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Scandal and politics amid 1760s London aldermanic fight
A long account reports accusations against Alderman Wilkes and associates over the Foundling Hospital fraud, with claims of financial impropriety, payments to conspirators, and rival scrutiny by Mr. Lovell, Mr. Crawford, and others. The narrative includes the author’s defense, details of broadsides in public papers, and a harsh critique of Wilkes' character amid Middlesex election tensions. The text then shifts to a travel diary description of the Danube journey from Passau toward Vienna, detailing river scenery, villages, wine regions, and hardships aboard a raft with mentions of Strudel, Melk, Krems, and stepping stones toward Austria.
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London
Mechdel del da Lovell
Kgarce Ible
Ing Siena
Pes i Wentia Company
James Péarson
Cheapside
Wondfall
Psinter
Wilkeest Wiis
Andal
Characer
Ays Ea
Rory
Mr. Crawford
Charles
Golder
South
Anges
Mn Wilkes
King’s-death
George Savile
House of Commons
Willes
Foundling- Hospital
Trevattiea
Mie
Genentlemen
Wilkess
de Brin
Michael Lovell
Charles ‘Crawford
Mr. Lovell
Cheap- Sadie
Crawford
Foundling-hospital
Horne
Lovell
Olivers
Middlesex
Wilkes
Aylesbury
Aylesburys