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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 05, 1740
Page
3
The Dweling-House and Mill at Great Chesterford Essex belonging to the Earl of Suffolk burned on May 13. Rewards totaling 200l are offered for discovery and conviction of the arsonists. The Earl promises pardon to any informer who implicates accomplices and testifies, securing potential royal clemency.
Notice informs the public that two purses of fifty guineas will be run at Preston on the 22nd and 24th with the winner receiving the full purse. It corrects a prior claim that the winner must return fifty shillings daily. Also notes the dissolution of the copartnership of Reberc Brett, William Serrant, and James Harris, with debts owed to the former partnership due within one month from the date.
Chester June 25 1740 A defector from Col William Han Jdalyds Regiment and Capt Bairds Grenadiers Eferted Wilkie six feet one inch tall without Shoes brown complexion dark hair born Pilton Gramond near Edinburgh Uncle Wilkie farmed Stanhope Mulls from James Watson of Sauchton Esq He fled in a blue cloth frock plaid waistcoat and black leather breeches A reward of one Guinea is offered to anyone who brings him to the commanding officer of the regiment near Windsor or to Capt Levert in Sherrard-street London for apprehension of a deserter.
A government deserter notice lists several men from Captain Lumley's and other units, detailing names ages heights and descriptions. It offers a reward of one hundred guineas for each deserter or either, with pardons for those who surrender at the Isle of Wight Camp by late June, and notes contact with War Office in Whitehall.
In Salisbury Mr Fancourt plans to sell his current book collection for a thousand guineas and then rapidly replace it with new volumes. For each half Guinea subscribed, a reader receives an article valued from one to fifteen guineas, with a possible yearly use option. Subscribers gain two books at a time, with a Christmas finish and money refund, while London agents handle sales.
An 18th century ad promotes the Royal Amusement machine for teaching spelling and sentence construction. Subscriptions offered at two to six o clock from Mr Clay's shop in Strand, with demonstrations at multiple venues including Hamlin's Coffee-house and Gould's workshop. Free viewing for clergymen and teachers.
A historic catalog entry advertises The Art of Angling and Fishing with Natural History of Rivers Ponds and Fisheries of Europe. It promises 133 illustrations, detailed fish data, seasonality, fish curing methods, river navigation notes, Thames locks, price table, and a full index. Printed by J Watts at Wild Court near Lincoln’s Inn Fields.
A 17th century advertisement lists a bound dissertation on the uncertainty of early Roman history covering original sources materials and reconstructions, plus Sir Matthew Hale's History of the Common Law of England with the Analyses by Hale. It notes prices and places of sale at F. Waller in Westminster Hall and associated shops.
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