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A historical letter to a London newspaper discusses anticipated Stamp Act enforcement in America and mocks public officials. It argues for dramatic title framing and critiques fire safety due to castle fires caused by smiths and reckless stagecoach drivers, urging magistrates to act to protect subjects. The writer signs as HUMANUS.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pott
Menus
America
Francis Bacon
Lord Verulam
Jonathan
Meres
C. Humanus
Princess Dowager of Wales
Carleton-house
Brunswick
Copenhagen
Danila
France
Lisbon
Turk’s Island
West India Packet
St. Lucia
Hanover
Sieur Munckhausen
de Lenthe
William Wyndham
Earlham
Norfolk
Hill
Baldwin
Bookfeler
England
The Wonders and Fight at Portsmouth in London Evening Post
A letter from Portsmouth narrates a shocking fight seen there, alongside an extravagant display of a planetary orrery and mechanical wonders. The piece juggles theatrical science curiosities with a dramatic lady’s flight, and promises corrective measures for future printing errors while soliciting reader orders and advertising support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Meres
Portsmouth
Portmouth Dockyard
France
Zyebo
Fane
Tycho
Juno
Betty
Sage Turbo
Daphne
Paris and London News Roundup with Political Notes
Paris remonstrances on the pay class and Brittany affairs, the King to receive them February 7, and Brittany commissioners to meet. London sightings include births, court alerts, and public notices with naval, political, and weather updates, plus theatrical ads and a cure-all advertised medicine at the Dunciad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Paris
St. Malo
Louis-Charles le Pellerin de Gauville
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
Troyes
Champaign
Pan
Feach
Britanny
Brittany
Hamburg
Florence
Fan
Sagtmani
Genoa
Michael- Angelo Cambiafo
Francis Spinola
John Francis Morando
Benedict Pareto
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Tim
Marvellous
Timothy
Barnaby
Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Delavion
St. Bride’s
Royal
Lord Birh
Whitehall
Barton
Bristol
St. Paul’s
Harris
James
Clerkenwell
Salter
Norwich
Rivers
Greenwich
Fe’onight
Birch-Morton
Worcestershire
Richard
Earl
Belamont
Ireland
Anne
Judith
Francis Wilkinson
Southwark
Batson
Gibson
Newgate
Ralph Sclater
Fowerhill
Stockholm
Trieste
Nicodemus Wittenton
Ancona
Alicant
Jamaica
Portugal
Virginia
Deal
Hamilton
Hawke
Ferguson
Cadiz
Thomas and John
Mackdougal
Queen Charlotte
Reeves
Grand Duke
Brewer
Barbadoes
Mary
Singleton
S. W
Drury -Lane
Drury-Lane
Benedick
Mr. Garrick
Dogberry
Mr. Yates
Hero
Miss Blum
Beatrice
Ipricg
India
South Sea
Dicto
St. J
S. Whitechapel
London Bridge
Key
Mr. Key
Baker’s
Change-Aley
So Anthony
Ssa
Corn-Exchange
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