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Notable Deaths and Marriages Amid Broad City News
Yetterdey Noon died suddenly at firs House in Dishopspare-street of an Apoplectick Fir. The Lady of Cipr. Rawlinson, a sea commander, died the same day. Mrs Wheeler in Piccadilly bore three sons George Frederick and William. Cambridge reports Mr George Freeman named one of four Horse-Carriers replacing Mr Thomas Goodal. Marching dates for City Train’d Bands listed with towns, plus malaria of other duties. Casually noted are marriages, trials, and exports, including linen from Ireland, tea seizures, and various diplomatic dispatches. Also reported are deaths from Major-General Paul de Gary and Rev. Dr. Charles Fleetwood, and stock market updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yetterdey
Bedel
Cipr
Rawlinson
Wheeler
Stretton-street
Piccadilly
George
Frederick
William
Cambridge
George Freeman
Thomas Goodal
Alen
Padmore
Hampstead
Jenner
Cafar Hawkins
Prince of Wales
Grenadier-Guards
Ambrose Dickens
Jaft
Dean-street
Paul de Gary
Ireland
Flanders
Spain
Cottenham
Cambridgshire
Charles Fleetwood
Cornwall
Ely
Fleetwood
Bishop of
England
Commissioners of Excise
Torol. &c
Hon
Joseph Ethrington
James Grainger
Taylor
Col. de Veil
Grainger
Thames
Hicks’s Hall
Holland