William Wilkes seeks Chamberlain of London post
Guildhall February 7 1776 James Wilkes presents his candidacy for the office of Chamberlain of London. He appeals to the livery for support, cites his past offices Alderman Sheriff and Mayor, promises vigilance and faithful service, and praises Sir Stephen Theodore Jansen. Election fixed for Tuesday February 26. notices recall thanks to Wilkes and colleagues from Common Hall and Common Council.
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Geildy
Stephen Theodore Janssen
John Wilkes
Guildhall
Common Hall
Livery of
London
Frederick Bull
Middlesex
F Hodges
City of London
Great Britain
Iris
Metropolis
Co OP
George the Third
Hereford County Address to Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders
A formal address to the gentlemen clergy and freeholders of Hereford County. Berrington and Dees referenced with dates 155 1775 mark the era and institutional concerns of the period. The document signals local governance and civic duties within Herefordshire in the mid 18th century.
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Hereford
County of
Auction notice of fox-hounds and horses at Turf Coffee House
To be sold by auction by Mr Tattersall at the Turf Coffee House near Hyde Park Turnpike on Monday the 12th at twelve. WENTY-EIGHT fox-hounds, ten seasoned hunters, property of a nobleman, to be sold in four lots with pedigrees. catalogues and viewing three days prior. Also some well bred horses and mares, Stoic to be sold by private contract.
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Tattersall
Turf
Tavian
Hyde-Perk Turnpike
Meyneil
Stoic
Benjamin Hopkins Seeks Ward Alderman Seat in 1779
A letter from Benjamin Hopkins announces his resignation from the Worthy Chamberlain and seeks votes to succeed him as Alderman. Hopkins notes twenty years in the city as a merchant, sixteen in the respected Ward, and pledges impartial, diligent service to preserve city rights and customs, urging support from electors.
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Stephen Theodore Janssen
Bart
T'ftaeter
London
Benjamin Hopkins
Broad Preet
Provincial gains and Halifax war dispatches from 1777
Letters from Halifax and Charles Town report Provincial advances in Canada and the capture of Quebec, with Lord Cornwallis expected to arrive. News from Boston ships bring officers and wounded, while American schooners claim lost cargo. Howe becomes Commander in Chief in North America. Duchess of Gloucester gives birth at Rome with English witnesses.
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Halifax
Certai
Canada
Quebec
Carleton
Charles Town
South Carolina
Georgia
Major Cunningham
Lord Cornwallis
Jane
Moran
Diana
Burgoyne
Polly
Rayner
Downs
North America
Teodoli
Rome
Duchess of Gloucester
Houthold
Fresh dispatches bring Jamaica passage and North American ships
Late Monday updates from Falmouth report a West Indies mail with fresh accounts from Jamaica and other islands carried by the Tyne packet Caps Groves, who sailed January 11 and made a record passage. A 3000 man detachments draw from British and Irish establishments. ships list shows armed vessels and several men of war in ordinary at Sheerness after ice damaged moorings. News also mentions Abbot at Cowes from Halifax and a Pietersen wreck at Peterhead, plus multiple marriages and local notices, with London and Essex clergy changes and a spate of deaths and legal notices.
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Falmouth
West Toadies
Tyne Packet
Caps. Groves
Jamaica
Chatham
Sheerness
Proby
Bristol
Solebay
Centurion
Syren
Triton
Experiment
Carcase
Ifis
Falcon
Preston
Hawke
Renown
Martin
Blonde
Nautilus
Brune
Savage
Emerald
Senegal
Niger
Tamar
Orpheus
Fowey
Pearl
Greyhound
Phoenix
Livelyys
Roebuck
Mercury
Thetis
Rose
Adizon
Seaford
Afthe
Sphynx
Boreas
Tartar
Carrstort
Atalanta
Cerverts
Cruiger
Dea! Castle
Ferret
Fox
Kingsfiftier
Glasgow
Merlin
Lizard
Otcer
Milford
Swan
Scarborough
Vipers
Scorpion
St. Domingo
Gourdeaux
Barington
Abbot
Cowes
Halifax
Aberdeen
Peterhead
Johan En
Dantzick
Gottfried Nett
Coris
Matthew Church
Nugent
Compton
Bolton
Brisol
Bufstol
Blackwall
Woolwich
St. Agnes
Parkinson
St. Lucia
Gravesend
Sea Beach
Leigh
Lyons
Geo. Hayter
Munden
Fering
Essex
Robert Evans
Lowdesborough
Burford
Yorkshire
Henry Mead
St. Joan
Wapping
Vrinity
Cooper
Thy. Cooper
South Welton
Oxfordshire
Lee
Ruffel-street
Bloomsbury
Veale
Tottenham Court Road
Kensington
Ziegenhagen
St.ames’s
Bermondsey-firdkt
Ar. Hall
Fellmenger
Cobb-bull
Barnet
Jelagotte
Wine Office Court
Fleet-street
Carnan
Martina
Buck- Iand
Isloucestershire
Fox Court
Brooksfrees
Arnold
Cock Hill
Ratcliff Highway
John Micman
Apothecary
St. John-street
Moses Rance
Brafier
Temple
Lucas
Lord Mansfield
Bechnal Green
Wiliam Bonner
Ferge Maker
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Drury-Laun
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Maid OF the ‘Oaks
Old Grovely
Covent-Garden
Prometheu & S
Reasors
Trinity-House
Ofice
Nore
Ireland
Maunsell
Limerick
Berkshires
Berks
Reading
Christopher Griffith
Bart. Price
N.B
Abingdon
Init
De‘Lvonshire Club
Star and Garter
Pall-Mall
William Lemon
Thomas Dyke Ackland
John Fownes Luttrell
Thomas Willete Salren
T. Foley
Stoke
Longworth
Rix
Foley
House of Peers
Lam
Thomas Harley
Berrington
Dees
Gloucester
Mott
George Bit Kuley
Berkely Cafie
Torsday
Secred
She Inc
J Nourse
Strand
Messrs. Mourtain
Tower-hill
Commissioners of Longitude
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