Specimen General Directory of Notable Addresses
A trial list from Pall Mall dated June 6 8 proposes a general directory of residents in a large city. It itemizes titled figures, nobility, and notable names with their known streets or courts such as His Majesty Fetter-lane and Dr Arne Harp-alley, compiling locations from Union Court to Penny's-folly for a forthcoming labor-intensive project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bock
Amare
Pall-mall
Jack Meggot
Fetter-l Ane
Her
Union
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Cumberland
Westminster School
Birchin-lane
Alderman Harley
Richard Rigby
Isington
Fr—y
Cock-court
Francis Blake Delaval
Public access to trials abused in Junius letter saga
A defense of open courts condemns proceedings against Almon for publishing Junius's letter. The author argues against punishing booksellers and printers before the main offender is tried, warning that such juries could weaponize libel rules, threaten press liberty, and threaten English publishing trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Almon
England
Junius
London
London Museum
J. Miller
Butt
Woodfall
Court of Kings Bench
York
Plymouth
Alther
Fruits of the Revolution and Englishmen’s Condition
Lucius laments that the revolution’s fruits and Englishmen’s state show tyranny if the Steuarts were not expelled. He argues being English offers no protection from servitude and warns that removal of rulers changes nothing without liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steuarts
Lucius
To err is human and penitent thinkers in Liverpool
London reports from Liverpool amid a Birthday celebration at the Exchange with a forty-five toast program praising the King and opposition leaders. The scene ends with a punch fueled speech, a public Remonstrance plan foiled by intoxication, and notes on political anxieties, coalition talk, and Irish governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Fune
Printer
Thomas Radcliff
John Wilkes
Freeholders
Middlesex
William Meredith
Bart
Richard Pennant
Lord Chatham
Lord Camden
Marquis of
Rockingham
Marquis of Granby
George Saville
Serjeant
Glynn
Sheriff ,Townsend
London
Great Britain
Sheriff Sawbridge
Alderman Trecothick
Colonel Barre
George Grenville
Edmund Burke, Esq
Wedderburn
Duke of Northumberland
William
John Hampden
Great-Britain
Duke of Cumberland
Ireland
Isle of Bute
Princess of Wales
Charles Saunders
Old
England
France
Tepping
J.B
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Evening Pos
Association of Antigallicans
Greenwich
Alderman Wilkes
Joseph Mawbey
Wilson
Friends of Liberty
Grey-Hound
Wilkes
Dundee-Lodge of Free Masons
Red Lion Street
Wapping
Bostonians
Privy Council
Dublin
Townshend
Guildhall
Knightsbridge
Horse Guards
Blackheath
St. Margaret's Hill
Surry
St. James’street
Midilex
Portsmouth
Henrietta
Ham
Lyon
Mary
Spurrier
Carolina
Rotterdam
Venus
Cliff Williams
Operto
Hamburgh
Speedwell
Low
Akinson
Newgate
Brisel
A. Habeas
Richard Broad
Richard Osgood
King David
Bristol
William Doughty
Thomas Williams
Thomas Scotts
Africa
Piccadilly
George Cholmondeley
Earl of Cholmondeley
Malpas
Cholmondeley
Kells
Cheshire
Chester
Sheen
Bath
Lord Chomandeley
Shobdon
Herefordshire
Lord
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