General Jagus to become Hamburg Commandant
An 18th century gossip item notes General Jagus, recently resigned from Austrian service for being Protestant, likely to be elected Hamburg Commandant. It mentions his Scotch father, a former general officer in the King of Poland’s service, alongside other court appointments and local incidents.
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Jagus
Hamburg
Objcer
Poland
Perrot
Court of Common Pleas
Westminster Hall
Kensington Church
Salisbury
Neeves
Jenner
Kensington Square
Mackey
Clerkenwell
Coopers Arms
Aylesbury Street
Chelsea
Bloody Bridge
Portmouth
Our Gap
Morris
John Rice
James Rogers
Amsterdam
Gray’s-Inn-lane
Cizar
Don
Prussia
Munster
Electorate of Hanover
Lower Rhine
Wezel
Cleves
Gueldres
Hypo Drops Promised Cure for Hypochondriac Melancholy
An advertisement touts Hypo Drops as a cure for male and female maladies rooted in depraved appetite and indigestion. It claims rapid relief from nervous distress, fits, tremors, and melancholy, promising at once to strike at the root of symptoms. The remedy is marketed from Mrs Holt at the Commer of saP Street Olds Street near the Pug-house bar, Lordolyr 36.6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Cornhill
Prince’s Strees
Lordolyr
Postscript to the London Evening Post on naval merit and pension
A letter praising Britain's war merit and soldiers then argues for better half pay for lieutenants of the Navy. It proposes adding thirty pounds a year to each, estimating total cost at 18,900 pounds for 987 lieutenants, about 600 in peace. The writer also warns on snuffers causing fires and urges vigilant household fire prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
His Majesty
Admiralty
Brita Anicus
P. S
Prevention of Fires From Cold Animals Near Fire
Letter to the London Evening Post warns fires rise in frost due to pets seeking warmth near fires. The writer cites a cat burning on a red-hot coal and a dog killed earlier for the same trick, urging strict orders not to confine animals in kitchens or rooms with embers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
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London Evening-Post
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Mars
Barrle
Pallas
Tve
France
Marthal
d'Estrees
de Brevet
Paderborne
Portugal
Codeceira
Albuquerque
Wrey
Count de la Lippe
Givey
Eithel
Hammersmith
John Houte
Oxford
John Noncon
Epping Forest
du Pleffy
Bunhill-row
Newe
Matthew Ridley
London
William Tindale
Bird In Bush Inn
All Saints Church
Aldenor
James Langlands
Langlands
Norway
Konigsberg
Dover
Felter
Dungarvon Bay
Ireland
Drury Lane
Covent-Garden
Romzo
Jo- Lier
Mis
Gentlemen OF Verona
Fortunatus
Lova
London Bridge
Cael
India
Alf
Tock.o
Long Ann
St. James’s
York
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