Noted Fatalities and Weddings in 18th Century Notices
A fragment from Bath July 22 reports a family killed at a pit near Tyme and a Weymouth duke viewing Lyne and Galden Lion, with return to Weymouth. It notes the marriage of John Miller of Ballycasey, Clare, to Miss Riggs, ongoing Irish and English gentry connections, and a Worle lightning fire destroying a house and 30 hogsheads of cider. It mentions a Tetbury gardener delivering a boy after nineteen years as well.
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Bath
St. James’s Church
City
John Miller
Bfg
Ballycasey
Clare
Ireland
Miss Riggs
Peivers
Edward Riggs
Rigsdale
Cork
Binfield
Berkshire
Worle
Somerfershire
Waters
Bishop
Tetbury
Gloucestershire
Duke of Nivernois
Paris
Duke of Gloucester
Portmouth
Lowthampton
Bughthelmstone
Hanover
Rouen
Normandy
Tiel
North America
Siebolin
Denmark
Bolick
Norway
Plymouth
Sterraleon
Havanna
Cadiz
Mar. Havard
Hertfordshire
Cressea
Eigneen Hursts
Guildhall
Court of Conference
Barton
Christchurch
College of Winchester
Poitsea
Hanis
St. Pauls Church-Yard
Rosemary-lane
Sir John Fielding
Anne Huntingdon
Broad St. Giles’s
Tiee
High Holbourn
Maritime arrivals and naval notices in July coastal shipping records
A long list of ships arrived and sailed between Plymouth Falmouth and London on July 20 to July 23, including the Plymouth Merchant from London, Diligence from Dublin, Hanover packet from Lisbon, and Norfolk Indiaman from Seville. Also reported are naval appointments, marine intelligence, and various court and public notices from London, Dover, and nearby ports.
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Penzancé
Plymouth
Evan
Lidon
Elizabeth
Falla
Souhampton
Walker
Dublin
Duke of Cornwall
Purchase
London
Nancy
Pascoe
Falmouth
Petronella
Cecilia
Amsterdam
Hanover
Tod
Lisbon
Charming Molly
Kigs
Bristol
Beauman
Southampton
Thomas
Madgock
Nanz
Willum
Stanbury
Fom Neane
Suffolk Packet
West Indies
de Lloyd
Rogers
America
Granville
Edwards
Lord Hyde
Goddard
New York
Plimouth
Endeavour
Menuel
Brothers
Milford
Somerville
Tenby
Portsmouth
Yestterday
Beauieux
Caen
Goodwill
Draper
Spesdwell
Wolfe
Norfolk Indiaman
Seville Tracer
Young
Seville
Prince Edward
Chinchen
Swanage
Stripes
Neptune
Lezhorn
Gravesend
John and Mary
Wolf
Argo Cutter
Peterburgh
Simons
Duke of York
Warton
Greenland
Orb
Leisfold
Me Baldwan
Jackson
Nookieli
James
Wilfo
Tindure
Balieve to tel thee of ministry changes in trade
Postscript from the London Evening-Port Faign3 complains of ministerial changes and rising expectations. It mocks new names and favors a cleansing of the Augean stable. The writer questions a Shoemaker entering trade and predicts further blunders in American trade.
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London
Board of Trade
Publican Letter on Beer Quality in London Trade
A letter discusses inconsistent beer quality in London pubs. The writer notes some houses serve clear mellow beer comparable to aged wine, attracting good trade, while other pubs serve inferior beer, yielding poor patronage. A proposed remedy is shared among readers, urging uniformity and fair pricing to keep customers local.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London EyvEning Post
Adulterers caught in a midnight scheme at sea port
In the Lennon Evening Post an account describes two men plotting a fortune by deceit. A waterman and a sailor scheme to steal a voyage money and gin from the sailor’s wife, with pistols and a dark lantern used in a startling midnight confrontation.
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Canary Islands
Teneif
Glass
Maors
Carr
Santa Cruzze
Sarttan
Ile of Wight
Great Britain
Tenerif
New-York
Dobson
Sally
Mobille
Pensacola
Havannah
Farmer
Ilinois
Missisippi
Moro
Cuba
Danteic
John Wallis
Bourdeaux
High Seas
Pevensea
William Cooper
Grit
Ist Regiment of Dragoon Guards
John Kettle
Gini
North Briain
Allardice
Efy
James Barclay
Lamphard-street
Walker
Mellis, Cox and Cafe
Pitts
Queen-square
Bloomsbury
London-bridge
Melpomene
Mademoiselle Clairon
Mr. Garrick
Clairon
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Hertford
Peter Cockle
Lichfield Moseley
James Ganney
Alexander Ganney
Robert Garnet
Tring
James Clark
George Skegg
Thomas Chalkley
Willian Dimmock
Lady Talbot
Hillingdon
Middlesex
Lloyd’s
Wilkes
America
Jone Fery
Crown Lands
Ofrce
Lennon Evenine Post
Norway
Rusia
Sitler
Hinself
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Marquis of
Rockingham
Treasury
Grosvenor-sireer
Harvey
Cleveland-row
Admiralty
Royal Navy
India
Bombay
Budlding
Hon
East- Indian Company
Suffolk
Bull
Philadelphia
Captain Carr
Barbary
Grand Canaries
Lancerote
Tens
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