This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
The Painting on the Stair Case by Hogarth Gift
Names of John Hughes Reuben Melmoth Henry Overton and William Innis appear amid a long chronique of events. Ensign Sheldon becomes lieutenant in the Thurg Regiment of Foot Guards. Reports describe obituaries and misdeeds, criminal trials, ship news, exports, and military movements in Europe and Barbary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Reuben Melmoth
Henry Overton
William Innis
Hogarth
England
Ensign Sheldon
Thurg Regiment of Foot- Guards
Johns Murray
Cheney-Row
Chelsea
Vincént
Nicholas Vincent
Fog
Fleet-street
Langett
Justice de Veil
Westminster Bridge
Thames
New Palace-yard
Commissioners of Excise
Hertford
Coal Wharf
Swithin’s Alley
Cornhill
Waterford
Woodlock
London
Thomas
Lucker
Portsmouth
Cadiz
Corsica
Portugal
Lisbon
Holland
Artillery Ground
Moor