Delaval Nominated to Represent Free Burgesses in Parliament
THO. DELAVAL announces he has been unanimously nominated by a large meeting of Free Burgesses to stand for Parliament in the upcoming General Election. He offers public thanks for the support and agrees to the conditions proposed by the Free Burgesses with gratitude and respect.
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Newcastl
Haine
Taut
Mott
Constantine John Phipps
Newcastle
Tho. Delaval
Dublin actors sail back after a bitter season in London
A Dublin audience notes that theatrical performers who crossed the water to entertain in London are packing to return home after a harsh campaign. The letter refutes their merit versus English peers, citing Smith and Dodd and criticizing Mrs. Bulkley, Mrs. Hartley, and others while noting Mont de Pinto's audience in Portugal and various European appointments and events.
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Bayes
London
Smith
Dodd
Arnelf
Bulkley
Edward Dering Seeks County Seat After IR Brook Bridges Declines
A 1774 letter from Edward Dering of Surenden proposes himself to succeed IR Brook Bridges as county representative after Bridges publicly refused to stand again. Dering notes it would be presumptuous to solicit votes without a countywide sense at a general SUPEUNE, and expresses formal respect and readiness to serve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IR Brook Bridges
Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders Election Appeal in Southampton
A political appeal from Simeon Stuart Henry Paulett St John to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Southampton counties urging support at the upcoming general election. Auction notice for the estates of Isaac Mallortie bankrupt in Southampton with private treaty options through Robert Taylor, Richards, and Damon.
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Southampton
Mo Z Nealimnan
Wjemucici I
Simeon Stuart
Henry Paulett St. John
Valuable Leasehold Estate at Limehouse for Auction
To be sold by auction by THOMAS SKINNER on Merday the 18th at one o'clock at the Corn Exchange Coffee-house Mark-lane. A valuable leasehold estate held 95 years clear of ground rent in the possession of Mr. Stokes at St Ann's Place Limehouse adjoining the river. Includes a dwelling and outbuildings with malt and brick vaults, a coal wharf and dock with river access. Plans permit division for separate businesses. View six days before sale. printed particulars at premises and Skinner, Aldersgate Street. Private purchase possible via Mr. Skinner.
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Auc'lion
Thomas Skinner
Corn Exchange
Mark-lane
Stokes
St Ann’s Place
Limehouse
Lee
Yale
Skinner
Aldersgate-street
N. B
Pleasly Bridge Dispute Endangers Turnpike Road
London Evening Post reports a public grievance to Justices of the Peace in Nottingham and Derby. On Mansfield to Sheffield turnpike a ruined bridge at Pleasly near a mill endangers travelers. The mill owner and turnpike trustees dispute who must repair, leaving the public to suffer danger and toll to pay or risk the ford.
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London
Nottingham
Derby
Mansfield
Sheffield
Pleafly
Turnpike
Independent Burgesses of Newcastle Stand For Liberty
An opinion on the independent Burgesses of Newcastle upon Tyne defending constitutional liberty against arbitrary power. The author praises their moderation and declares that their success in pursuing representation is a national cause. May they have success, says the writer, to all constitutional free men.
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Newcastle Upon Tyne
Printer
Ucce
Endeavour Letter Reports Maori Attack and Atrocity
An extract from a 1774 Endeavour letter recalls a boat party sent ashore at New Zealand to collect vegetables. The ten men were murdered and partly eaten by locals, leaving only bones. The account notes the shock and describes no visible survivors.
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Lam Ferry
New Zealand
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Suireborn
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John Calle
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Seaa
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Louchwark
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Stockbridge
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Surenden
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Hicks
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