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Ground purchase eyed for wharf on Rotherhithe side
Report notes a planned sale of riverfront ground to build a spacious wharf on the Rotherhithe side to meet rising Thames shipping. Letters from Carlstad in Bohemia claim many foreigners patronize waters, with notable figures named. Other items cover a Berlin bank opening and a court perjury case, plus hops crop outlook and Cracow fire reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Elephant Stairs
Rotherhithe
Thames
Carlstad
Bohemia
Henry
Prussia
Baron Mauritius Augustus de Sporcken
Jooniystein
Saxony
Pfalfemieda
Berlin
Count de Reufz
Sieurs
Jean Julius Janssen
George Derdef Frederic Koes
Nicholas Henry William
Charles Philip Cezfar
Discount Office
Jane Gounley
Wilson
Great Queen Street
Mansfield
Guildhall
Samuel Wegg
Lincoln’s-inn- Fields
Kent
Warsaw
Cracow
Palatine of Podlachia
Lord Halland Indiaman
Ganton
Fort St. George
Manilla
Madrass Road
Malacca
Manilla Bay
Canton River
Foor
Hardwick
Madrass
Burdett
Geer
Baddison
Godfrey
Cook
England
Ostend
Konigsberg
France
Flanders
Opesto
Dunkirk
Indies