To the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Surry County
A historical notice addressed to the gentlemen clergy and freeholders of Surry County invites participation or response. The fragmentary text suggests an official call or proclamation directed at local authorities and property holders within the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry
Gentlewes
Este
Francois Vincet
Barc
Brecholders
Guildford
Three Tuns
St. Margaret’s
Southwark
Epsom
Fra
Vincent
County of
Cypress engraving and cryptic note in a country churchyard
A fragmentary notice references a quarto publication titled The Cypress with an engraving credited to RQ and the imprint near Serjeant's Inn. The readable text is partial and obscured by garbled characters, offering only scattered details of engraver and place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oesasaewe
Aresden
Woodhall
Saffron Walden
Bishopstortford
Rayston
Newmarket
Peverells
Chardwell Lodge
Earl Cornwallis
Stradbrook
Wolfe and Fiske
Port-fabies
Cambridge
Crown-inn
Hockrell
Bull
Hoddesdon
Crown
Epping
Laney's
Bell
Edmonton
Reavely
Humphreys
Skinner
Garraway’s
Cunhill
Ludlow
Shropshire
Bedson Jay
Morris
Newport
Shrewsbury
Bishop’s Caale
Chester
Birmingham
Worcester
Oxford
Coverdale
Ingatestone
Esex
Little Phillips
William Bright
Hutton
Gray's Inn
Biel
G. Keaifly
Serjeant’s Inn
Jeet
Frightful drought harms fields in the west country
A June letter from Exeter notes ground dryness and burnt crops across the region with cracks in soil posing dangers to walkers. A Manchester incident follows a coal lighter prank that ignited gunpowder, blowing out windows and injuring two men severely while a third is expected to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeds
Exeter
Borfethhne
Manchester
Duke of Bridgewater
Pendterax Pole
Royal Lancashire Militia
Manchester Infirmary
Undeceiving England on Darby and Bolton intelligence
A London letter outlines Captain Darby’s refusal to attend Lord Dartmouth without an official letter, defending his caution against misused intelligence. It notes dispatches from Boston about a slave plot, ship movements near Bolton, and various naval and political updates including a Privy Council meeting, weather effects on harvest, and local legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
Lord Dartmouth
Roby Bolton
Pownall
America
Privy Council
Boston
Norfolk
Virginia
Andrew Lee
Christie
Greenock
Cork
Baltimore
Maryland
Cerberus
Jong
Bolton
Paris
M. de la Torre
Count de Guines
Battile
Dublin
England
Scilly
Berborough
Riddle
Fortescue
London
St. Helena
Carthagena
Arzue
Oran
Algiers
Argue
Arzuc
Mediterranan
Barth
Indies
Waterford
Mary
Beaty
St. Kitt’s
Elizabeth
Parmiter
Wefer
Gosport
Thames
Montray
Lord Sandwich
Portsmouth
Tuessay Lath Loch
Chatham
Woolwich
Stow
Earl Temple
Eton
Salt-hill
Windmil-Inn
Linscolnfiire
Kent
Surry
Sussex
Hertford
Bedford
Cambridge
Lord Mansfield
Charles Morris
Charles Everard
Haymarket
Jamaica House
Rotherhithe
Charles Town
South Carolina
Pallas
Turner
Tho
Larner
Aliddiehkx
Lord "Dansfield
Court of King’s Bench
Trinity
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the. Waterman
Mr. Bannister
Mrs. Love
Mife Wester
Meif
Almask’sy
White's
Bootle
Godteee
Slavoir Vivre
Jones
Crick-E UT
Seven Oaks
Keng
Hampshire
Ickets
Admiralty Office
Qyer
Fermhier
High Seas
Admiralty of
Justice Hall
Old Bailey
Pil, Stephens
Francis Vincent
Fune
William Norton
Guilbord
Guilford
Houshold
Humphrey Hanmore
Hanmore Hall
Flintshire
Whitchurch
Bertie
Winestreet
Piccadilly
N. B
A. B
Parliamenttreet
R. Daniel Plerreau
Survyors
Buitdas
Builders
F. Newbery
St Parl’s Coeres
Oker
Pol
Lisbon
Mir
Woodcock
Aid
Riday
Country News
Middlesex
Willam Rice
Poultry Compter
Kennet
Evan Pugh
Bishopsgate
Chatham Barracks
Dartford
Gravesend
Newgate-maréit
Guildwal
Tho. Warton
Barlin
Wilshire
James Benton
D.L
Christ College, Oxon
Salprtus
Standith
Glucestershire
James Prosfer
Lisle Horewood
Bucks
Mr. Wager
Mills
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