Royal titles and local curiosities from a Georgian era issue
A scan of a late 17th or early 18th century newspaper fragment notes peerage matters and appointments, including Mehrdadier jas A grand levee at St James s Baynton Bolt and an ambassadorial posting for the Earl of Holderness. It records local deaths and appointments in Salop and Essex, a murder and robbery report near St George s Hospital, a London court verdict on coal delivery, and a Lincolnshire grazier robbed on Loping Forest by a highwayman riding a bay horse.
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Mehrdadier
St. James's
Welen Baynton
Bolt
Spy Park
Bathy
Earl of
Salop
Duke of Devonshire
Piccadilly
St. George’s Hospital
Gray’s-inn-lané
King’s Bench
Westminster Hall
Plantiff
Chaldren
Jakes
Lincolnshire
New General Biographical Dictionary Volumes
A complete set description for an eleven volume octavo biographical dictionary. Lists price, publishers, and availability details, noting printed lives, historical and critical accounts, and a free list of included lives. Encourages completing the set with remaining volumes and outlines purchase options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T.ass
The Universal Museum Fort June 1762 issue
A periodical catalog entry for The Universal Museum or Polite Magazine of History Politics and Literature. Includes Mirza a tale A chronicle of the House of Mecklenburg Strelitz Portugal geography The Disasters of Tantarabobus Fairy Queen notes a Lord Mayor’s Day entertainment and other domestic foreign notices with book lists and prices.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Universal Museum
Polite
Fort June
Mirza
House of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
Spencer
H— W
Holland
Great Buithin
Ireland
Tithe Author of the London Evening Post letters
A London Evening Post correspondence fragment argues that measures define public judgment, not men, urging scrutiny of taxes and war costs. It includes mock letters to the London Evening Post’s Auditor and a Quaker watchmaker appeal, dated 1736 1762 with scattered references to auditors and scandals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
London Evening
Post
John
Thomas
Lord Bacon
Lam, &c
London Evening-Post
Allied letters claim French retreat amid shortages and mutiny
Letters from Hanover and Paris report French generals retreating, facing dire provisions, and notable desertion among troops after a late Allied victory. Dispatches describe slight Allied losses in a Catiel engagement, and widespread peace demands in Paris. Also included are detailed accounts of Stamford and Wakefield races with multiple horses, heats, and notable winners, plus naval movements from Spithead and Bristol to Plymouth and Hamburg trade figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kulda
Furthr
Hanover
Catiel
Paris
Holland
Dé 2Grhi
Stamford
Wwe
Mr. Bowles
Fanny
Mr. Parker
Charlotte
Yiz
Mr. Chaplin
C. Eversfield
Tomlinson
Capt
Oliver
Carter’sChef
Duke of
Ancaster
Nunes
Wakefield
Barry
Br. H
Preston
Hi Saffronj
Wilbraham
H. Tran
Quillo
Diseases and Casualties this Week
Weekly mortality and illness totals list drownings and murders, with infant deaths and burials. Includes high infant mortality and rising burials, plus hay and straw prices amid the disordered line of figures and notes.
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Dil
James
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Deceas
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London
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Prey
Mr. Thorp
Becgles
Isle of
Charles Sedley
Johnson
Woodcock
Keck
Sceft
Wolfe
Newcastle
Lord Strange
Weeny
Dixon
Regulus
Fenwick
J. Swanburne
Northumberland
Hole
Prater
William Swinburne
Parked
Mr. Garr
Wilson
Mr Horton
Ditto
Lord Northumberland
Mr. Duncomb
Mr. Turner
Williard Swinburne
Mr. J. Swan Wiche
Mr. Fenton
Mr. Prate
Cunningham
H. Figure
Richdale
Pratt’s Bay
Ciro
H. Quier
Mr. Horton
Sylvia
Cade
Sol
Rutherford
Barrington
Mason
Bright
Todd
Curgy
Lacy
Mr. Chicken
Yorkshire
Peter Calvert
Redcrof S Street
Miss Reeve
Reeve
Royal College of Physicians
Portmouth
Spithead
Plymouth
Royal George
Holden
Guernsey
Henry and Joseph
Hackermans
Waterford
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