Auction notices and political appeals from 1780 era Britain
Fragmentary notices describe petitions for representation to replace Major Stanley, public appeals to voters in Lancashire, and forthcoming auctions of benefice presentations for Brailsford and Shirley in Derbyshire. Also listed are a lead mine sale in Montgomeryshire and various property lots in Cornwall Devon, with dates, locations, and contact details.
Irish Life Annuities payments in London advised
London January 25 1780 notices readers to claim half a year’s annuity due December 25 for Ireland 1773 and 1775 life annuities paid in London through Brown Collison and Trittons Lombard Street. Dates given for First Second and Third Class payments with days and hours and debentures and nominees lists. Also public medical ad for venereal disease cure with free daily advice at Dispensary No 16 Golden Square near Piccadilly.
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Ireland
London
Mefsrs
Brown, Collison
N. B
Surgeons Company
Goldenquare
Piccadilly
Quack ad claims cure for urinary obstructions without bougies
The author denounces surgeons who rely on bougies and asserts a simple powder of quicksilver can cure urinary obstructions easily. He challenges the French inventor of the bougies and promises no further use of his powder. Contact at No. 7 Tavistock Row Covent Garden before 2 PM or between 5 and 8 PM.
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England
Tavistuck Row
Covent-garden
Bounties Offered for Jamaica Regiment Enlistments in 1780
London announces a regiment to be raised in Jamaica under Major General Rainsford. The Jamaica Planters and Merchants promise bounties of six, five, and four guineas for attestations by specific deadlines, with payments at Head Quarters on the first and third Mondays each month for those attested and approved.
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London
Herbas
Jamaica
Rainsford
Greenoughs Tinctures and Lozenges for Teeth and Breath
Advertises Mr. Greenough and Francis Newberry junior remedies for teeth gums and toothache with tinctures claimed to whiten teeth heal gums and relieve pain. Warns of counterfeits and lists labels and addresses in London shops offering PECTORAL LOZENGES from BALSAM OF TOLU for coughs hoarseness sore throats and asthma relief.
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Greenough
London
T. Greenough
Ludgate-hill
Francis Newberry
St. Paul's
Cheapside
Thomas Greenough
Chymist
Amothecary
Price
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
New Bond-street
Mwo
Ludga Hill
Oxford Street
King’s Bench
Tolu
Chymit
Apothesary
Morrocco Pocket Books and Ladies Households
An advertisement lists a vast assortment of Morrocco Pocket Books, letter cases, and ladies housewives with gold, enamelled, and metal locks, travelling writing cases, affes-skin memorandum books, tortoise-shell smelling bottles, toothpick cases inlaid with gold and silver, purses and canes, a complete set of teeth instruments in fish-skin cases, and hair bags and rosettes. Sold by R. Langwine at the Rose, No. 38 opposite New Round-court, Strand.
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R. Langwine
Sign of the Rose
New Round-court
Strand
Spanish register ship Buon Coxfajo dispute sparks court action
The Spanish Ambassador has claimed, by order of his Court, the restorations of the Buon Coxfajo, a register ship lately captured by an English man of war and brought into this port. The court’s response could determine the nation’s future course in this crucial affair.
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Liscom
Prize tobacco resolution and London civic action in 1780
In the Commons a committee resolution declares foreign prize tobacco subject to the same duties as colonial tobacco. A call is made for a London Common Council to assist reform of public expenditure amid widespread distrust of Crown influence. A letter appeals to Lord Mayor for a summoned council. Two packet boats sail for the West Indies and Atlantic routes for February 2.
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House of Commons
America
Mansion House
MD .P
Lord Mayer
England
London
Dutress
Falmouth
West Indies
Lord Hyde
Madeira
Jamaica
Mercury
Barbadoes
Leewa Islands
St. Chritopher’s
Anglo seas report of prize captures and trade moves
The Irish Channel reports a French privateer taking two prizes conveyed to Carrickfergus by a Martin cutter. The II Defensore, a Spanish ship, seized and sent to Tercera. The East India packet to carry dispatches, with six outward bound ships at Motherbank awaiting convoy. Several vessels captured or driven to ports, and variances in tax and cloth markets noted along with a legal notice at Lincoln's Inn Hall. Obituaries and marriages listed with local parish items.
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Dashwood
New York
Martin
France
Carricafergus
Prince Charles
II Defensore
Agorzs
Tercera
Corke
Eagle East India Packet
East India Company
Motherbank
Portsmouth
London
Dublin
Havannah
Cadiz
Guerney
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