The Complete Farmer first number advertisement
An 18th century prospectus announces The Complete Farmer or a General Dictionary of Husbandry printed in Folio copper plates. It outlines breeding, gardening, beekeeping, and farming methods from noted authorities with a subscription plan and overplus delivery. Also advertised are asthma drops from Mrs Atkinson and Dunn and Taylor with claims of immediate relief and long storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Publiford
Lester
Piper
Hail
Numata J
Linnius
Chateauvieux
Marquis of
Turbilly
Plat
Evelin
Worlidge
Mortimer
Tull
Ellis
Miller
Hale
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, &c
London
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
S. Crowder
J. Cooke
Paternoster Row
T. Hookham
New-Street
Hanover Square
Chase
Drowning at Plaistow Described As Feckin Remarkable Acccident
A resident reports the drowning of Mr. Jeil near a pond in Plaistow after he watered his horse. Local youths’ alarm was initially ignored due to a prior false fire alert, and by the time help arrived Jeil could not be saved. The writer reflects on life’s uncertainty and divine purposes in a moralizing aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortimer
County of Mertford
William Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Fleet-Market
London
Barnet
Watford
Rickmans
Bedford
Dunstable
George
Luton
C. Nicholls
St. Al'Be
Beill Portewts
D.D. Regor
Lambeth
Peterborough
Canterbury
T. Payne
Mews
J. Rivington
S. Paul's Church-Yard
T. Merrill
Cambridge
Oxford
Gs Knapp
Todd and Co
York
Sexmon
House of Commons
St. Margaret's Westminster
Price
E. R. Lowruer
Golden Lamp
Hatton Garden
Corke
Paternoster Row
Paillet
Princes-Streets
Leicester-Fields
Plaistow
Jeil
Joel
Don
St. James's
Lord North
Banbury
Oxfordshire
Exchequer
Whitehall
Charles Townshend
Thomas Bradshaw
Harwich
King’s Arms Tavern
Cornhill
Alderman Trecothick
City of London
North America
Barlow Trecothick
Vintry
Exeter
John Tuckfield
John Walter
Elgis
Pimlico
Guildhall
Gros
Prizgs
Reogl
Cach
Death’s warning on life and virtue amid trade respite
A reflective meditation urges readers to value eternal welfare over worldly wealth. It cautions against greed and warns that a life bent on money will leave the mind in despair. It ends by hoping the sketch guides youth toward virtue and temperate, pious conduct.
Murder and social distress across towns in late November
Reports from Plymouth Bristol Newcastle Warrington and more detail a murder by three mariners in Plymouth, a Brislington man killed his wife after an unsettled marriage, a Dumfries adjutant change, horse distemper and market pressures, a large fire at Guilsborough, petitions for poor relief, and clerical appointments in Birmingham noting stormy social conditions and rising prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plymouth
Martha Woodroffe
Exeter
Bristol
Newgate
Benjamin Hall
Brislington
Temple-street
Temple-gate
Cherry-lane
Newcastle
Wetwang March
Dumfries
Griffin
Horsenadier Guards
Walker
All Saints
Newbrough
Hexham
Ann Simey
Warrington
Lancaster
Preston
Liverpool
Northampton
Guilsborough
Gloucester
Cirencester
House of Commons
Birmingham
Kay
Coughton
Wartwickshire
Pearkes
Local notices from Bath to Sherborne and market prices
Reports from Bath, Salisbury, Sherborne and other towns describe arrivals from Stourbridge after a fatal blast. Market prices show wheat per quarter from 6s 8d to 66s 8d, barley 25s to 29s, oats 50s to 29s, beans 32s 6d to 42s 9d, and pease 38s to 46s 3d. Also noted are a charity gift of 100 guineas to the mayor, a large fire destroying a wheat stack, a will transferring estate, and mutton prices rising as rotten ewes are culled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudley
Stourbridge
Countess of Scarborough
Lord Gormston
Richard Acton
Col. Campbell and
Lagg
Sesser
Devizes
Sas
Salysbury
Mr. Fox
Sherborne
Hunt Hill
Bridgewater-market
Winchester
John Gould
Upway
Mintern
Godaimin
London
Portnew 5 and 1767 Atlantic Shipping News
Shipping notices from Cowes and Deal include arrivals and sailings for New York Jamaica London and Lisbon with vessels such as Cranbrook Antelope and London Merchant. Additional reports cover parliamentary moves, appointments, and a projected horse and foot guards education fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portnew
Cowes
Franklin
Winn
New-York
Daniel Bryson
Cork
Cranbrook
Suttice
London
Jamaica
Devonshire
Williams
Neptune
Bell
Prince of Wales
Rogers
Antelope
Gray
Gibraltar
Deal
Dec
Isabella
Richardson
Lisbon
Leyton
Taylor
Quebec
Rovers
Worral
Chester
William Jefferys
Liverpoole
Maynard
Nevis
Catherine
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Maugan
Pydar
St. Columb’s
Swindon
Marlborough
Thomas Smith
John Smith
Lad- Lane
B. E. and Co. Dilly
Poultry
Royal Academy of Paris
Thomas Nugent
L.L.D
ENTCK
Stirling
Lemion
England
Wales
J Walich
Pr. Lowth
Ash
Prieg
Donen
al and
Plessane
Toth Printer
Country News
Robert
John
Bryan
Sialova
Penzance
Joseph
Farr
Viana
Pool
Nancy
Minor
Newfoundlagid
Ditto
Henrietta
Hill
Dover
Hampton
Leatherbarrow
Virginia
Babadoes
Polly
Legg
Hanks
Prospect
Strannack
Petersburgh
Lively
Perrott
Symmetry
Hilliday
Stockholm
Lendon
Barclay
Hambrow
Nelly
Brown
Dundee
Laws
Doc
Deby
Adamant
Hopper
Gertrude
Bonner
Riga
Loving Union
Todd
Yarmouth Roads