Humble sign-off from H Sydenham to gentlemen
A brief historic note records a closing courtesy from H. Sydenham addressing gentlemen with formal politeness and loyal regard, reflecting period epistolary etiquette. The fragment preserves a single name and a respectful closing without additional context or events.
Cocks and Elections at White Talbot Chester and Haverfordwest
Several Cumberland style lines describe cockfights at John Sidebocham’s White Talbore Chester with bets for main and odd battles. A political candidate in Haverfordwest, Lawrency Bartow, asks residents to vote in the upcoming Parliament election, pledging to defend town rights and oppose exactions.
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Cheshire
Flintshire
Hheir
John Sidebocham
Chester
Haverfordwett
Lawrency
H. Bartow
Curious Allegorical Print Sells Amid Insulting Acquittal Print
An allegorical print title The Acquittal is offered for sale by John Tinney at the Golden Lion in Fleet Street and at London shops Wettminster and the Parachiet-Prints, following an insulting portrayal.
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Price
John Tinney
Golden Lion
Fleet-street
London
Wettminster
Charity Account of 1740 Stewardship at St Pauls and Hall
The Stewards of the Feast of the Sons of the Clergy for 1740 publish the charity account from April 15 and 17 at St Paul’s and Merchant Taylors Hall. The total raised was 784 pounds 14 shillings 6 pence, distributed to many tradespeople including mantua-makers, tailors, milliners, surgeons, apothecaries, peruke-makers, and others across London and surrounding counties. Names include Mary Phipps, Elizabeth Bruce, Mary Luxford, George Hicks, Samuel Mintern, Anne Luxford, John Wells, and Daniel Wint, among numerous recipients. The list documents payments allocated to individual beneficiaries for charitable support.
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Duncombe Bristowe
John Hughes
Edmund Bateman
Tafford Crane
Edward Donne
John Oglevie
William Thompson
Thomas Galaker
William Fordham
Eduard Brydges
Charles Luckyn
Theophilus Grove
St. Pawil’s
Merchant-Taylors-Hall
Mary Phipps
Elizabeth Bruce
Hackney
Elizabeth Gage
Mary
Lucy Sleech
St. James’s Square
Samuel Toulmin
Daniel Wint
London
Joyner Brances Unirt
Mrs. Dalaha
Germain-Street
Mary Mintern
Sarah Cross
Wincaunton
Somerset
Anne Luxford
Robert Gilbert
Lewes
Sussex
George Hicks
John Wells
Shefford
Bedford
Apothecary
St John
Worcester
Clothier and Stockingohn Pesne
Henry Mulliner
Cambridge
Taylor Illiam Thoms
Mary Belcher
Sarah Leay
Anne Farley
Balhamptom
James Bowden
Daniel Marriot
Barnestaple
Devon
Andrew Brownsmith
Thomas Gardener
St. Clement’s Danes
Robert Kippax
Thomas Warren
Leendon
Sadler Robert Brownssmith
John Snee
Youn Clifton
James Crosbie
Liverpool
Edmund Pratt
Edward Ancell
Towcester
Northampton
Martha Walker
Mary French
Layham
Suffolk
Thomas Salmon
Joseph Cooper
Whitchurch
Salop
Frances Allen
Susannah Marshall
Shoreditch
Mantua
Stephen Woodsfield
Thomas Curtiss
Strand
Goldsmith
Susannah Morey
John Chettle
Taylor
Philip Robinson
William Grave
Graystock
Cumberland
Dorothy Lamb
Thomas Roper
Penrith
Elizabeth Williams
Katherine Crane
Atheace
Richard Morton
James Standen
Beddenden
Kane
Anne Turner
Mary Poli
St. James’s
Middlesex
Tantua
Anne Cotton
Eleanor Rolfe
Horsham
William Fielding
Richard Reiley
Little Britain
George Brockden
William Aylett
Much-Baddow
Essex
George Leake
Deze
Lime-street
Anne Staife
Susannah Smith
St. Bartholomew the Less
Coventry Election Call 1741 Oppose Compromise
A Coventry notice urges freemen to reserve votes for candidates opposing the late compromise. It advocates rights and liberties for freemen, the country, and the city, dated April 3, 1741.
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Coventry
Epsom Races at Epsom Downs May Five Plates
In Surrey on May six to seventh and six days, five plates offered. The Prince of Wales sponsors First Place of sixty guineas for any horse mare or gelding carrying twelve stone. Other prizes include fifty pounds for various classes, with certificates required. Entries due May ninth at Eytonstables before noon. Cock fighting noted to begin May first week.
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Epsom
Epsom Downs
Surrey
Prince of Wales
Tom
Dead Mercing
John Ireland
Tore
Royal Highness
Essex
Manchester Races At Kerfal Course Purse Details
The notice advertises two racing days at Kerfal Course near Manchester in Lancaster. May 13 and the following Friday offer purses of fifty pounds each for horses under six years, with weights per statute and entry fees. Cock-fighting mornings and nightly assemblies accompany the event.
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City of
Exeter
H. Sydenham
S. d
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Manchester
Kerfal
County of
Lancaster
Uual
Hall
Sc.hall
Winysbury
County of Bucks
Staines
Colnbrook
Windsor
Ankerwyke
Thames
4Ffell
Barrecc
White Hart
Windfir
Gooding
Sadler
Mitre-Court
Bath
Isaac Devie
Orangs Grove
India Shop