The Old Batchelor and Selima and Azor at Drury Lane
At Drury Lane today and Covent Garden a double bill features The Old Batchelor with Bellmoor and a Persian Tale Selima and Azor in three parts. Principal roles are by Vernon Bannitter Ddd Jarratt Scott Collett Jeacheley. Covent Garden presents The Inner Enna or Their Double Elopement ending with a pastoral dance by Bishup and Signora Tinte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury-Lane
Theatre Royal
Batchelor
Bellmoor
Smith
Joseph Wittel
King
Araminta
Baddeley
Silvia
P. Hopkins
Letitia
Abington
Vernon
Bannitter
Ddd
Jarratt
Scott
Collett
Jeacheley
Covent- Garden
Berdy
Mr. Bishup
Signora Tinte
The English Theatre Number Promoted With Frontispiece Scene
Being the XXVIIth number of MPyVueE New English Theatre, published at 6d. A frontispiece shows Mr Brereton lamenting over his murdered uncle, drawn by Mr Deighton and engraved by Mr Walker. A royal paper edition is offered at 1s with proofs. Five volumes completed, various bindings offered from 12s 6d to 25s, with options in morocco or vellum. Distribution by multiple London publishers.
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NEW English Theatre
Brereton
Deighton
Craift
Mall
Morocco
J. Rivington and Sons
W. Strahan
C. Bathurst
W.johnson
T." Davies
L. “Davis
J. Didiley
S. Crowder
W. Owen
T. Kingman
Norton's Drops Promised to Cure Many Ills in Public Notice
An 18th century advertisement touts MAREDANT's DROPS by John Norton as eradicating disorders from leprosy to gout, claiming blood purification, digestion aid, and appetite boost. It warns of counterfeit bottles, lists genuine and fake markings, and directs sales through G. Kearfly and Norton’s London addresses for safe delivery by courier.
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Ae -Fuller
Warren
Mary-le-Bonestret
Golden Square
London
Arts
Fauters
Norton
St. Anthony’s
Morton
John Norton
Maredant
G. Kearfly
Flest-feeet
Ans F
Bull-Head-Court
Newgate Street
Auction notice for hunters and hounds at Turf Coffee House
To be sold by auction by Mr Tattersall at the Turf Coffee House near Hyde Park Turnpike on Monday at twelve. Seventy near sixty lots include reseasoned hunters and blacks six couples plus hounds that hunt fox or hare. Also sold a daughter of Marsh and a calf of Young Cade among other items. Catalogues available two days before sale. Also wanted six couples of well bred stag hounds.
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Tattersall
Hyde-Pari Turnpike
Marsh
Cade
Aldridge
Bever
Sn Martin’s-lane
London
Custom House
Geneva
His
King’s Warehouse
Cusem House
British moves threaten colonial trade amid privateer actions
A London Gazetteer excerpt reports British privateers intercepting American trade off Cape Cod and Cape Ann, captures of ships like Warren, and plans to press seamen while Parliament debates terms with America. The piece notes dire trade imbalances, court actions, and officials’ warnings as December 6 discourse centers on compensation and the possibility of peace talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Jessrs. Adams
Warren
Burk
Cape Cod
Cape Ann
Corke
New York
Waterford
Newfoundland
Hawke
Sheehy
Dingle
Lisbon
Providence
Penlrick
Settival
Henderson
Charlestown
South Carolina
France
Levant
Gibraltar
Bownshall
Austen
Halifax
Richard
America
Russia
Sweden
Indie Huate
Congress to the United States Declaration 1776
Fragmentary OCR notes reference Congress in September 1776, mentioning representatives of the United States and discussions of peace terms. The text appears as an informal record of communications and planned commissions to determine authority for negotiations with foreign powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Howe
Staten Island
Amboy
Luvin
Gurfey
Great Britain
Congress
Britain
America
Lesonvid
Suthcen
Livwe
Agra
Congress For Saat
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Lovell
George Barnwell
Bertie
Vine-street
Piccadilly
Carmen
Court of King’s Bench
Mansfield
Mcfly
Nindle
Elwood
Golden-lane
Admiraly Ofice
Hedge Lane
Old Bailey
Thawmes Barrows
Thomas Moreton
Benjamin Goode
Wilton Walk
Shoreditch
William Davis
James Gray
John Sawbridge
Turnham Green
Litchfield Street
New Prison
Clerkenwell
Samuel Cane
William Brooke
John Matthews
William Harvey
William Richardson
James Houghtine
James Cole
Jane Shedwick
Matthew Kenny
Great Georgetreet
Westminster
St. Marcn’s
Litchfeld-Areet
Profecu
Lydia Hall
Isabella Faulkner
Plizibech Ros
William Blackborow
John Murray
Spencer Madan
Peterborough
Arabarea
Berks
Joseph Planta
British Museum
Trofmant
Portrypool
Monmouthshire
Miles Harris
Chichester
Savers
John Hawkins
Cheapside
Hartpury
Gloucefershire
Craigton
Lower
Gigosvenor Breet
Fen
Charlotte Rawin
Tolyweil Street
Mir
Holler
George-street
Southwark
Mr. Beton
Dituler
Foul-Street
Berkeley Square
John Wharton
Hig
FranigHif
J. Adams
E. Agdege
Mirailes
Charles Thomson
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