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Various Local Deaths and Notices From London Area
A long list of obituaries and notices recounts deaths in the 66th year of Hugh Henry of Dublin and other figures including Mr. Chapaiany a Searcher of the Customs, Mr. Eu ebius Clarkson a Kent grazier, Captain John Davis, Mr. Browne a Thames street merchant, and Mr. Dawson Parker. It notes lottery prize draws, the Harley manuscripts gift prospect to Oxford, a Yarmouth Customs seizure of tea and contraband, a fatal fire in Hammersmith, a West India boat collision near Blackwall, and an attack on a Customs clerk near New Cross. Several fatalities are described with brief circumstances, alongside smuggling, fire, and shipping news reflecting a chaotic period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Henry
Kent
Euebius Clarkson
Maidstone Marker
Aheply
Cambridge
Robert, Coleman
John Davis
Camberwell
Browne
Hanes
Thames-street
Pallmall
Dawson
Parker
King’s Head
Greenwich
Dr. Radcliffe
Harley
Oxford
Yarmouth
Dunkirk
Yarmouth Road
Yarmouth Customhouse
King’s Warehouse
Excise Office
Custom-House
Hull
Yorkshire
Hammersmith
Blackwall
Webb
Spencer
New Cross