Polluted tax and public notices from 18th century press
The issue reports an eight to twelve window tax, detailing charges per house and per window, with exemptions for poverty. It then lists recent appointments and elections in various bodies, including India Company directors, Lord Lieutenant roles, hospital positions, clergy lectures, and public servant appointments. Also covered are sudden deaths, marriages, imprisonments, a runaway prior offender, a wild animal sighting, and a series of legal proceedings and mayoral processions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los. d
the India Company
Wm. Barwell
Christ. Baron
Esq
Fitz Williams Barrington
John Browne
Jobn Burrow
John Dorrien
George Dudley
Charles Gough
Henry Hadley
Sam. Harrison
John Manship
Thomas Rous
William Vaughan
Merioneth
Emury
Patersoh
Farringdon
St. James’s
Paterson
Woodstreet-compter
New-York
Cumberland
Cockermouth
Whitehaven
Sweden
Shrewsbury
Rhees Jones
Mary Abbots
John Place
Abraham Pool
John Smallman
London
Middlesex
Sir Charles Pratt
His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas
Westminster
Mourning fashions in London spark comment in Postscript
A London Evening Post reader denounces court fashion as ruinous to trade after attending a Maiden Lane ball where mourning was ignored. The letter laments citizens’ mimicry of court attire, cites supply and trade concerns, and questions public manners alongside a poem and political extracts reflecting Britain’s imperial interests and naval news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Margaret's Church
Westminster
Guydickens
Prince Ferdinand
Melchior Guydickens
Petersburgh
Frances Tracy
Robert Tracy
Stanway
Gloucester
James Elliott
Bermondsey
Southwark
Shipton Moyne
Gloucestershire
Matthew Estcourt
Countess of Yarmouth
Brentford
Knightsbridge
Bishopsgate-street
Fenchurch-streets
London-bridge
Cobham
Surrey
London Evening Post
London
Czarina
Maiden-lane
Chain
Great Britain
Martnico
France
Guadaloupe
Leeward
Isles
America
Globe
Prices of Bank and India Stocks in 18th Century Ledger
Prices list diverse securities and bonds including Bank stock fhut India stock fhut South Sea stock 78 x half ditto old ann fhur ditto new ann 69 1-4th 3 per cent Bank redu fhur ditto Confal 69 1-4th ditto 1726 1751 69 1-8th ditto India ann fhur 3 i-half Bank ann 1756 62 seat Ditw s-8chs 1758 74 STOCKS. 4 per cent Bank Conful 1760 80 1-half Scrip 1762 81 a 80 3-4ths India bonds 245 prem. Navy & Vidt. Bills 8 1-half 5-8ths per cent dir. New Exchey bills 175 3 38s Old Long ann 1791 24 3-4ths years purchase New ditto 1762 23 years purchase Onnium 3 per cent prem Amsterdam 35 72 s-hall or Dicco ac sight 254 Rotterdam 358 Antwerp no price Hamburgh 342 2 US ar 2uL Paris Day's Date ph Dita 2 US yo 1825
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
South Sea
Cte
Bank Conful
Prem
Navy & Vidt
Amsterdam
Rotterdam
Antwerp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Savage
George Streevens
Richard Seward
William Snell
Richard Smith
Wm, Thornton
Tim, Tully
Richard Warner
Thomas Waters
Bourchier Walton
Edward Ward
William Webber
Aranaeur Manag
Gage
Montreal
22D Regiment of Foot
Mar- So
Tinion
Greve
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Milner
St. Bride’satrendara
Rrick
Francis Ayscough, Dean
Charles Buchanan
Port of London
John Benson
Charles Asgill
Dr. Morgan
Bury-street
St. James's
James Lemon
Wood-street
Postscript
Reflector
Watt Lars
Zephir
Plymouth
Zolus
Hotham
Portsmouth
Spithead
Melamipe
Clarke
Downs
Ann
Betty
Sparsholt
Southampton
Bedford
Prosperous
Bartlett
Kilmiiton
Salter
Good Intent
Crags
Hawkins
Brilliant
Watkins
Judith
Godshall
Way
Oporto
Syren
Madrid
Brest
Havannah
Andalusia
Gibraltar
Woolwich
Lifton
Portugal
Artiillery
Maninho
Peter Nieuwhoff
Mala
Chapel Royal
Pearce
BP of
Rochester
Whitehall
Thomas
House of Mammon
Willeman
Young- Slaughter’s
St. Martin’s-lane
Cranbourn Alley
James Grant
Barnet
Oakes
Spital-square
Powis House
Deal
Unicorn
Moore
Minerva
Emire
Prince
Solebay
Martin
Ann Virtualier
Wind N. E
Whitechapel
Mexico
Cadiz
Ibilboa
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