Guardians of the Standard of Silver Plate in Birmingham and Sheffield
London news reports the incorporation of five Silver Plate Guardians companies serving Birmingham and Sheffield with local assayers offices. May 1773 Common Council defers to oppose East India Company bill. Portsmouth letters promise naval promotions, a fleet visit, and honors for Admiralities, with ships sailings from Plymouth and losses in the West Indies. A watchman is struck by lightning near the General Post-Office, and storms cause damage and a drowning near Rotherhithe.
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London
Birmingham and
City of London
East-India Company
Hodges
Gloucester
House of
Hanover
Portsmouth
Hughes
Admiralty
Navy Boards
Harl
Sandwich
Plymouth
Maria
Panther
Wolfe
Newfouidan
Primrose
Taunton
Corke
West Indies
Bunton
Lynn
Riga
Whele
General Post-office
Berner Street
Oxford-street
Greenwich
Rotherhithe
Fenchirch-freet
Turbulent Weather Splits Masts and Wrecks Near London
Storms on the Thames cause ship damage and fire at a London workhouse. A waggoner suffers burns from lightning while a coachman remains speechless after a strike. In Bow Street a Chelsea burglary leads to two men and a pensioner jailed or held for trial. Public notices list bankrupts and diversions with dates for appearance and surrender at Guildhall.
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Thames
London
Sidgier
Kentith-town
Finchley Common
Bow-street
Stephen Merchant
John Lock
Hannah Fleete
Chelsea
Ote Wright
Merchant
Old Bailey
Chubb
Bridgewater
John Shute
Stephen Adams
St. Ann’s-lane
Duchess of Grafton
Arlington-street
Countess of Miltown
Dublin
Viscountess Cashall
St. Martin’s In
Fields
Capt
Onslow
Lord Onslow
Michell
Commodore Michell
Olney
Bucks
James Robinson
Lord Dartmouth
Mills Gardiner
Suffolk - Street
Oxford-street
Thomas Mafferett
Eigg
Marham-street
Westminster
Snow
Kentish-town
Bloom
Great Ruffeltreet
Bloomsbury
Leith
Oxford-road
King’s Mouse
Walter Anteataches
King’s Studd
Joseph Bland
Catherine-court
Tower-hilh
James Woolley
Bromgrove
Worcestershire
Crown Inn
Broadfigeen
Worcester
William Cookson
Kingston Upon Hull
Rifles
Currie
Bush Tavern
Carntreet
Brisol
Finan Diviszion
Francis Molly
Maidstone
Kent
Mercer
Guildhall
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Shersday
Vienna
Qaceh Bis Carrfed
Pater
M. Storck
Hetzendorf
Schomber
Eric A. Bofton
New-England
Bofton
Drax
Downs
Guavaseno
Jost
Walbert
Delphice
Maria Horst
Barnes
Kite
Cox
Enihden
William
Crump
Scettin
Hope
Sinclair
Petersburgh
Easterby
Rigas
Boston
Botton
Fowns
Alexandria
Mauricé
Aubrey
Parry
Constantinople
Friendship
Geraud
Polacre Snopez
Dona
Guerin
Hero
Strivens
Bristol
Madeira
Charles Sharpe
Bellon
Seshorne
Bollard
Ancona
Nice
Falmouth
Riedovery
Jerrard
Lisbon
Betsey
Keyburn
South-Dargling
Elizabeth Malone
Framk Hamburgh
Bourdeaux Watch
Bourdeaux
Philadelphia
Chalkey
Spain
Briftol
Jamaica
Spencer
Grove
Mus Effsidge
Seton
Sarah
Blythe
Riftol
Cowes
Glasgow
Hume
Georgia
Yarmouth Road
Kingston
Clark
North Carolina
Virginia
Rogers, Benson
Wipberger
Stockholm
Lord North
Rosaline
Valfain
MALY
Foote’s
Sadier
Weslay Wanehall
Marybone
Lord Essex
Elmy
Edwin
Cecily
Tunis
Waldron
Hull
Henry I
Richmond
Miss Vernon
Arnytl
Battie
Thomas Ridgewar
Southampton
Rolleston’s
Hampshire
New Forest
Wight
Walter Taylor
Ridgeway
Fenchurch-fre
Lonion
John Gay
Gian Francesco Giorgietti
T. Davies
Raffel-street
Covent-garden
Traian
Endeavour
Joseph Barks
Eig
Solander
John Fothergill
Richard Burn
Carlisle
Westmoreland
Cumberland
His Majesty's Law Printers
T. Cadell
Strand
Burn
King’s Law
T Cadell
Royal of
England
T. Carnan
St. Paul's Churchyard
Telemachus
Ulysses
Cambray
George Prince of Wales
Prince Frederick
Ofmabrugh
Prince William Henry
Michael Angelo
Prince Edward
Tommy Littleton
Price
M. Fies
Charley Chatter
J. Burrows
M.D. Jole
Estes
William Chapman
Burrows
M‘kinnon
Lincoln's Inn-Fields
D. Leeter
Lord Clive
Charles Yorke
Fletcher Norton
Hhip
S J Aghire
I. Neurfe
Catharine Arcet
In Joitany
Beng
Lhe Scrafien
T. Longmar
T. Carlon
Wiliam-Henry Duke of
G. Kearfly
Fleet-street
Great Britain
Ireland
Ais
Philip
Orleans
France
Herculaneum
Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure
M Sa.y
Philip Duke of
John
Voltaire
East India Company
Tunbridge
Ike
Dr. Radcliffe
Dicey 6 Company
S. Aris
Birmingeham
America
Europe
Bateman
Anderson
Radcliffe
Fraunces
Betton
Fryar
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