Royal news and disease reports from distant cities
From the London Gazette December reports the Duke of Gloucester recovering from a serious illness after returning from Leghorn. In Warsaw the Polish king remains confined to his chamber but may travel soon. Vienna notes the emperor’s healthy return from Moravia Bohemia and Upper Austria. Bruffl reports horned cattle distemper continues with violent spread in these regions.
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London
Pitz
Duke of Gloucester
Leghorn
Warsaw
Vienna
Moravia
Bohemia
Upper Austria
Bruffl
Prince and Brunswick visit planned. ships and trials at Old Bailey
London reports several items including apartments prepared for royalty at St James's for the Prince and Princess of Brunswick, Paris notes on a clergy gift to the king, a perjury bill against Joshua Dudley at the Old Bailey, naval appointments for the Dublin and Dorset Yacht, and court banter between Wilkes and Harley. Also details of trials, transports, marriages, and obituaries, with Cambridge university politics and new book editions announced.
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London
St. James’s
Prince
Priingess
Brunswick
Leatr
Paris
H Adt
Old Bailey
Joshua Dudley
Brass Crosby
Portsmouth
Portmouth
Dublin
Plymouth
Curry
Schomberg
Prudent
Williams
Guildhall
Wilkes
Harley
Hadham
Herts
William Sheepheard
Child
William Davis
Ile of Wight
William Bates
Michael Cutler
Wynn
Bucks
Smithwield
Robert Ferguson
Joan Golightly
Henry Levy
Robert Kent
Leotard Gates
Northumberland-street
Hammond
Golden-square
Sir Thomas Gooch
Benacre
Suffolk
Birtles
John Birtles
Genoa
Smith
Stiff Newland
Epsom
Mrs. Savage
Savage
White Horse
Castle-treer
Long-Acre
Little Chelsea
John Mayne
Golden Square
Wiliam Duanguenis
King George the First
Life of Henry the Second History in Four Volumes
Publication announces the complete work on the life of Henry the Second and his era in four royal quarto volumes. It notes a two volume royal quarto edition priced one Guinea and a half in boards, with notes and appendixes, preceded by a history of English revolutions from the Saxon era to Henry the Second. Printed for J. Dodsley in Pall Mall.
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Henry the Second
England
Henry the
George Lord Lyttleton
Pall-Mall
Royal Quarto
Stage Wagons from Castle Inn to Stamford and towns
Advertises stage wagon service from Castle Inn Wood Street to Stamford Oakham Uppingham Grantham Newark and Gainsborough every Wednesday and Saturday at two o clock performed by John Truman in Stamford on November 23 1771. Also a dental advertisement for ESSENCE OF PEARL and PEARL DENYIFRICE by Hemet Bayley Price Miss Purdie and J Le Brun detailing teeth and gum remedies with price 26 6d.
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Castle Inn
Woodstreet
F.t of
No. 5
Castle and
Falcon Inn
Aldersgate-street
London
Stamford
Oakham
Uppingham
Grantham
Newark
Gainsborough
E.cry
John Truman
Jo Hennet
Amelia
Mr. Hemet
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Hay Markets
J. Price
India House
Leadenhall-street
Suld Elso
Miss Purdie
Bath
J. le Brun
Rue Dauphine
Paris
Beaume De Vie Proclaimed A Beneficial Remedy
An 18th century advertisement touts Beaume De Vie as a superior cordial medicine for digestive and systemic balance. It claims efficacy for gout rheumatic and scorbutic conditions and female disorders, with assurances against counterfeit products and lists multiple London merchants selling the remedy and a small price for a narrative of cures.
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Materia Medica
Beaume DE Vie
W. Nicol
T. Becket
W. Nicoll
St. Paul’s Church-yard
London
St. Paul’s Church Yard
T. Becker
the Strand
R. Davis
Piccadilly
T. Durham
Duck
Frontiers of Poland Conspiracy Oath Confession
Kosinski admits he was sent by Pulawski with conspirators to seize the king and swore before the Holy Virgin to sacrifice fortunes and lives to extirpate the tyrant Stanislaus Augustus in a religious oath. Vienna report notes the Emperor’s journey to Bohemia and Moravia.
