Letters on Virtue and Liberty in London Coffee-House
A 1766 letter from a Leicester manufacturer urges Liberty and Virtue, referencing Dr Newton and Tyre’s fate to argue for moral reform. It defends press freedom, condemns libertines, and calls for punishment of criminals, using religious and patriotic language to urge public virtue and loyalty to Britain.
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M.O.N
Jor’s
Mitre-Court
Fleet-Street
Leicester
London Evening-Post
Newton
Bristol
Tyre
Lucy
Alexandria
Venice
Antwerp
Amsterdam
Londtown
Titus
Great Britain
London
Amelia
Prince
Princess of
Brunswick
St. James’s
Charlton-house
Prince of
Richmond
Vienna
Paris
Lord Lormont
France
E. Bladon
Ipates
Pwaives
Waxesztein
F. Newbery
Golismith
Hocarra
Henry Fieturne
Ely
Arthur Murphy
Lucoll
Tun
A. Millar
Virgil
Baskerville
Shelston
Colvent-Garden
Commissioners Finish German Accounts At Seventeen Pounds Per Hundred
A letter to the printer claims the German accounts are settled at about eighteen pounds per one hundred. It argues that honest examination would have saved Britain vast sums by exposing exorbitant wartime contractor fortunes. Another missive condemns recent prints that attack the ministry and royal authority.
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London
Great Britain
Long-Acre
Burew
Bow &N’s
Royal Exchange
Prolonged Diplomatic and Naval Movements Across Atlantic Posts
Nobility visit Mr Secretary Conway as Governor of Senegal plans talks with the French Governor on coast trade limits. Reports of military reform in Canada, Jamaica forts, and vessels preparing for Newfoundland ventures accompany a mix of colonial and European events. Local sports, theatre listings, and a curious dog incident pepper the page with varied London notes.
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Conway
Senegal
Goree Island
Africa
Canada
Str. Augustine
East
Florida
Jamaica
Portmouth
Palliser
Newfoundland
Newmarket
James Lowther
Payne
Betts
Winchester
Apollo
Hallckoy
Strand
Somerset Gardens
St. Bartholomew’s Hospial
William Price
Taylor
Vienna
Horfleydown
Deal
Archangel
Cork
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O. M
Jor
Mitre- Court
O. N
Fr. Soucy
County of
Flint
Corffee-House
Sessenlent Halloo
London Evening Post
Myres
London Evening Loft
Meres
Abnelia
Jeff
Bubnelia
Berks
Drury -Lane
Young Bevil
Mr. Holland
Phillis
Miss Pope
Covent - Garden
Bufy
Mr. Woodward
George Airy
Mr. Mattocks
Francis Gripe
Mr. Shuter
Miranda
Moss Macklin
Midas
King’s Theatre
the Haymarket
Demofoonte
Drury-Lane
King Lear
Mr. Powell
Edgar
Mr. Havard
Cordelia
Yates
Daphne
Amincor
Covent-Garden
the Wonder
Don Felix
Mr. Ross
Col. Briton
Mr. Smith
Gibby
Viodante
Mails Wilford
the Citizen
Open India
South Sea
Bk Red
India
Navy
Long Ann
St. Jamess’s
Jos
STRAW
Whitrechapre
Amicus
Philagahus
Reuben
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-Street
E. Hoods
Stationers Hall
le Bladon
Pacer-noker Bo
William Lord
Gloucester
R. Tonfon
Millar
Lord Bolingbroke
Turlington
Birchin-Lane
de Pate
Torling Tor