Fire Routs House. Clements Family Flee in Bristol
Early Monday a fierce blaze destroyed Capt. Clements’s house in the Great Garden Bristol. Mrs Clements and her four children escaped by jumping from a window, wrapping in bedclothes. A maid and a shipmate’s wife with child perished. No furniture or minor items saved. no injuries to Mr. Clements or the children noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Drc
Capt. Clements
Bristol
Clement
Howse
Clements
Norwich
Life’s Green
Frigates and privateers seen off St Lucia in wary times
London reports authentic letters from Lee ward Illinois describe a fleet of American frigates and privateers off St Lucia causing alarm. Dispatches from Governor Arbuthnot of Halifax are claimed to have arrived. ships Albion, Elizabeth, and Earl of Arundel encounter storms and distress. Several vessels reach Stromness after wreck and near misses, while convoys assemble at Gravesend and Plymouth for convoy through the Straits."}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeward
St. Lucia
Marriot Arbuthnot
Halifax
Alice
Orkady
Dundee
Caithness
Newcastle
Dantzick
Stromness
Elizabeth of
Priestman
Whitehaven
Limerick
Lewis Islands
Drew
Newfoundland
Leghorn
Gravesend
Portsmouth
Cotton
Falmouth
Worcester
Straits
Spry
Moor
Nanny
Green
Plymouth
Glasgow
Adyuty
Bevans
Seville
Thetis
Lord Shuldham
St. Huttatin
Oxfar
Miller
Newfoundlands
Kingston Packet
Matrocis
Bristol
Jamaica
Fragmentary London notices mix crime bids fire and market prices
A clipped 18th century page reports a naval incident with two Lieutenants pressed on Ludgate Hill, a fire at Mr Beck’s silk dyer in Jewentreet, and then dense market data from Corn Exchange and Borough Market for Dec 30 including grain and hops prices. It lists prize numbers, high water times, and several bankruptcy and surrender notices across Guildhall, Liverpool, Manchester, and Gloucestershire with dates in January and February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Lawrence
Boffon
Alderman Plomer
Payne
Ludgate-Hill
Admiralty
Beck
Jewentreet
Corn Exchange
Gui Lp Hall
Socol
London-Bridge
Robert Jenner
Bmiter-Square
London
Guildhall
Henry Coey
Warrington
Lancashire
Golten Leen
Liver
X.t.— Mes Hartland
Mitcheldune
Gloucestershire
Bear-Inn
Newoban
Taid
John Robson
Carlisle
Fure Reeder
Assembly Coffee House
Manchester
William Kendall
Baldock
James M.whirter
Damfries
Francis Evatt
Compton
St. Ann
Middlesex
John Street
Liverpool
Cooper
Golten Lion
Dale-street
Joseph Allen
Taunton St Mary Magdalene
Somersetshire
William Cookson
Kingston Upon
William Innell
Chalford
Gloucesterslire
Fragmented Ode on Poverty and Vice in Seasonal Verse
A prose fragment captures a period meditation on wealth, pleasure, and suffering. It laments the indifference of the merrymaking classes to widespread pain, detailing death, poverty, disease, and social cruelty. The speaker calls for charity and social benevolence to elevate humanity.
Private sale notice for Good Land ENN inn site near Bath Road
A public notice advertises a private agreement sale of a well-known inn property on the Bath Road between Reading and London with complete outbuildings. The owner plans to leave the inn business and furniture, inviting inquiries to Mr. P. Norbury, printer, New Brentford, for particulars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
White Hary Inn
Tycell
Chepstow
Robert Mod
William Percivel
Huuge
Saint ‘Clear
Saint Keverne
Windrow
Sithney
Sering
Allen
Clement's Inn
London
Meffis. Davies
St the White Hart Inn
Guildford
Surry
Wood Street Common
Worplesdon
Reading
P. Norbury
New Brentford
Property list of messuages and lands in Kaugtton chapelry
A leasehold inventory listing multiple messuages farms and lands in Kaugtton chapelry. Names include Rev Thomas Rooke John Williams Alice Brasier Jane Mortal Widow Puitun Henry Lamb Bevan Francis Alford Thomas Owens Henry Griffiths and Henry Griffiths with specified yearly rents and tithes for eight years from Michaelmas last.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Rooke
Newnoham
John Williams
Alice Brasier
Jane Mortal
Puitun
Lowbowm
Henry Lamb
Bol
Bevan
Dee
Gol
Francis
Alford
Dearnhill
Thomas Owen'y
Henry Griffiths
Kaugtton
Lesse
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New S
Deal
Dover
Walfley
Kifbon
Atlantic
New York
Hereford
Jackson
Exeter
Tyber
Thompson
Smyrna
Libia
Robinson
Regard
Harrison
Union
Wilkinson
Wyley
Siberia
Dublin
Admiral Spry
Fanny
Geeng
Industry
Gascoyne
Walton
Hlifax
Gravesead
Fidelity
Fowler
Tovley
Quebec
Juliana
Johnson
Ester
Rebecca
Walter
Shuldhbam
Emanuel
Spencer
Charming Betty
Thomnton
Readshaw
Swan
Dale
Bell
Cork
Seksy
Hayward
Bilboa
Britannia
Richardson
Providence
Mayne
Simpson
Frederick
Shoomae
Stettins
J. Hason
Fron
Malaga
Peggy
Combill
Bricannia
Cle
Wade
L'ibon
Léoghorn
Caesar
Mattocks
Admiralty Office
Babary
North America
St. Marys Church
Nottingham
Essex
Suffolk
Ridgeway
Reynold
Colchester
Severa Lors
Athimber Wees
Little Clackton
Sxteen
Celchester
Harwich
Ipswich
Sarah Dade
Jonathan Tippel
Stufton
Eye
Dis
Norfolk
Bury
James Taylor
Taylors
Pott
Ipswish
Fen
France
Spain
Joseph Marshalt
G. Corradl
Catherine-direct
S.raad
Marshall
Majesty
Westmatter
Fr. Inc
T. Dine
Fap, Nc. Inc
Fe. Inc. Inc. Inc
Office of Ordnance
Rea
Newnham
Knighton
Lindridge
Wovertie
Ani
Lindriege
Mary Stokes
Eardison Farm
Enghand
Ludlow
Bewdley
Bromdun
Wheathill
Salop
Richard Meyrick
Comnon
Robert Pardsey
Lincoln’s Inn
Charles Holland
Cheobury Mortimer
Woodbridge
Bredfield
Bouldge
Debach
Liease
Isaac Buls
Rich
Wood
Tormey
Melton
Philip the Second
United Provinces
Robert Watson
University of St. Andrews
W. Strahan
T. Cadell
Strand
England
Sarah Harrison
Em Loaton Cok
J. Rivington and Sons
B. Law
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