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Frontiers
Poland
Kosinski
Pulawski
Stanislaus Augustus
Vienna
Bohemia and Moravia
News from London and Jamaica and a Dublin election
London reports hint that the Duke of Gloucester may land at Dover tomorrow while a Sardinian monarch suffers a sudden fit at Venice. Jamaican dispatches note ship movements toward the Spanish main. A French ship sinks with all hands near Martinique as divorce, burglary, and public notices unfold in London courts and guildhalls amid a string of crimes and local appointments.
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Duke of Gloucester
England
Dover
Leghorn
Venezia
Jamaica
Spanish Main
Imperial Travels Preview Abolish Servitude in Lands
The text notes an abolitionist aim tied to an emperor's tour, arguing farmers lack property and fail to aid their heirs. It claims discoveries during travels, kept secret from princes, and mentions Count Orlow at Imbros with 33 Ruffian ships, totaling 66 ships ready to force the Dardanelles passage.
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Marseilles
Count Orlow
Imbros
Dardanelles
Cure advertised for nervous disorders by Dr Lowther drops
R Dalton of New Crofton Deptford testifies to long illness with head pain and dizziness healed by Dr Lowther's nervous drops after trial. William Dalton notes many attestations and cures. medicines sold by Royal authority in 6s and 3s parcels at the Doctor's house in Hatton Garden and by booksellers and traders in London.
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R. Dalton
New Crofa
Deptford
Lowther
William Dalton
Extraordinary Cure Promoted by Maredant Drops in London
A letter dated 1971 from Charles Ashley details a cure for his son’s post smallpox maladies, praising Norton’s Maredant drops made in Gelden-square London. It invites inquiries at Talrot-Law Strand and lists other sellers with pricing and endorsements, claiming cures for leprosy ulcers and urinary disorders.
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Maredanti
Norton
Gelden-square
London
Strand
Charles Ashley
Mrr. Norton
Golden-square
Piccadilly
John Norton
N.B
Maredant
G. Krarfly
J. Stockdale
Macthew Holand
Flexney
Gray’s Inn Gate
Holsorn
Richardson and
Urquhart
Real Exchange
Durham
Charing Cross
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J. Almon
Burlington-house
Holland
Flanders
Germany
Denmark
Sweden
Lapland
Russia
Ukraine
Joseph Marshall
Great Britain
House.of Commons
Hoteman
Lord Molesworth
Jura Populi Anglicani
Petioning
Camden
Boyer
I. Baretti
M. Prieur
Johnson
Hoyle
V. Smbblet
Yeterday
France
Cuaumn Lacie
St. Amand
Brest
Martinico
Lord Es
Count Ai
Doctors-Commons
Westminster Hall
Lord Mansfield
Godfrey
Southampton-street
Covent Garden
George Lambertson
Watchfell
Ayliff Street
Goodman’s Fields
Levi Weil
Ather Weil
Jacob Lazarus
Hyam Dresden
Hyam Lazarus
Solomon Porter
Solomon Moses
Tyburn
Levy Weil
Surgeons Jr
John Hardiey
Richard Gulley
Henry Sackler
Over Seepee Margus Hartough
Lazarus Harry
Sarah Barclay
Hartough
Hertford
Deighman O
Bear Key
Tafwell
Brookland
Kent
Tenterden
Wallace
John Collins
Lenghor
Glathorganshire
Robins
Redclif Church
St. Nicholas
Bristol
Mr. Brown
Mathelyne
Clive
Muscot
John Muscot
Ludlow
Shronshire
Wangford
Henry Peyton
Emneth
Norfolk
Frances Rous
Sir John Rous
Henham Hall
Risbotouth
Berks
Christopher Rigby
His Majesty
Sally Gerrard
Gerard
William Thornhill
Richmond
Lester
Kingston
Robert Poole
Morstimer-street
Amelia Lambert
Stanhope-street
William West
Ann Baker
Bond-street
William White
Saran Thomson
John James
Fulham
Esther Smith
Putney
Thomas Chandler
Fleetmarket
Sarah Lewer
Moorfields
Nicholas Gandolfi
Forgler-house
Bantkshire
Scotland
Alexander Lord
Mr. Turpin
Shoelane
Hampstead
Atkins Robinson
Ofice
Hen
Theatre Royal
Drury-lane
Islington
Terry
Hill
Ferons-House
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