Turbulent Atlantic voyage and naval appointments reported
A sloop bound from the Bay of Honduras to Boston faced violent weather off Placentia Newfoundland. Captain Lewis was gravely injured and died two days later. two sailors survived but were near starvation. In Britain, a pistol accident damaged a room, horse races yielded wagers, and floods ruined crops in several counties. News from Europe notes troop promotions, Italian and Tyrolean movements, and naval build ups in Naples and Cadiz. South Sea stock and bond movements are listed with opening prices.
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Placentia
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Lewis
Bay of Honduras
Boston
New England
Lord Hardwicke
Anne Hamilton
Epsom Downs
Try
Eling
Chyham
Croydon
Smith
Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire
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Scotland
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Italy
Paris
Konigsegg
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Vienna
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Count de Clermont
Prince de Conti
Prince Des Dombes
Count d’Eu
Naples
Rome
Cadiz
Madrid
Westerwald
Andernach
Imyperi
Gelder
James Haldane
Carnet
John Stevenson
Efy
Guidon
John Agnew
Berwick
Richard Dickerson
Mainwaring
Lieut
Symes
Col. Read
Fout
Buchani
Babington
Boyle Fisdale
Cornet Parsons
Briscoe
Honeywood
Regiment of Dragoons
Dragoons
George Carey
Thomas Burton
Lord Cadogan
Charles Tatton
Tatton
Regiment of Foot
Guerin
Col. Lance
Forbes
Col. Campbell
Handasyde
Haliburton
Fielding
Regiment of Invalids
William Jones
Middleton
Richard Hill Cramer
Groves
James Sandilands
Earl of Rothes
William Slater
Ely
Canfo
Robert Rich
Region Guards
Mr.Cranston
Lord Cranston
North Britain
Marquess of Lothian
Col
Anstruther
Diseases and Casualties in Week and Bread Affize
A historical weekly record shows diseases with counts for age groups as well as drownings and murders, then lists burial totals by sex and age. It also reports an affize order for bread weighing standards, loaf types, and pricing rules issued by the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen in 1735, including weight specifics for peck and loaf marks and penalties for overpricing.
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Thames
London
Occupation Notice Near Meff Richard and Woodward Barkers
In Exchange Alley HE House site in the Occupation of Meff Richard and Thomas Woodward Barkers, the Shop on the Right Hand of the Passage going into the Jerufelasy Coffee house, and Offices next Baker's Coffee house. Enquire of Mr. James Hopkins in Lombard-street near the Post Office.
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Exchange Alley
Richard and
Thomas Woodward
Barkers
Jerufelasy Coffee House
Baker’s Coffee House
James Hopkins
Lombard-street
Lost Gelding Strays From Paddington Toward St Giles
A seven year old gelding about 31 hands high with black mane and tail and a small star on the forehead escaped from a rider near Paddington Turnpike and headed toward St Giles. It was seen with a man in a whitish coat near Moorfields midweek. A reward of one guinea and reasonable charges are offered for his return to Mr Holford at the White Horse London Wall. If not recovered, legal action will follow.
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Paddington
St.’Giles’s
Holford
White Horfe
London Wall
Moorfields
To be Disposed of Abed Eighty Manuscript Sermons
Catalog notice for a clergyman's manuscript sermons now available through Mr. A f Ayr, bookseller in St Paul’s Churchyard. Specimens may be read on notice. Mr Austen offers MS sermons for any cleric's widow if not transferred or bound.
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Deceas
St. Paul’s
Austen
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Black Bull
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Thomas Ventrice
Kineston Upon Thames
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