Evoking Charity Amid Severe Winter Hardship
A London reader recounts Mr Romaine's compassionate sermon at St Ann's Blackfriars that inspired a large plate collection. The same reports detail snowbound travel, frozen deaths near Twickenham and Broms prov e, shipwreck of ice in the Thames, and Tyburn executions of the Perreaus with witnesses noting quiet dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romaine
St. Ann’s
Blackfriars
Coventry
London
Daventry Road
Thames
Fulham
Putney
Martha Parkinson
Twickenham
Isleworth
Whitechapel
Fromm
Falvag
Tickay
Bromsprave
Worcestershire
Birmingham
Broms Prove
Leicester-fields
Dowgate-Hill
Shooter’s Hill
Kent
Tyburn
Perreaus
Amonest
S——is
Newgate
Akerman
Perreans
Robbery and murder cases amid notices and marriages
A late 18th century column reports a theft linked to a feisty youth in Covent Garden, a murder by William Richards in Beonshire, and various notices. It lists travel disruptions, a mortality bill, a new Colonel appointment, and multiple marriages and deaths including William Johnson, Samuel Field, Abraham Thompson, and Peter Smith. It also notes a local sheriff nomination and notable locals in Kent and Berkshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West-Indies
Covent-garden
Wm. Richards
John Baffer
Holsworthy
Beonshire
Richards
Taylor
24Th Regiment of Foot
Cornwallis’s
Salisbury
William Difton Barker
Wareham
Sarah Sheard
Joseph Sheard
Pitcomb
Somersetshire
John Mackenzie
Bishopsgate-street
Miss Mackenzie
Yeterday
William Johnson
St. Dunstan’s Hill
Gray’s-inn
Samuel Field
King’s Bench
Broad-street
Abraham Thompson
Virginia
Temple
Charles “Hillpleing
Middle Temple Society
North-Cray
Kent
Frith
Brass
Crosby
Sawtall
Taltow-Merchant
Saffron-hill
Peter Smith
Mettuty
Shaftesbury
Dorser
Harker
Arborfield
Reading
Berks
Travels Through Spain The Dark and Bright Sides
The writer critiques travel accounts for bias and recounts two Spain scenes. He praises coastal villages with fruit and sea views, then laments dirty inns, meager meals, and high charges. He warns that travelers may overstate charm or misery, urging balanced judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixn
Valeentia
Fan
Edison
Dr.Smallet
France
Italy
Spain
Adal Ap Rhys
Baretti
Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Ocean
Wanderer vents on Spain travel woes and inns
A Wanderer writes about traveling in Spain describing harsh winters in inns with no chimneys or proper beds. He complains Spain is behind England and France in comforts from Pyrenean regions to Madrid, noting hot days and cold nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough
Canterbury
Bover
Spain
Pyrenean
Madrid
England
France
Sam
A. B
Whitehall
St. James’s
Breyer
Inlayer, &c
Carnabymarket
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harrow School
St. James's Street
Dr. Boyer
John Adams
William Jones
Case
Lord Folkstone
Robert Fulke Grevillé
John Smith
Civen
Gardner
Strand
Skinner
Garraway
Cornhill
William Young
Delaford
Iver
County of
Bucks
Middlesex
Surry
Hertfordshire
Deldford
Uxbridge
Windsor
Salthill
Woodcock
Crown
Saltshill
Bell and Castle
Red-lion
Hounslow
Thomas Francis
Charesty-Jane
Aldersgate-street
Plercy
Blandford Forum
Dorfer
John Dennett
Benjamin Watts
New-Inn
Isaac Horlock
John Simmonds
Robert Churchill
Gos
N.B
Percy
Blandford
Fale
Wayted
Carolina
Birchin-Iane
W. X
Paelrick
Galway
Kingdom of
Heland
Bengal
East-Indies
Anthony French
Ar Idote
Mei. Palmer
Searle
Philperlane
Sarah Ogle
Mary Swindon
Yarmouth
Norwich
Cambridge
North Road
Sarah Claxton
Mary Hill
Peter Nelson
Des Keerer
Colchester
Essex
Fitke
John Fitke
Michaelmas
William Mayhew
Elizabeth Godfrey
James Wayman
Will
Hunsdon
Chelmsford
Edward Huntdon
William Hunsdon
Edward Hunsdon
Turlington
Balla&m
Martha Wray
Nice
Hilton Wray
Sucaeffors
Robert Turlington
Birchin Lane
Erny
Almot
Daffy’a
Stoughton
Squire
Rascliff
Bostock
Hungary
William Wray
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