Appointments and bankrupts in the King’s Council news
In the Court at St James's on Feb 24 1771 the king appointed sheriffs for Lincolnshire and Rutlandshire and named James Harris jun to be minister plenipotentiary to the Catholick Majesty until Lord Grantham arrives in Madrid. Plague reports from Warsaw and Dantzick note diminished spread due to cold. Several London bankrupts are named with surrender dates at Guildhall plus scheduled dividends on March 25.
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London
St. James’s
Lincolnshire
Charles Anderson Pelham
Brocklefly
David Field
Aleeby
Rutlandshire
Gilbert Heathcote
Normanton
Thomas Bullivant
Hague
Poland
Dantzick
Persian Gulf Revolt and European Dispatches in Historian Record
April notes list Nicholas Cemyn of Pritces-fiitet Rotherhith a mariner and dealer to be granted a certificate at Guildhall March 1 James Jones of Old Gravel Lane St George in the East Middlesex a carpenter and broker arrived a mail from Flanders Cairo reports Hussan Bey arrived with seventeen of 1595 to Gedda and Mehemet Bey’s governorship. Mecca and Gedda conflict unfold. Madrid Paris dispatches hint at ambassadorial changes and Rouen Parliament tensions. Levant letters cite Ali Bey’s Syria pact against Turks.
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Pritces-fiitet
Rotherhith
Mariner
Guildhall
James Jones
Old Gravel Lane
St. George In
the Eat
Middlesex
Flanders
Cairo
Hussan Bey
Mehemet Bey
Gedda
Sherif
Egypt
Mecca
Hassan Bey
Haffan Bey
Yemen
Versailles
Count de Fuentes
Paris
Duke of Orleans
Rouen
Count de la Marche
Duke de Harcourt
Normandy
Ancona
Fan
Levant
Ali Bey
Syria
Residence of Mrs Romaine at Hartlepool Dies at 88
News from Newcastle dated February 23 reports the death of Mrs Romaine aged 88, mother of Rev. Mr Romaine of St. Ann Black Friars London. Also notes Lord Essex resigning the Hertford lord lieutenantcy, and an attendance dispute involving printers in the Lower Assembly. plus colonial Jamaica letter about plots and executions, and various court and social notices.
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Country News
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Fe’nnight
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Romaine
St. Ann
Black Friars
London
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Hertford
Wapping, &c
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Jamaica
Humphry Chadwick, Bart
Humphry Chadwick
Wych-street
Drury Lane
Old Bailey
Ann Randall
John Liverton
Thomas Sarjeant
Samuel Sulledge
Edward Smith
Tower-hill
Lieutenant Hay
Moses Kennedy
Smith
Hay
Mantell
Dragoon Guards
Edward Milbanke
Rich
Brooke
John Mansell
Christ
Green
Cambridgeshire
Tribute to a Patriot Camden in Evening Post 1730s
A laudatory address to Lord Camden praising integrity and steadfast virtue amid political strife. The writer extols Camden as a model statesman defending liberty against corruption, urging continued opposition to treacherous ministers and urging the public to trust in his patriotic zeal.
Ordnance Proposals and Public Notices From London
The February 22 1775 issue carries a notice from the Office of Ordnance inviting bids to load four to five hundred tons of earthenware and writing materials at Milford Haven for transport to Newfoundland routes. It requires ship name master a ready date and price per ton with loading and unloading times, plus timber cargo allowances. Also included are local notices from Daniel Briscoe at Park Gate denying rumors, the Consolidated Society announcing dates for admission of children and members, and advertisements for a coin-verifying instrument with royal patent claims and a list of sellers across several cities.
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Office of Ordnance
St. Margaret’s Flet
Westminter
Milford Haven
Ordnance
Toavet
Beera
John Boddington
Daniel Brisdge
Park Gate
London Road
Myre
Tompkins
Briscoe
Daniel Briscoe
Dublin
Chester
R. Darby
Camden
Gloucestershire
Tho. Lee
Nottingham
William Pear
Lincoln
London
S. Cave
St. John’s Gate
Arildina's Royal India Composition Feature
An 18th century advertisement touts Arildina's Royal India Composition for removing facial hair. It boasts virtue in clearing away hairs on the forehead upper lip and face with gentle skin safety, selling at one guinea an ounce with repeated directions. Merchants and Lips commanders may supply quantities on standard terms.
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Arildina
Royal India
Apyontmen
Noethergia
England
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