SWAFFHAM RACES AND ESTATE SALES OF 1764
Norfolk racings set for September 25 to 26 with twenty pounds purses for four and five year old horses and mares including weight allowances. A Whim Plate on September 28 offers five pounds for various ages. Also listed are property sales at Shocklach Cheshire, a freehold in Congleton and an Astbury parish manor, plus a public caution over counterfeit medicines by Joshua Ward receipts authority and notices from John Page and others.
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Swaffham
Norfolk
Market Cross
Arufinz
Chat
Edmund Rolfe
Thomas Durrant
Shocklach
Chester
Whitchurch
Wrexham
Chambre
Perton
Shropshire
Francis Chambre
Brick-Court
John Leche
Elm- Court
Bach
Temple
George Tin
Congleton
Newbold Astbury
Cheshire
Richard Bailey
Panson
Channel Row
Westminster
Weber John Page
Joshua Ward
Magdalen
London
White
L’ofterman
Marsh
Charing-Cross
Withy
Book and
Dunciad Cornhill
George Inn
Aylesbury
Langford
Great Piazza
Covent Garden
Intelligence from Bagdad and Europe in July reports
Letters from Bagdad recount Ali Bathaw’s capture and strangling in the fortress after Janissaries and locals attacked his seraglio. Other dispatches note Khan Kerim’s continued rule, Radzivil in Prussia warnings, and a Russian force entering Poland. Corsican towers change hands, Barbadian longitude tests progress, and Virginia Indian acts follow. Colonial news from Philadelphia and New York describes militia mobilizations and Mohawk chiefs traveling with Sir William Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Holland
Aleppo
Bagdad
Janissaries
Ali Bathaw
Kerim Khan
Persia
Warjar
Fuly
Radzivil
Waywode
Wilda
Prussia
Dantzick
Warsaw
Prince Radclvil
Thorn
Stoffel
Poland
Kiev
Vienna
Austria
Genoa
Corsica
Ciraglia
Cape Corca
Barbadoes
Harrison
Jarmaica
Porto Santo
John Lindsay
Philadelphia
Cumberland County
Lewis
Angusta County
Virginia
New York
Little Falls
Mr. Brant
William
Dublin Meetings and a Witty Exchange in Court
Relan Dublin July 31 Lord Mayor calls merchants and traders to hear a new exchange plan. At the Taft general assembly the Common Council honored Colonel How with freedom for wartime conduct in America. From London comes news of Mr. Fire the wit who quips to a noble over supper about hangings and the Lordship’s morals, sparking laughter and sharp rejoinders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relan
Dublin
Taft General Assembly
How
America
Lonton
Fire
Noiy
Remarkable hart shower near Auchtermachty recorded
Aug 1 report from Auchtermuchty describes a very remarkable hailstorm that blanketed the ground on a hilltop and was followed by torrential rain. Carts and gear were damaged in its path, though the storm remained largely confined to a small hill summit. PORT NEWS includes arrivals and sailings at Falmouth Deal and nearby ports with several ships listed and winds described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Edinburge
Auchcerniuchty
Ges
Auchtermachty
Port News
Falmouth
Molly
Clark
Southampton
Hanover
Pollard
London
Cowes
Willis
Lynn
Lisbon
Copeland
Warsaw
Dublin
Friendship
Allen
South Carolina
Amterdam
Prince of Wales
Long
Antigua
Boston
Carr
Rotterdam
Philadelphia
Poot
Tartar
Jolliffe
Badger
Taverner
Swift
Grundell
Newcastle
William
May
Elizabeth
Cartridge
Priscilla
Loader
Jenny
Puccicombe
Rose
Moore
Newfoundland
Dallam Towers
Pearson
Whitehaven
Jane
Moundher
Nancy
Campbell
Lovely Sukey
W. N. W. Deal
Catharine
Dickenson
Hedson
Dieppe
Neptune
Stuart
East-India
Wind
S. W
Royal visits and court entertainments unfold in London
In London on Sunday afternoon the Princess Dowager of Wales hosted a visit at Charlton House, then the party traveled to Richmond. A Turin letter notes the Duke of York’s welcome back, with Chauvelin hosting a grand assembly and a ball that lasted until six in the morning. The Prince of Mecklenburg–Schwerin heads to Tunbridge Wells for a brief stay, while Lord and Lady Warkworth depart Dover Street for Stanstead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Princess Dowager of Wales
Charltonhouse
Richmond
Turin
Duke of York
Marquis de Chauvelin
the Prince of Mecklenburgh
Tunbridge- Wells
Lord
Warkworth
Dover-stree
Stan
Yorkshire
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OHN Frerpine
Dingley
N.B
Hill
de Aurhar
Langrorp
West- End
Hampstead
Middlesex
Samuel Foote
Elgon Leafe
Clondesley
Buxnsatry
Brigtttelmtead
Capt. Killick
West Screer
Rage Peelanite
William Hart
Ache Crown and Rolls Tavern
Chancery Lane
Tom
Shinnington
Gloucestershire
John Exley
Cornhill
Salapian Coffee House
Three Tuns
Banbury
Oxfordshire
Oxford
Stratford Upon Avon
White Hart Inn
Chipping-Norton
Warwick
Heyson
York
Coney Street
Jonny Howeg
Carlisle
Cumberland
Henson
Red Lion
Hyde Park Corner
the Angel
Holbourn-Bridge
Tireman
Coney-Street
Harris
Aberdeen
Kitchen
London Magazine
John Wilkes
Compfiune
Chelate AG
Carke
Bay of Honiura
Mickmack
Watkit Fun
Dr. Sutherland
Earl of Northumberland
M. D‘eon
Aberdeenshire
R. Baldwin
W.liam
Niagara
Gty Johnson
John du
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