman
Newfoundland
Pawick
Murphy
Dublin
Polly
Walrond
New York
Woodbridge
Pete
Bilboa
Hannah
Moowie
Liverpool
Prince George
Davis
Mogadore
Licide
Witt
Hamburgh
Madeiry
Dunmore
Maxwell
Virginia
Dover
Leicestershire
Rase
Furlong
Sheepscott
Mary, Howard
Valencia
Lisbon
Prussia
Raamfon
Maryland
Hasatjurgh
Margritta-Elizabeth
Johannes
Archangelie
Constantinople
Tartar
Smith
Island of
Gorbi
Sebastian
N. S. del Antigua
Carlillo
London
Hawke
Huffey
Dingle
Nelslv
Chalmers
Fia Sunderland
Griffin
Scudding
Mudge
Thompson
Falmouth
Phoenix
Elk
Madeira
Mulberry
Marth
Becky
Harper
Delany
Jerrald
Royal Exchange
Lee
Earl of Derby
Pringle
Jamaica
Bitch
Augusta
Gordon
Corke
Ambiguous Era Dispatch From Turin December Note
A fragmentary 18th century style missive from Turin dated December 6 mentions a nobleman not yet present but described as ambassador at this court. The text references frequent papers’ accounts and a de Nivernois related commission, with unclear details about prince and fortifications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nivernoisweingin
Cletter
Turin
European power shifts and a widow's loss of a legacy
Extract from a Leghorn letter reports Charles Emanuel of Savoy and the Duke de Chablais setting out for France then Europe. Venice notes Ruffian actions against Syriay, Zante, and a Russian port clash. A Hanoverian widow in London pleads over a 77l legacy blocked by the Regency, while Arctic weather, fires, murders, and court appointments fill the rest of the day’s notices. The text also records ship losses, drownings, and local accidents along with obituaries and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Emanuel
Duke of
Savoy
Piedmont
Duke de Chablais
Prince Charles
France
Europe
Leghorn
Egypt
Venice
Isle of
Zante
Jeanetto M
Senate
Prince of Corva
Electorate of Hanover
London
Regency of
Corva
Bremen
del Chorgo
Larrange
Rouen
St. Andero
Cape la Hogue
Mary
M‘carty
Cerke
Bourdeaux
Newcastle
N. E
Alditon
Curry
Whitthouse
Bond-street
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London Gazette
Nateis, Dycempen
Ratte
Abagar
Leyden
Drax
Jan- To
Campbell
Parnassus
Watt
Elizabeth
Gown
Philadelphia
Manchester
Casey
Lightfoot
Dunsley
St. Michael’s
Foy
Cuthell
Kerlington
Stan
St. George’s Fields
Bearfs
Spitalfields
Milton
Rotherhithe
Jones
Little Brickhill
Bedfordshire
Hoare
Oxford
Read
David Wills
New Prison
William Hallett
William Jones
Great Stanmore
Susannah Wrench
James Bishop
Robert Simmons
Newgate
Isaac Heartley
Shoreditch
Hackney
John Gale
Merton College
Edward Fulham
Eltham
Kent
John Cott
Corpus Christi College
Cambridge
Markthall
County of Bucks
Diocese of Lincoln
William Gibbons
New Norfolk-street
George Beeston
New Bond-street
Elizabeth Greenwood
Saville-row
Rose-doe
Scotland
William Colquhoun
Garscadden
Helen Colquhoun
James Colquhoun
Lufs, Bart
Northumberland-street
Robert
Baldy
Sutton-Ashfield
Nottinghamsshire
James Brown
Blackwell
Derbyshire
Hoxton-square
Edward Hitchin
White-row
Fetter-lane
Hunter
Carpenter
Gower
Palaceyard
Westminster
William Eardley
House of Commons
S. Humphrey Babb
Paradise-row
Rathboxg
Brufsels
Elizabeth de Val
Meyer
Norwich
Robert Barret
Lambton-hall
County of Durham
William Lambton
Lambton
City of
Durham
Buckingham
John Warren
Bayerstoke
AON
Wiliam Drake
Henston
Devonshire
Sheriff's Ward
Said-County
Trarender Jan
Swan Inn
Vern
Exeter
James
Coles
Bridgwater
Somersetshire
Thomas Wood
Red-fion-square
Middlesex
Leter Wood
Lancashire
Crompton’s
Wright
John Cooper
Walsall
Staffordshire
Malester
Green Dragon
High-street
Benry Whateley
Priad Sill
Thomas
Bridge
Rogers “Blount
George Inn
Igi
Sheffield
Og Simpson Lewis
Fishtoft
Lincolnshire
Red-lion Inn
Boston
Thomas Davies
St. Dunstan
Stepney
Guildhall
William Southall
Newman-street
Oxford-road
Daniel Franckling
Christ Church
Robert Morton
Garlick-hill
Groser
William Harvey
Americum
Anth. Todd
Ae. N.B
Feathers Tavern
Wrfanted
Free
Suffolk
Leo Julian
James Hammond
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