Murder convictions and public notices from London era
In this period overview, sentences passed for murder and robbery include transportation for thirteen, with others acquitted or respited. Dispatches from Madrid, Barbados, and Montreal report tax plans, trade shifts, and colonial governance. Trade, shipping, and provincial bounty news mingle with advertisements for French Chicken Gloves and perfumery goods.
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Merry Johnson
Johnson
Samuel Collins
Lawrence Sweetman
George Wheatley
Kingsland Road
Thomas Spines
William Marth
Jenison Shaftoe
Eig
Spines
Lucyo
Madrid
New Spain
Paraguay
South America
Charles Town
Carolin
Ums
Colorado
Musketo
Black River
Barbadoes
Martinico
Guadalupe
Germany
Ranger
Lesle
Plymouth
Waterford
Hanover
Falmouth
Lisbon
Paris
America
Hertfordshire
Notice of General Court of Merchants East India Company
East India House, May 2, 1767. The Court of Directors announces a General Court to be held at Leadenhall Street on Wednesday May 6 at eleven in the forenoon, to discuss special affairs.
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East-Inda House
The
United: Company of Merchants of
Englaind
Batt. Indies
Utd
Leadenhall Street
Cumberland Society Meeting Postponed to Tuesday
The Cumberland Society meeting is rescheduled to Tuesday next, the month of May, due to the President being unable to attend on the original day.
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The
Cumberland Society
Venality of Boroughs in electing Parliament
A selection of letters reacting to corruption in boroughs and calls for reform. An Honest FARMER argues for protecting corn markets and warns against vice and licentious credit. Merchants discuss trade credit, profits, and the need for prudent measures to prevent undercutting and sharp dealing. Correspondents from Liverpool and Cambridgeshire offer queries and cautions to protect country readers.
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London Evening Post
England
Court of Equity
Thomas Long
Wettbury
House of Commons
Edward Coke
Edward
VOX Populi
Mies
Aging Groom to Be Warned by Fatherly Verse
An archaic London newspaper piece chastises a very old bachelor about marrying a young maid. It warns that aging men cannot match youthful love, and laments faded vitality, ambition, and the peril of sorrowful hopes, concluding with reflections on life’s fragility.
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Ottoman Empire
Turky
Mr. Morgan
Arlington
London Magazine
London
R. Baldwin
London Evening- Post
Meres
London Evinine Post
Batchelor
Aétéon
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Europe
Warren and Co
Maryboneftreet
Golden Fquare
Eorrion
Ewncranp
Julius Cafar
David Hume
Millar
Cadell
Kade
John Morgan, Bart
Hereford
Cavendish Square
Terraba
Foley
James Steuart
Burt
A. Millar
T. Cadell
Strand
Mr. Strange
Castle-Street
Leicester Fields
Esther
Ahafuerus
Barberini Palace
Rome
Abraham
Hagar
Zempieri
Bologna
Guercino
Sleeping Cupid
Guido
Aldrovandi
Laurence Dundas
Wilkes Himelf
Peeter
Joan Wilkes
Aylesbury
Duke of Grafton
His Majesty
S Treasury
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Wale
Grignion
Rocker
Richard Jago
A.M. Salve
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
Fletcher
Oxford
Pearson and Aris
Birmingham
Jobson
Coventry
Sharp
Warwick
Keating
Stratford
Morgan
Litchfield
Smart
Walsal
Critical Review
Warner
Beccaria
Great Britain
North America
Emmera
Indiana Danby
Collyer
Bodmer
Neville
Hobbes
Scotland
Ogilvie
A. Hamilton
Fleet-Street
Postscript
Tom
London Evening-Post
Liverpoole
France
Cambridgeshire
Royston Fair
Peter Whitlitt
Hardwick
Royston
Mr. Meres
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