Ottoman Frontiersmen Restore Order in Camp
In dispatches from the Ottoman borders early spring, newly raised troops under the Grand Signior restore discipline in the camp and check Janissaries while preparations for a campaign toward Adrianople proceed. Reports also note Russian efforts and Malta and Ragusa gossip on health and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turku
Bathan
Bosnia
Adrianople
Marseiles
Malta
Orlow
Elphinston
Madrid
London
Gensa
Ahip
Ragusa
Levant
Sardinia
Essence of Pearl advertised for children teeth care
Dentist to her Majesty Mr Hemet promotes Essence of Pearl to protect baby teeth and prevent decay. He claims it keeps gums healthy, reduces scurvy risk, and strengthens second teeth. Sold by W Bayley in Cockspur Street and J Price in Leadenhall Street for sixpence per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hemet
Her
Amelia
N.B
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
J. Price
Indian House
Leadenhall-street
London
Price
Spain plans secret invasion to strike Gibraltar, Minorca
From Corke via Dublin dated Feb 19 1771 intelligence reports a concisted Spanish plan to attack Britain by sea and land. An invasion fleet and a chain of warships across from Gibraltar to Tetuan are said to block the Gut with Gibraltar to fall in five days and Minorca to follow. Spanish officers predict French aid and a riding school of England for dragoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toth
Dublin
Corke
Madrid
Spain
England
Europe
Gibraltar
Tetuan
Centa
Algiers
St. Toronk
Minorca
Majorca
Barcelona
Plate
Mediterranean
Prince de Marlerand
distin@ion
France
Ireland
The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth
A historical catalog page listing Isaac Watts works and sermons. Includes The Right Use of Reason in the Inquiry after Truth, Philosophical Essays, The Knowledge of the Heavens and the Earth, The World to Come, The Improvement of the Mind, and other religious and educational titles with prices and formats. Multiple publishers and editions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oango
Ogick
Isaac -Wattss
D. D
J., Buckland
T. Carlon
T. Longman
T. Field
A.nd C. Dilly
G. Robinson
J. Roberts
J. Johnson
G. Kearfly
W. Flexney
Price
Pest
Heaven
Elizabeth Z. WE
J. Watts
Doers
Patent Shining Liquid Blacking Cakes for Shoes
By the King's Patent. Cakes produce a fine shining liquid blacking when mixed with water. Keeps leather soft yet durable, resists cracking, odor free, and hands and stockings remain clean. Sold wholesale and retail by Bayley in Cockspur Street and others in New Bond Street Holborn Ludgate and Leadenhall Street. Price sixpence per cake yields a full pint of liquid blacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bayley
Perfimet
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
Civer-Cas
New Bond-Steet
J. Grosvenor
Angel and Crown
Holborn
Bondin
Ludgates Kil
J. Price
Leadenhall Street
Gatechester Lime Plague Cure Promises Safe Scurvy Relief
In London a testimonial claims Marchant's Drops cured T. W. Pince of scurvy with blotches and eruptions after consulting several physicians. The letter, dated December 5, 15705, urges publication and names Mr Norton as the sole author and distributor in London, selling square bottles for six shillings. It touts cures for leprosy, ulcers, fistula, piles, and other chronic ailments, and asserts easy use without hindrance to business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl * Humb
Helifax
John Wilkes
R. Thompson
Gazetteer
Newgate Street
Alderman Oliver
Mantfion House
Miller
London Evening Post
House of Commons
London
Thessenger
Guildhall
Serjeant At Arms
Stocholm
Sweden
Beckfries and Poffe
Count Ferson
Droitwich
Worcestershire
Severn
East India Company
Jamaica
Katharine
Brown
Nancy
Kelly
Drury Lane Theatre
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Marchant
Chancery-Lane
Will
Norton
Golden- Square
Picadilly
John Norton
N. B
Joly Norton
Maredunt
Efficacy of the Balsamic Tincture in a Long Voyages Scurvy Case
An 18th century testimonial reports scurvy from a long voyage aboard the Phoenix, with eleven leg ulcers healed after using Mrs. Mary Graham's balsamic tincture. The patient, a steward to Chief Justice Milles, praises the remedy, notes full recovery and pain relief, and offers to substantiate the claim. It lists a London supplier and pricing as 3s 6d per bottle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Tonny
Senegal
Africa
Christopher Milles
England
Mary Graham
Cannon-street
New-ftreet
Carnaby
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Hollands Vienna
Dear
Mancing
Downs
Plymouth
Buchannan
Cockerill
South Carollina
Jane
Lowey
Waterford
George
Collings
Jacob
Mather
Britannia
Robinson
Success
Madholeé
Malaga
Dartmouth
Getfey
Fling
Falmouth
Elizabeth
Tozer
Sales
Neptune
Bevile
Whitehaven
Cork
Simons
Rhode Iland
St. James's
Board of Admiralty
Earl of Sandwich
Portsmouth
Sheerness
Chatham
Ipswich
Suffolk
House of Peers
Wheble
Robert Morris, Esq
J. Wheble
Treasury
Wilkes
Earl of Halifax
John Wheble
Middlesex Journal
Edward Twine Carpenter
Carpenter
Coventy-freet
Stratford Fex
Arulack
Heroman
Rome
Commonwealth
N. Hook
Lofidon
G. Hawkins
W. Strahan
J. and
F. Rivington
W. Johnson
T. Cadell
R. Baldwin
Mr. Horton
Golden-square
Rysseeg
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