London Gazette notices and royal pageantry excerpt
The document records a November 1773 notice to issue a new writ for London City’s parliamentary seat, plus a lengthy description of the Empress’s wedding celebrations at the Winter Palace. It also notes a Huntingdonshire fraud at Ely fair where two sharpers tricked a farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Rob. Ladbroke
Fix
Newton
Puen
Cajan
Prince of
Hesle Darmstadt
Holstain
Holstain Gottorp
Chevalier Guards
Prince Orlow
Alexis Orlow
Ai Ie Paucelies
Heile Darmstadt
Petersburgh
Helsein
Hesse Darmstadt
Prince of Hesle
Holstein
Elyfair
Planitiz Fham
Huntingdonshire
Bluntisham
Lamb Inn
Cambridge elects Rev Dr Garyi as vice master
Cambridge Cambridge Now reports yesterday the Rev Dr Garyi was elected Vice Master of Jesus College, a notable leadership transition at the historic university. Details on term dates and duties were not listed.
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Cambridge
Garyi
Jesus College
Maritime arrivals and passages across ports and forts
Nov 5 Wind W remain changes in ship roster including Mary Beaty Rowley Hagan for St Kits Warners Mann for Genades Mermaid Ball for Corke Br itannia eck for Exeter Hannah Addy Plymouth Arrivals and sailings for the river Union Bennet John Bates from Liverpool Nov 6 wind WSW Wilcox from Chester Gravescap Planter from Virginia Motus Contianu Joso from Dantzick and Mary James Moore from Cooke Forts Gibraltar Ruby Harriman from London Petersburgh Swan Wood from Hull L Orient Sally Cleland from London Dantzick Francis Barnby Mackrell Hustler from London Downs L Etoile du Matin Kinder from Dantzick Jersey Durel Sioret from Newfoundland Dublin Lovely Mary Cooke from London Fevershaim Friendship Harrison from Memel Botton Thomas Betty Smith London Califf from London Whitehaven Waters Hudson from Virginia Poole Concord Brockway from Newfoundland Corke Butter Cooper Andrews from Hamburgh Ann Kitty Witherington from St Kitts Queen of Hungary Pearl from St Eulatia Falmouth Polly Thompson from South Carolina Fre derick Sanderson from Stockholm Vron Judith Anna Beck from Rotterdam St Charles Darge from Denkirk
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Ews
Dear
Mary
Beaty
Rowley
Hagan
Warners
Mann
Genades
Mermaid
Ball
Carolina
Brilliant
Stockdale
Corke
Bleffing
Cooper
France
Britannia
Eck
Exeter
Liverpool
W.S.W
Wilcox
Williams
Chester
Gravescap
Planter
Miller
Virginia
Tom
Ansley
Archarigel
Motus Contianu
Joso
Dantzick
James
Moore
Cooke
Gibraltar
Ruby
Harriman
London
Petersburgh
Swan
Sioret
Newfoundland
Dublin
Lovely Mary
Fevershaim
Friendship
Harrison
Memel
Botton
Thomas
Betty
Smith
Califf
Whitehaven
Waters, Hudson
Poole
Concord
Brockway
Butter Cooper
Andrews
Frm
Hamburgh
Ann
Kitty
Witherington
St. Kitt’s
Johnsons Tour of Scotland Noted by Boswell in 18th Century
An extensive excerpt covers Dr Samuel Johnson and Boswell touring Scotland, detailing cities visited from Edinburgh to Skye, Isle of Sley, Mull, and Argyllshire. It notes rough seas, winds, halted progress, and Johnson’s observations of ruins, islands, and customs. Births marriages deaths and bankrupt notices follow with local details.
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London
Hague
Paris
Danube
Russia
Czarina
Portmouth
Spithead
Arethusa
Boston
Panther
Shuldam
Newfoundland
Devonshire
Certificates to be allowed to Bankrupts in London and Liverpool
Reading of bankrupts names and addresses in Guildhall notices. Mark Webb Visualler and carpenter Nov 30 at Guildhall London. William Hughes Gilbert Wood Bread Street London partners warehousemen Dep 7 at Guildhall. Thomas Harrison Queen Street Tenterground Middleix haipicfury May 27 at Guildhall. John Beardmore Thames Street London oilman Nov 29 at Guildhall. Stephen Flower Minories London cheese monger Dec 18 at Guildhall. William Readshaw Hampstead Middlesex linens draper Dec 1 at Guildhall. John Difton Liverpool merchant on or before Nov 27. Richard Liley Halifax dealer chapman on or before Nov 27. Thomas Lewis Poultry London hardwareman on or before Nov 27.
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Inverness
Fort Augustus
Glenmoriton
Glenfhiel
Bernera
Sley
Fhiy
Rafav
Mull
Scolmhill
Coll
Ulva
Inchhenneth
Staffa
Argyllshire
Inverary
Edinburgh
Johnson
Scotland
England
London
Thomas Burnard
Portman-quare
William Haddey
Mile-end
Sarry
Zell
Arthur Bernard
Bandon
Sid
Merchant
Union
Vabres
France
Antoine Arra
Ace
Thomas Roffel
Christchurch
University of Oxford
Midhurst
Sudlex
Thomas Heather
James Langley
Wappi
Middlesex
Guildhall
Attoxsney
Higden
Curriershall
Philip Perratt
Ringwood
Southampton
Currier
Crown
Mr. Middleton
John Phillips
Birmingham
Warwickshire
Edward Price
George Hollington Barker
Morgan Shipman
Leather-lane
Holborn
Bently
Crispin-street
Spitalfields
James Riley
Cheapside
Francis Mandeville
Conistrough
Conesburgh
Yorkshire
Redlien
Doncaster
Thomas Byrd
Uffegulme
Devonshire
Swale
Exeter
Edmund € Oplestone
Otrety St. Mary
Devon
Coffey
James Hallows
Edward Barker
Geldsmith-street
John Hawkins
Christopher Byrne
Wood-street
Mark Webb
New-river-hall
Limehouse
Visualler and Carpenter
Eel William Hughes
Gilbert Wood
Bread Ftreet
Partners and
Warehousemen
Thomas Harrison
Queen-Areet Tenterground
Upper
Middleix
Haipicfury
John Beardmore
Thames-street
Stephen Flower
Minories
William Readshaw
Hampstead
John Difton
Liverpool
Lancashire
Richard Liley
Halifax
Chapman
Thomas Lewis
the Poultry
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London Gazette
Country News
Trinity-House
Humber
A&t
William Marler
Taunton
Somerset
Edward Webb
William, Marler
Thomas Sweeting
John Pearce
Stoke St. Milborough
Salop
Charles Pearce
Nagshead-court
Cracechurche Street
Isle of Wight
House of Industry
Isfe of Wight
Richard Clarke
Newport
Ile of Wight
Nacton
Ipswich
Lott Knight
N.B
North- Petro
Crewkerne
Samuel Strede
North-Perrot
Lesden
Great Western Road
Simon Bunter
Axminster
Toller
South Percheron
Robins
Borate
Wade
Crane-court
Fleat-street
Robert Langford
Covent-garden
Greenough
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