Desperate call for unlimited royal power in Parliament
A London Evening Post excerpt features Lord North pressed by a cousin Smelt to dissolve Parliament and grant the King absolute power. The speaker argues despotism would end elections and corruption, reduce taxes, and stabilize the realm, offering patronage and office in return, while condemning public virtue and parliamentary conflict.
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Smelt
Admiralty
Greenwich Hospital
Lease for a dwelling near Portland Place in need of repair
A lease sale notice describes a modest dwelling in Margaret Street near Portland Mews. The house offers two first floor rooms, kitchen and servants hall, wine cellar, several closets, and a top floor with fire escape. Behind it lies a garden with coach house and stables for four horses, with proximity to a market and public places. Inquiries directed to No 29 or Mr Meader, bookseller.
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Margaret-Street
Cavendish-Square
Mery Je Bone
Portland
Quré
Meader
Berkeley Letter From Port Fisheries 1780 In Gloucester
A dated tribute from G Berkeley to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Gloucester County dated December 14 1780. The missive presents a formal salutation with a royal style signature and submission as a faithful servant.
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County of
Gloucester
G Berkeley
Chesler
James Dutton
Shireborne
Kensington
Marcham Goodling
Brimpton Row
Kensington Turnpike Trust
Hyde Park Corner
Fateful East India home fleet and political tempers rise
Postscript warns of alarm as a new home fleet seeks to avoid capture while Britain debates Sir Hugh Palliser’s hospital post and ministers face ministerial resistance. The letter covers naval struggles, dueling culture, riots, and Portsmouth dispatches, detailing ships lost or freed and a Countess Dowager’s fortune, amid political fault lines and public distress.
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Monieur d’Estaing
Fabule
Fox
Hugh Palliser
Greenwich Hospital
House of Commons
Oliver Cromwel
Ireland
Shipping News The Winds Rise Over East Coast Trade
Ships in the Ne and W winds report. Vessels from Georgia Sussex Newhaven Primquid 5 Commerce Stainmore Delire Pool incoming. Arrivals include Lucia Catharina from Plymouth at Stettin and Hamburgh Lucia from Liverpool. Hazard Lawrie from Charlestown reach Clyde and Britannia from Cowes arrives at Quebec.
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W.S. Deal
Hero
Christian
Georgia
Livermore
St. Kite
Stettin
Lucia Catharina
Schmit
Plymouth
Ac Hamburgh
Lucia
Johnson
Liverpool
Clyde
Hazard
Lawrie
Charlestown
Quebec
Britannia
Collingwood
Cowes
Price of Stocks This Day at Two O Clock
A fragment listing various stock prices and bonds with historical figures and percentages including Bank Stock, Annuities, India Stock, South Sea Stock, Old and New Annuities, Navy Annuances, and Lottery Tickets, all noted with fractions and per cent values for a single reading. The incomplete OCR shows prices like 58 3-4, 7 8ths, 3 per cent, and dates 1762 1777 1779, indicating a mid 18th century financial ledger.
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Corfol
India
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