Livery of London considers Wilkes for Chamberlain role
A February meeting at Hall Moon Tavern Cheapside gathered a large Livery of London to choose a citizen to present to the Common Hall on February 20. Aldermen candidates John Wilkes Edward Dilly Benjamin Hopkins were put forward. a show of hands showed strong support for Wilkes and the resolution was ordered printed. The note is signed by Chairman William Saxby.
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Ple
Stephen Theodore Janssen
Roy
John Wilkes
Guildhall
Livery of
London
Moon Tavern
Cheapside
Election notice from Charles Muntagu to voters of Southampton
February 15 1776 becomes a formal notice to the Independent Electors of Southampton. The petitioner, Charles Muntagu, presents himself as a faithful and obedient servant addressing the electorate with a request or stance regarding the local political process.
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Squt Hampton
Hopkins Denies Charges in 1776 Livery Meeting
Benjamin Hopkins replies to Luke Stavely charges at a Half Moon Tavern gathering in Cheapside. He asserts he voted against the Tower commitment and clarifies roles on the Middlesex seating, Roberts petition presentation, and East India Company committee, defending his integrity and urging livery support.
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Half-Moon Tavern
Cheapside
Luke Stavely
Alderman Oliver
Lutterell
House of Commons
East India Company
Stavely
Benjamin Hopkins
Broad Steet
Annual Meeting of the Buckinghamshire Society at Queen's Arms
The Buckinghamshire Society holds its annual meeting at Queen's Arms Tavern St Pauls Churchyard on Tuesday the zothnish with Hon George Grenville and Mr John Edwin as stewards. Dinner at 3 o'clock Tickets 4s at the bar. Also notices on clergy relief funds and money matters with multiple financial solicitations across London firms.
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Queen's Arms Tavern
St. Paul
Buckinghamshire Society
George Grenville
John Edwin
Inhuman Cruelty to Ethan Allen Sufferers Exposed
Cork January 31 1776 letter denounces oppressive British policy toward Ethan Allen and fellow prisoners. Describes Montreal capture, ship voyage in chains, imprisonment in England, and return voyage to Cork. Dublin and Cork citizens contributed aid, contrasted with England’s alleged contempt. Benovolus signs the plea urging Britons to recall benevolence.
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Cork
Ethan Allen
Montreal
England
Cove
Hibernia
Dublin
Ireland
Tam
Benevolus
Mail from Flanders Brings News of Vienna Court
Friday February 16 reports the arrival of the Mail from Flanders. The record notes Werlaw Fen 20 and claims the Court of Vienna renounced pretensions to certain districts and islands as they had taken possession.
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Flanders
Werlaw
Fen
Court of
Vienna
Diplomatic and military movements and notices abroad
Reports from Warsaw and Stutgard on treaties and exports, with Danish recall of Baron Dieden after a seized vessel. Notices from London on troop ships, privateers, and Guarda Costs captures. ship arrivals and losses near Scilly and Portland. Local marriages and deaths, and appointments at the Turkey Company plus a Brussels murder case.
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Drury-Lane
Theatre Royal
Uriuls
Lave
Leonora
Smith
Covent-Garden
Ibaces
Leon F
Catherine and
Petruchio
Mr. Woodward
Cathering
Green
Guidhall
LU Nyvan
William Saxby
LS Hough
Southampton
Charles
Tattersall
Turf
Hyde-Park Turnpike
Contrat
Swic
Blaze
Maiden
Eny
Carver
Shepherd
Syphon
Philegon
Eclipse
Aldridge
War Office
Maunsell
Limerick
City of London
Church of England
North America
Hoare
Gosling and Co
Fleet-freet
Drummond and Co
Charing Cris
County of
Berks
Winchcombe H. Hartley
Bucklebury
Hereford
Stoke
T. Foley
Bertie
Vine- Nreet
Piccadilly
The
London Evening Post
Petersburgh
Warsaw
Efuikey
Stutgard
Fan
France
LOND
Baron Diedén
Baron Dieden
John Wrotterley
George Osborne
Barts
America
Irih House of Commons
Kilmainham
William
Millan
Gayton
Irvine
Nicholson
Botton
Ditto
Fhalifax
Ayiough
Nantucket
New Providence
Guarda Costas
Uva
Antigua
Bourne
Mand
Jackson
Minorca
Portsmouth
Thomas
Rhode
Bourdeaux
Hamburgh
Scilly
Mary
Carter
Bristol
John M’clare
Londonderry
Roffe
Turkey Company
Lord North
Earl of
Henry Frederick Thynne
Lord Weymouth
Lord Granville
Grodm
Brussels
George Day
Liverpool
White House
Rochford
Edward Cary
Tarmokam
Devonshire
Camilla Fleming
Governor Fleming
Wm. Watson
Miss Webb
Wandsworth
Guerney
Morton
Ilford
Mr. Clark
New Bondstreet
Pistor
Walthamstow
Bath
Sir William Hanham
Winburn
Dorsetshire
Kentith Town
John Smith
Princes-street
Lothbury
Aldersgate-street
Thomas Sargant
Albemarle-street
Leicester Fields
Lewis Charles Montolieu
Woop
Horse Guards
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