Inoculation spread from Constantinople to Wales and beyond
Mechanicus recounts how smallpox inoculation began in Asia and Constantinople around 1674 and spread to Europe. He notes Greek and Turkish practices and claims in St Ishmael and Marloes that buying the disease was common, with elders like William Allen recalling early life experiences. The letter advocates inoculation for public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinoples
Asia
le Dee
Constantinople
Europe
South Wales
St. Ishmael’s
Marloes
Milford-haven
William Allen
Wright
Haverfordwell
Philosophical Transactions
Smallpox Hospital
Sam
Mechanicus
Liverymen Vote Janssen and London Post Appeals
A London Evening Post notice appeals to Liverymen to vote for Janssen while defending the paper against ad hoc notices. It thanks subscribers, pledges prompt corrections, and invites orders through news carriers or publisher, with ads handled by Mr. Almon in Piccadilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Mr. Almon
Burlington Loufe
Piccadilly
Mail From Flanders Brings No Material Cargo
A Tuesday arrival from Flanders yielded no material goods. The packer boat carrying last Friday's Dutch wares departed Harwich on Sunday at twelve o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lon PP
Flanders
Harwich
Diet and Global Dispatches Hearken to Religious Rights
A mixed London letter column reports on health of Mr. Wilkes at Turin and news from Lisbon about Count La Lippe. It cites the Diet of Coronation and a Russian Prussian English Denmark bloc in Protestant rights, plus Paris edict actions against Jesuits. Maritime notes detail Dutch East Indies, New Orleans, and Charleston commerce, with hoard of imports and ship movements. Reports of Kentish Town housebreakings, a highway robbery near the Bald Faced Stag, and a mortality tally for Wick and Holstein. Evening theatre listings follow with Drury Lane and Covent Garden performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes
Turin
Hanover
Lisbon
Count la Lippe
Portugal
Warsaw
Russia
Poland
Paris
Besancon
Republic of Holland
East Indies
Batavia
India
New Orleans
Charles Town
Moses Lindo
Carolina Indico
Floridas
Cone Fort
Romaine
St. Ann’s Blackfryers
Kentish Town
Mr. Harding
Kemish
Panvcle
Harding
Lambeth, &c
James Pewtress
Epping Forest
Bear Key
Slerwick
Holstein
His Majesty
Phenix
Thunderer
Solcbay
Zephir
Guernsey
Spithead
Dantzick
Salomon Lesinsky
Amsterdam
Danarck
Bourdeaux
Hamburg
Schowen
Holland
Ireland
Jamaica
Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Senegal
New York
Drury-Lane
Covent-Garden
Hay-Market
Ezto
Hecate
Covent- Garden
London Bridge High Water and Stock Market Summary
Readable excerpt reports tide times at London Bridge for tomorrow with hourly notes and a dense list of stocks and bonds. It references India stock, South Sea stock, Navy and Vid. Bills, Consols, and Navy Bonds with various prices and 1 4 splits, indicating a financial market brief alongside the tide forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Anothur
A Miscellany of English and Latin Readers and Grammars
An 18th century catalog of educational texts edited by William Willymot and others, listing Latin English primers, Gospels selections, accidence and exercises, vocabularies for children, and grammar aids with notes and references. Includes works by Geo. Thompson and others, details on editions and publishers in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Willymot
L.L. D
King’s College
Cambridge
S.P
Phadras
Gattalio
Charles Hoole
M. A
W’‘Surner
Free Grammar School
Colchester
Auttore Geo. Thompon, BE. A.D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mr. Janssen
London
Thomas Trueblue
William Beckford
Pirro India An
Bk An
C. Consol
Navy
the India Company
Royal Exchange
Swirhing’s Alley
Athe
Ottawa
Mr. Heavey
Joan Wesvey
Theron
Aspasio
WW. Hervey
John Rivington
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Mr. Hervey
Hill
Numasaar
Tastee Henry Croner
Earl of Hillborough
Thomas Williams
Samuel Clark
J. Wilson
Fell
Fletcher and Co
St. Paul’s Church-yard
Fletcher
Oxford
Ics
Bardana
Baldwin
Borkelier
Pater-aofter-Row
Jackson
Pookfeller
St. James’s Street
Edinburgh
Uriier
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