Jamaica Warehouse Rum and Brandy Adverts in London
An 18th century ad lists Old Jamaica rum and brandy at low prices per gallon with ready money discounts, along with shrubs and casks paid upfront and refundable upon return. It notes delivery to inns and wharves in London and mentions foreign wines at 28s per gallon. Also includes a Gloucestershire county political letter from James Dutton announcing candidacy for the General Election and thanking supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ty Schardson and
Stevenson
Jamaica
Bishopsgate-street
Ndon
Gath
Gloucester
James ‘Dutton
Shireborne
Fragmentary note on withholding powder request
A fragmentary statement shows a person refusing to give their film or the powder of Quicksilver to any member of the Faculty. The incomplete text lacks context or identifiable names or events.
London Evening Post fragment on Britain as island and fertility
OD recounts Great Britain as island blessed with abundant fertility providing long sample supplies of food and raiment for all ages, noting the enduring bounty and self sufficiency of the realm in historical terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Asample
The English Quest for Power From Conquest to America
In a 1777 letter from Rye George Lane condemns English restless conquests from Judea to France and the Low Countries. He links warlike policy to debt and misrule, urging wiser leadership and hinting at future revelations about America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marskind
Jerusalem
England
Judea
France
Orleans
York and Lancaster
Duke of Richmond
Owen Tudor
Low Countries
Spain
Elizabeth
George the Second
Germany
Namure
Blenheim
Rasmillies
sMalplaquet
Oudenard
Asia
America
Europe
Rye
George Lane
Prize Winners and Royal Proclamations in 1775 Journal
The issue notes the Chancellor's two prizes for prose on printing and Latin verse on Peter the Great awarded to Mr Street of Queen's College and Mr Abbot of Christ Church respectively. It records royal proclamations extending naval bounties, moves by the Nabob of Arcot, and various maritime dispatches, privateer actions, and public notices of taxes, loans, and public figures. It also mentions social events, marriages, and obituaries from Dublin, Cork, and London, with local unrest and labor distress among weavers and journeymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Street
Queen’s College
Abbot
Christ Church
Peter the Great
Taft Baturday
His Majesty’s Navy
Phéir-Majesties
Windsor
Nabob of Arcot
Lord Pigot
Rumbold
Court of Directors
Kingdom of
Cork
Fune
Friendship
Nichols
South Carolina
Nantz
Walters
Glasgow
Copenhagen
Anhalt
Dee
Isabella Hewson
Orkneys
Oporto
Achooner
Newbury
Hull Fletcher
Hewson
Bilboa
Salisbury
Williams
Melille
St. Augustine
John St. Aubyn
Hopkins
Vutur Hopkins
Benjamin Hopkins
Queen’s Arms
Duchess of Devonshire
Oxford Street
Spitalfields
Friday, Ekerford
Tichfield-street
Cavendish-square
Cassandre Julierine St. Foix
Marybone
Mr. Corbould
Foster-lane
Miss Carey
Barnet
Jackson
Long Acre
Miss Hill
Hill
High Holborn
Duke of Chandos
Elleson
Guy’s Hospital
Grifix
St. Swithin
Worcester
St. Michael
Bedwardine
Celler Cathedral
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Royal In the Hay Market
Gay
Erdof A. I
A& Tel
Miss
H. Amg
E .T
Lincolnshire
Cambringham
Evedon
Ingoldsey
County of
Lincoln
Thoms Walker
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
Meflis, Vernon, Eberton
Yeovil
Somerset
Burton
Newman
Barwick
Smerser
Aary ‘House
Cuttlehampton
Devon
Southmilton
Barn‘japie
William Barber
Rawleigh
Cutchiffe
East India House
Uaiial Galiery
East Indies
Leadenhall-street
Flint
Overton
Ruthland
Caernys
Caergurley
Watkins
H. M
Lewis
Douglas
Dodd
Golds
Miss Younge
Mr. Garrick
Zara
Lusignan
Edwards
Collyer
West
Byrne
J. Rivington and Sons
J. Dodsley
T Lowndes
T. Cailon
W. Nicoll
S. Bladon
Affald
Elizabeth Raffald
R. Baldwin
Paternofter-row
J. Walter
Charing-cross
J. Ridley
St. James’s-street
Smilar
Isher
Goldesses
Fisher
G. Rubason
Paternofter-ion
T. Slack
Newcastle
N. B
Hereford
Crown and Anchor-Tavern
Strand
London
Hay
Kington
Wye
Bardesley
Bywater
Brewser
Lyttelton
Richard Price
Knighton
Birch
Chancery-lane 5
Kent
Fulham
Middlesex
Tavistock-row
Covent-Garden
J. Collett
The
London Evening Post
Montesquieu
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