Madmen and sieges in Boston and Charles Town letters
A Geneva opinion letter in New England and Virginia reports rebels around Boston and Charles Town attacked by floating batteries. It details alarm, naval actions, and potential town destruction by ships of war, plus depictions of winter weather, milked provisions, and civic reactions amid ongoing conflict.
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London
Boston
Lee
Charles Town
Clinton
Battalia
Geneva
New York
Death of Parnell’s Son Follows Child’s Fatal Accident
An obscure report notes the death of the only child of Mr. Parnell, a Thames street merchant, from an ulcer in the lungs. a prior tragedy saw a son drown last summer returning from Woolwich after a pin-wallowing accident while a maid dressed him, deepening the family’s sorrow.
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Heattesoyal
Breryddane
Mr. Parnell
Thames- Street
Woolwich
Lavendar Smelling-Bottle and Rose Milk Face Products
R Warren presents volatile essence of lavender in smelling-bottle for head ache sore throat and obstructions with fragrant use for handkerchiefs and drawers at 2s 3 6d to 7s a bottle. Milk of Roses for cleansing skin from six hours to sixty years at 3s 6d and 10s 6d a bottle. Royal Liquid of Violets and Jasmine nourishes hair at 3s 8d per bottle. King's Patent and approval by leading families.
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R. Warren
Mary-le-Bonne Street
Golden-square
London
Britain
Ireland
Europe
True Original Receipt Elixir Claim and Hundred Pound Reward
An advertisement by Mary Swinton at Two Golden Balls Salisbury Court Fleet Street London asserts ownership of the True Original Receipt for a patent medicine. She warns others as counterfeiters and offers one hundred pounds reward for proof she is not related to Anthony and Mary Daffy and Dr. Anthony Duffy the inventor. The elixir is praised as a mild remedy aiding digestion and various ailments, with claims of broad export and use by nobility.
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Uxbridge
Beconsfield
Calvert
Curson’s Lane
Thames-street
Whitechapel
Mr. Meadows
Peterborough-street
Soutshwark
Shadwell
St. Paul’s
Robert Williams
Old Bailey
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Ashhurst
Newgate Chapel
Wm. Backhouse
Ickham
Well
Weld
Kent
Deal
Laft
Tenterden
James Simmons
City of
Canterbury
Charlotte Mantell
Edward Mantell
Oxford
Tho. Welton
Darry
Anthony and
Mary Daffy
Anthony Duffy
London
Mary Swinton
Salisbury-court
Fleet-street
Prices of stocks and bonds in a colonial market report
A fragmentary financial listing shows stock prices and bond values for several banks and maritime interests. Entries include Bank Stock, Old Ann, New Ann, Consols at various fractions, India Bonds, Navy bills, and a note of a 3 pence per pound discount on bills.
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India
Banke Nn
Pr. Navy
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Tryon
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Venus
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Rockingham
Clover
Booth
Carter
Dublin
Rome
Duke
M—— College
St. Peter
Chester Mail
Dunstable
WedneMay
St. Alban’s
Heckley
Little Brickhill
Bath
Bear
Piccadilly
Hungerford
Marlborough
Henley Upon
Hames
Port-Chaises
Gloucestershire
Snaresbrook
Div
Charles Hoole
T Longman
J. Bew
Paternofter-row
J. Almon
J. Ridley
St. James’s Street
J. Sewell
Mr. Brotherton
W. Daventull
Cornbil
London Review
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