Premiums offered by the Society for Arts and Silk
The London Gazette excerpt details 18th century premiums for mulberry tree planting silk production and related arts. It lists monetary rewards and medals for best silk, worms, cuttings, and milling caps, with deadlines and certificates, plus notes on concurrent continental harvests and bankruptcies and a few merchant notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Iilver
Wallingly
Enslanc
Ace
Shipping arrivals and arrivals listed by voyage details
On Monday July 5 ships arrived and listed their origin ports and captains. Briton Tapseor from Bristol. Jamaica Packet Crew from Jamaica. Warren Thomson from Liverpool. Buck M Ray from Air. Bacchus Hill from Hall. Lord Baltimore Mitchel from London. Nancy Cunningham from Holland. Jenny Salmon from Newcastle. Fortune niton from London. Brotherly Love Swales from ditto. Achilles Walker from ditto. Elizabeth M Curdy from Londonderry. Prosper Hall from Bremen. Dover vessels Hunter Cobb from Lisbon. Diana Cobb from ditto. Mary Herpert from Oporto. Andalousia Hill from ditto. Hannah Jarvis from Antigua. Mermaid French from ditto. Harriot Blackburn from Barbadoes. Active Lawson from Jamaica. Lady Camilla Hall from St Kitts. St Kitts Planter Young from ditto. Truelove Moulton from London. Jenny Rewy Watfa from Senegal. Jeune Laurence Varta from Catalonia. Lifton Briendship Joycattle from Philadelphia.
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Granades
Tapseor
Bristol
Jamaica Packet
Jamaica
Africa
Warren
Thomson
L'verpool
Oporto
Buck
M‘ray
Air
Bacchus
Hill
Hall
Maryland
Lord Baltimore
Mitchel
London
Petersburgh
Nancy
Cunningham
Holl
Lithon
Packet
Horncastle
Jenny
Salmon
Newcastle
Fortune
Niton
Jackson
Swales
Achilles
Walker
William
Elizabeth
Darken
M‘curdy
Londonderry
Prosper
Bremen
Dover
Hunter
Cobb
Lisbon
Diana
Ditto
Mary
Herpert
Amsterdam
Jenny and Rewy
Watfa
Senegal
Dunkirk
Jeune Laurence
Varta
Catalonia
Bafton
Cleveland
Fletcher
St. Kitt's
Briendship
Joycattle
Philadelphia
House Debates Move Assembly to Botton Town House
The House of Representatives with a 96 to 0 division resolves to address the Lieutenant Governor, seeking relocation of the General Assembly to its former site at the Botton Town-House, New London. Crude reports place maple sap sugar yields at Gothen of 40 000 weight in February and March, and about 37 000 weight last year.
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America
Boston
New-England
House of Representatives
Botton
New-London
Gothen
Court Martial Acquits Jamaica Loss Officers
Portmouth reports a court martial on the Centaur regarding the loss of His Majesty's ship Jamaica near Mewei, Cuba. After inquiry, officers were found not to be at fault and were honorably acquitted. Derby notes the death of Ch Harpur, Ef, brother to Sir Henry Harpur.
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Portmouth
Jamaica
Mewei
Cuba
Derby
Breafton
County
Ch. Harpur
Sir Henry Harpur
Burt
Court of Assistants elects Stephenson to lead Artillery company
The Hon. Artillery Company held its first Summer Court of Assistants at the Armoury to replace the late Lord Mayor. Sir William Stephenson was elected Treasurer with Major Miller as Adjutant. George Bellas and Arthur Beardmore were admitted as EBqrs, and several others joined. The piece notes the company's liberties since 1768 and praises Sir Robert Ladbroke's presidency.
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Earl of Harcourt
Prince of Wales
Stormont
France
Lord Palmerston
Vienna
Artillery Company
William Stephenson
Major Miller
George Bellas
Arthur Beardmore
Robert Ladbroke
Maraien
George Augustus Lane
Hammersmith
Mary Sophia Bowyer
Eltham i
Law of Libels Needs Liberty Not Licenser
A London Evening Post printer argues against government control of libel judgments. He condemns Attorney General ex officio informations as dangerous to press freedom and criticizes ministers and Parliament for venal tactics, urging reforms and the dissolution of a corrupt House of Commons while praising public virtues and the judiciary.
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Stars
Lord Mansfield
House of Commons
Courts of Justice
Court of King’s Bench
Middlesex
Westminster
London
Crown Office
Greece
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Wine-street
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Cornhill
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Guilhall
Alexander Michell
Basing-lane
Lonon
Thomas Thomson
James Barclay
New Cattle Upon Tyne
Lingn-Drapers
John Hill
Mumford-court
Milk-street
Thomas Wright
Duke’s-court
St. Mart'n
William Ioffatt
Watling-street
Country News
Don
Hanover
Duke of Gloucester
Pyrmont
Denmark
Brunswick
T'ravendal
Grand Council of
Dantzick
Prussia
Paris
Prand
Versailles
Lemignon
d’Aiguillon
Hans Sailers
Southampton
Ile of Wight
Lisnow
Lord Northington
Earl of Rochford
Earl of Halifax
Duke of Grafton
Sir Edward Hawke
Earl of Sandwich
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Lord Pelham
Mr. Shelly
Lord Charles Spencer
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London Evening Post
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