Lottery Prospectus for Adelphi Draw Reassures Prizes and Repurchase
An 18th century auction lottery explains repurchase terms for real properties excluding pictures statues and antiquities. It notes prizes worth up to 50 001 and details on distribution, drawing venues in Exchange Alley and Royal Exchange area, dates for prize assignments, interest, and ticket sales through Meff Adams Adelphi offices with housing access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gol
Adam
Adelphi
Exchange-alley
Royal Exchange
Jonathan
Robert Street
Adel‘phi
W ‘Ch
Patent bedsteads by Gale Upholder and Cabinet-maker
Gale, Upholder and Cabinet-maker of Catherine-street Strand presents patent bedsteads praised by nobility and gentry. They suit chambers and dressing-rooms and aid those with gout or rheumatism. Features include a bedstead that serves as an easy chair, a portable travelling bedstead, and a bedding-included carriage ride option for long tours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T Gale
Catherine-street
Strand
Contempt and power in the 1704 Holt case and York politics
In 1704 freemen of Aylesbury sought voting rights and faced fines for officers. Holt refused to bow to House of Commons orders, declaring himself interpreter of laws. The episode foreshadowed copyright rise and stirred political tensions as Charles Fox and Lord North clashed, with broader notes on presses, roads, and maritime losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
Holt
House of Commons
King’s Bench
Newgate
Lords debate copyright in books sparks reversal ruling
In London on Wednesday February 23 Lords Camden and Carlisle opposed exclusive rights of authors while Lyttelton supported them. Camden argued copyright rests on statute not common law and literature cannot be property, urging a limited act. Effingham defended press liberty. the decree was to be reversed, jeopardizing some £209,000 in what was sold as rights. The booksellers faces ruin as property expectations collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. "Norton, Sargent
Golden Square
Middleton
Warwickshire
Marchant
Alice Rogers
P.S
Norton
Piccadilly
London
John Norton
N.B
Maredant
Lord Mansfield
King’s Bench
Rotwéeh Miller and Taylor
House of Peers
Supremé Court
Lord Camden
Carlisle
Lord Abingdon
Lord Lyttelton
Lera Camden
Lord Hardwicke
Lord Carden
Grece
Rome
Arabia
Great Britain
Prussia
Carlifa
Lord Effingham
Westminster
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Drury-Lane
Theatre Royal
Drurya
Newmarket
Covent-Garden
Coventgarden
Henry the Second
Rosamond
Tattersall
Mn Tattersall
Hyde-Park-Turnpike
Regulus, Blank, &c. &c
Stamption Cade
Blank
Francis Newbery
St Paul's Church-yard
His Majesty’s Navy
F. Newbery
Sun
Admiralty-Office
High Seas
Admiralty of England
Justice Hall
Old Bailey
Phil, Stephens
Bertie
Vine-street
John Hand
Oxford-street
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
John Andrews
Meff. Wilson, and Co. Strand
Dury
Duke’s Court
Sc. Dalby
Fis
J. Dalby
Welbeck-freet
St. Paul's Churchyard
Mr. Norton
Maiedan
J. Smith
F. Blyth
Biokfeiler
Finchlane
Cornhill
G. Kear Fly
Pene Ue
Ludgate-fiseet
Fetterdane
Flett-street
J. Stockdaley
BalteHead- Cote
Newgate-firect
London Evening Pott
Junge
Charles Fox
Lord North
Bedford
Duke of Grafton
Charles
Parliament
Thames
Sally
Frampton
Pool
Liverpool
Tramore Bay
Elizabeth
Nicholfon
Senegal
Fereira
Lydia
Boston
Downs
Portmouth
Knowles
Clerkenwell Close
Smithfield
Long Lane
Chick= lane
Bewler
Fox-court
Lambeth
Shadwell
Garnell
Hop Tatter
East Smithfield
Joseph Abrahams
Solomons
Yapper
Baylum
White Horse Inn
Cripplegate
James Ferguson
Edinburgh
Houndsditch
Daniel Larrimore
Jane Robinson
John Stone
James Garch
Elizabeth Norbury
Samuel Wakelin
John Backhouse
Peter Grant
Fenchurch-street
Ruddock
Leadenhall- Street
Newton
Berks
Elizabeth Gooday
Queenstreet
Cheapside
Benj. Redding
Bishop
Ellie
Eig
Ham
Surry
Peppersitrest
Southwark
Peter Rogers
Southampton-row
Francis Michell
Efgan
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