Marriages and misfortunes stir London, Shoreditch edges
A series of brief notices reports a merchant seized by an apoplectic fit at Wellclose Square and dying on a Shoreditch pavement. Robberies strike two gentlemen returning from Gravesend near Blackheath. Marriages are noted for Rev Dorset to Miss Neve of Peterborough and John Flatchings to Miss Abney, with other nuptial updates. A son is born to the Lady of the Hon James Stanhope at Bond Street.
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Collett
Norway
Wellclosefquare
Shoreditch
Gravesend
Blackheath
Peterborough
Northamptonshire
Dorset
Cannon
Chichester
Neve
Huntington
Alwalton
St. Alban’s
John Flatchings
James Stanhope
Bond-street
Old Cheapside shop offers vast secondhand silverware
Goldsmith and Yeweller advertise at the Golden Ball, Cheapside, a huge stock of secondhand plates, bowls, teapots, candlesticks, tankards, knives, spoons, watches, and fashionable patterns. They claim quality near new, with many items priced under value, plus top prices for old plate and curiosities. A fine repeating chafed gold watch by Tompion is offered as a bargain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeweller
Cheapside
Stafford Briscoe
Tompion
Leicester doctor libel reward notice appeals for culprits
A published libel attacking Dr. Burrell of Leicester is described as false and scandalous. The notice offers twenty guineas to any person who identifies the author printer or publisher, with an assurance against legal action for the informer. The signer pledges the reward and protection.
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Azr
T—p
Gao
Burrell
Leicester
Buyrell
Wien
Watch and guard orders issued for French Guards in Paris
The Duke de Biron orders a sergeant and two corporals from each of thirty three companies to patrol from dusk to midnight in designated quarters. Soldiers found in the streets after eight are to prison. The tap-tow is moved to seven for the purpose. Madame the Butchers of Orleans faces danger from a knee swelling. News notes also mention Genoa council borrowing 70,000 Livres, relief for the Spanish general, and various local incidents and deaths.
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Paris Alamain
Duke de Biron
UH Regiment
French Guards
Madame the Butchers
Orleans
Mons. Bernard
President de Rieux
Samuel Bernard
Mademoiselle de Boulainvaliers
Picardy
Genoa
Republick
Duke de Richelieu
Mons
Languedoc
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Owftoin
Northumberland
Wafle
Wolfingham
Durham
Durham, Call’d Baltafide, Wrenns-Clofe
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Bridge-End
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Scrabbs -Garth
Mathew Whitfield
Obert Whitfield
Deceas
Anthony Wilkinson
Robert Wharton
N.B
Robert Ridley
Mathew Dawson
Atr
Matthew Henry
R. Ware
Birt
J. Longman
C. Hitch
J. Oswald
J. Davidson
J. Buckland
J. Ward
MM. Cooper
Tovlves
Isaac Bickerstaff
H. Lintot
J. and
P. Knapton
W. Innys
T. Longman
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D. Browne
J. Shuckburgh
E. Wicksteed
R. Tor Fon
Draper
J. Hinton
M. Cooper
Henry Bracken
Benj. Dod
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Ave-Mzry Lane
Stationers Hall
Ferd
Mr. Felton
John Johnson
Bow Church
Aarh
John Stanley
St. Andrew's and
the Temple
Mr. Stanley
Stanisy
Miss Falcon
France
Tunbridge
Justice Poulson
Bow-street
Cove
Hutton
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Westminster
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Amsterdam
Rotterdam
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