London Admiralty court session and mail coach notices 1785
In London on a Saturday in December 1785, a term of the Admiralty is set at Justice Hall, Old Bailey. The General Post Office published a plan for expediting letters across Great Britain and Ireland with specific cutting times and Mail Coach routes via multiple stops, including Bath, Norwich, Manchester, Liverpool, Carmarthen, and London coffee houses. Proposals directed to churchwardens and overseers accompany the notice, with Horatii Flacci Carmina Expurgata listed as a priced item.
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Worree
Admiralty of
Eng
Justice Hall
Ld Bailey
London
General Post-Office
R. Palmer
Great Britain
Ireland
Lendsa
Anthony Tond
Cross Paft
Mail
Breauty
Bath
Briffal
Sivan
Ladlaney
Piccadilly
Norwich
Yarmouth
Newmarket
Thetford
Fetter-Lane
Lo Norvvich
Colchester
Pfwich
Nottinghan
Leeds
Surveyor Wanted for Turnpike Road Repairs at Hockerell Newmarket
A surveyor of the Turnpike Road is sought to reside on the spot and undertake repairs and road management. Applicants must be well acquainted with turnpike work and capable of providing recommmendations. Send name and residence with references to Mr. Mott at 2 Bishops Stortford Hertfordshire before January 9, 1745 and attend a trustees meeting January 13, 1986 at Eleven o'clock at the Crown Inn Hockerell.
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Hockerell
Newmarket
Amuike
Rg Tate
Mott
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordthne
Dong
Crown Inn
Hockerell Afurefid
Reading list and price catalog from English pamphlet era
A scanned inventory lists many educational books and religious texts with prices in shillings and pence. Items include Latin tracts, Bible companions, moral tales, a geographer’s magazine, and a promising globe offer with annual issues and premiums.
Creditors of Robert Mitford may claim further dividend
Creditors who proved debts under a commission of bankruptcy against Robert Mitford of Coalholt London draper may receive a further dividend of one shilling and sixpence per pound. Apply to the aldepress at 845 Basilshall Street on Wednesdays and Fridays in December between 10 and 2. Also notice of state lottery 1785 begins February 6 1736 with tickets sold by Richardson and Goodluck at offices in London and Edinburgh.
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Robert MI Ryford
Robert ‘Mitford
Coffholt
London
WagHlen-draper
Basinshall-Street
Richardgon
Gladluck
White and
Mitchell
Tron
Edinburgh
Mei
Richardson
Goodluck
Bank Baldings
Mer Wasud
Wenham
Rechitdtun and
Gaudhick
Leones
Barness
Richardton
Narig
King's Mews
Christmas Day Service and Naval Dispatches From Windsor
On Christmas Day their Majesties attended divine service at Windsor Collegiate Church and took communion. The Lord Steward gave the usual offering at the Chapel Royal. Dispatches from Nova Scotia report calm conditions there, while a ship Ark under Capt Squire carried news of quiet trade in a housing crisis. A voyage from Oporto to Londonderry with Capt Sloper encountered violent winds and a Spanish attack, with crew casualties noted.
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Windsor
Chapel Royal
Nova Scotia
Ark
Squire
Phan’ x
Sloper
Oporto
Londonderry
Portug
Weyers
Fragments of a London Perfume Trade Notice
A garbled antique notice markets a perfume titled Teeth and UWS products. It mentions Mr Heniet and perfumers Bainey Lowe Golding Price in Cockspur Street Charing Cross and London shops, with a price of 2s 6d per item and a disclaimer of responsibility for others in London. The text references fountains of scent and rhetoric about nobility and scent devices.
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UWS
Jacon Hk Mi
Aindilay
Heniet
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HK Geographical Magazine
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