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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 13, 1737
Page
3
The notice outlines upcoming Oxford races on a September Tuesday with multiple heats and purses including Fifty Guineas, Ten Guineas, and Twenty Guineas. Entries require contributor status, with penalties for noncontributors and reminders about weight allowances and entry deadlines.
The Chippenham races schedule a three race event starting Tuesday on the West Mead course with a principal Gentlemen's Plate for horses under nineteen hands and aged entrants paying entrance to join a contributor fund. Wednesday features the Town Purse for ponies and Thursday hosts hunted horses with substantial prizes and social entertainments at local inns and nightly balls.
A notice from Richard Jenkins describes theft by a former tenant from the Red Lion Inn in Holborn. A 13 hand black gelding with distinct markings, plus a saddle and whip engraved Richard Jenkins, were stolen along with over 101 in money. A reward of three guineas plus one guinea for the gelding is offered for capture and notification. The thief is described as a heavy brown man with a lisp.
Racing entries announce three purses on September 22 with four mile heats and Guineas prizes. Entries require subscription of half a Guinea to the Town Purse, five shillings to run, and rules prohibit crossing or jostling between the first two horses. Entries close with conditions and show at Bell Inn or Clerk of the Race appointed.
Advertises a property hunt within 50 to 120 miles of London near the sea coast or a large river. Seeks a house with three or four rooms on a floor, well water’d and with meadow and arable land contiguous, up to 120 acres. Freehold, owner-occupied, lease for 21 years minimum, letters post-paid to Temple Exchange Co. Reed House London with details on acres and nearby market towns.
An 18th century advertisement for St Paul’s School showing the ninth edition of a natural method of teaching accidence in questions and answers by Samuel Hoadly. It lists multiple school books with prices and formats, including Latin grammars, rhetoric manuals, and grammar primers, all offered by Astley at St. Paul’s over the Rose door.
The document warns of counterfeit Pyrmont waters flooding England from Bremen, noting bottles faked with star marks and misrepresented waters. It endorses Eyre and Reisener to import and sell genuine Pyrmont Water in England and Ireland, with bottles bearing royal arms as a mark of authenticity, and lists their warehouses and other waters sold.
A pamphlet listings advertise a plain account of the nature and end of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper not drawn from scripture. It includes titles and editions of works by Waterland Wallan and Manwaring, with notes on classical authors in poetry and history.
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