Ships Bring Tea Stock as Admiralty Grants Protections
The Downs ports report five ships arriving with Bohea and Green tea tonnage while the Salisbury Man of War seized 150 sailors from the China fleet. Admiralty granted protections for Captain Hoadley’s Royal Guardian bound for Bombay and China, as East India Company directors dismissed long-serving surveyors.
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St. Helena
England
Lane
Downs
Salisbury
Portsmouth
China
Lords of the Admiralty
Royal Guardian
Hoadley
Bombay
East-India Company
Pepufch
Charter-house
Thirsday
Merton
Lombard-Street
Samuel
Woolaston
Farringdon
Christ-Church
Newgate-Street
Children
Westminster Hall
John Gonfon
Liberty
Taylor
Bell-Alley
Coleman-Street
Elliot
Jethery
Thomas Crowle
John
Jeremiah Temple
Squire Steward
John Shaw
Israel Walker
Ipswich Races Meet Sees Noble Support for Country Interest
On July 3 1739 Ipswich races drew a large assembly of gentlemen of Lance Properties who, united in zeal for the country interest, unanimously proposed Sir Jermyn Davers for consideration.
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Ipswich
Newspaper Row: Pounding and Flighted Aggression at St Pauls Yard
A man near the Rose in St Pauls Churchyard was knocked down and fractured in the head. Surgeons performed a frepaz operation in hopes of cure. The injured gentleman, known as La Zervais, rants of crimes and mockery. Neighbors watched as doctors cared for him at the house next door. Rewards offered for information, with Peach bowls and a cudgeled token to informants.
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Drury
Kent
Jast
Rose-Inn
Holbourn Bridge
St. Paul's
la Zervais
Bockfeller
Races at Launceston Cornwall August Meeting
The Launceston racing event in Cornwall features three race days from August 7 to August 9. Prizes include a Swenty Guineas Plate, a Ten Guinea Purse, and a Fifteen Guinea Plate with heats and four mile legs. Entries close at the White Hare, Launceston, August 1, with a ball for the ladies in the evening.
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West Dawn
Launceston
Cornwall
Devon
White Hare
Denbigh Race Week Details at Denbigh Green
The notice outlines horse racing events on Denbigh Green in Derbigh County for August 7 to 10 with purses of thirty, fifteen, and fifty guineas. Entries close July 30 at the Grof. entrances and weights vary by race. no liquor sales except to subscribers. N Thomas Price is clerk of the race.
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Westminster
Ube. Hoult
Newberry
Brampton
Thomas Cutler
Newgate
George Carr
Edward Hill
Edgeworth
Middlesex
Richard Knight
Justice Mercer
William Camden
Anne Bird
Justice Frazer
Mr. Heath
Custom House
London
His Majesty
Dartmouth
Devonshire
Geneva
Denbigh
Denbigh Green
Derbigh
Thomas Price
Desbigh
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Compiegne
Madrid
Marquess de la Mina
Rochford
Petersbourg
Baltick
Copenhagen
Titley
Danube
Prince Charles of Lorrain
Count de Schum
Saaven Co
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange
Assurance
Hur
Sir Jermyn Davers
Sir Cordell Firebrace
Barts
Suffolk 5
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