London and Dorset notices and local appointments in 1766
A mixed batch of notices from London and Wiltshire recount appointments and pensions, including Lord Chancellor Chan gellor’s house visit and post arrangements for Isle of Man letters. It notes promotions in the Dragoon Guards, rector appointments at Litton Cheney and St Matthew Bethnal Green, and a Bath to Bristol canal vision.
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Lord Changellor
Lucolsi
Ino Fields
Grange
Isle of Man
Whitehaven
John Morris
Dragoon
Guards
Earl of Waldegrave
Mr. Richards
Brazenaore College
Oxford
Litton Cheney
Bridport
Dorset
Bristol
Samuel Sanger
Corporation of Bristol
Stratford
Bath
Bradford
Melksham
Chippenham
Thames and Severn
Salisuury
William Cooper
Houndsditch
Comimon-Council
Portfoken
Feiday
Moreland
Blackwell
Lombard-street
St. Mary Woolnoth
Kensington
Josiah Martin
Hackney
Robert Hollingsworth
Bishopsgate-street
St. James’s-street
Kingston
Hiolborn-bass
White Hart
Battlebridge
Harwood
James Pinfold
D&c
Shdiper’s Alley
Coventry
Alderman Hewitt
Robert Slack
Whitechapel
London
James Slack
Bancroft’s Hospital
Mile-end
Limehouse-church
Tihe Road
Mimswath
Digby
Westminster
Towcester and
Statford
Robert
John Stedman
New Road
Marr
Catherine Lane
Towerhill
Robert Burgess
Birmingham
Sir John Fielding
Middlesex
Charles Lord Camden
His Majesty
S Court of Common Pleas
Westiminster
Tuellay
Lioon
Halifax
Esquimaux
Labrador
Quebec
England
Address on Colonial Tensions and Trade Policy
The writer argues Britain faces a dangerous crisis as American colonies stir unrest threatening trade and navigation. He urges prudent measures to soothe colonists without undermining Britain’s legislature, stressing that flourishing colonies benefit national commerce and revenue. Pro-Patria signs a call for healing and balanced policy.
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Iithergrove
Great Britain
Great-Britain
S &c. Pro-Patria
Weights and measures across the kingdom
A note to the printer laments inconsistent weights and measures, arguing uniformity would aid general utility and help curb tails or frauds in trade throughout the realm. The piece emphasizes standardization as a practical reform.
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C. T. Hint
London Evening Post
Printing Liberty and British Liberty in 18th Century Thought
A letter praising printing, liberty, and scientific progress as vital to Britain. It discusses the art of printing as a guardian of privileges, the role of information in governance, and references Dr. Ellis’s Liberty works and Locke Montesquieu as foundational thinkers shaping the British constitution.
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Britain
Europe
Sir Vane Newton
Lurope Eck
Locke
Great Britain
Montesquieu
Montequiew
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