Rhymer Letters and Lectures Stir Robinhood Society Debates
A correspondent signs as BENEVOLUS defending Mr Rhymer and Mr D in the Robinhood Society controversy. He questions the secrecy of the Seer’s reading and asks if Mr D approved the remarks and verses. The letter argues the humorous approach drew crowds and aimed to aid the author’s public promotions.
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Robinhood Society
Réymer
Discourse between Lord Clancarty and Mac A at Dunkirk 1757
Extracted from Mac Allester's Letters, a vivid fragment of a dinner party and supper at Dunkirk. Lord Clancarty mocks Lochgarry and a maid, recalls notes on Lord Clare and King Charles II, and boasts about royal losses while steering conversation with wit and bravado.
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Lord Clancarty
Lochgarry
Egge
Ogilvie’s
St. Omers
Lord Clare
Charles the Second
Duke of York
Mac
Antient
Go d
A puzzle of names and towns in old verse rhetoric
Fragmented OCR yields a verse heavy note linking a riddle about a town name to a list of names and benevolence references. It mentions Le, Mr C, The English Merchant, Precepts, and Matt Prior with praise of George and benevolence, plus a legacy and copy money.
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Lowpon
Matt Prior
George
London Letter Notes Politics Trades and Theatre Listings
A London summary reports talk of pensions tied to merit, a proposed tax on Jews, flour adulteration bills, and ongoing disputes with the States General over Suriname. It notes court notices from East India House, royal family movements, and dispatches from Rome and Venice. The piece also covers social debates on Methodism, a boxing match, fatalities, pardons, and a mix of theater announcements and stock quotations.
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London
Great Britain
States General
United Provinces
Suriname
England
Holland
East India House
United Company of Merchants of England
East Indies
Threadneedle - Streep
Earl of Corke
Great George-street
Westminster
Dorsetshire
Earl of Orford
Green-street
Grosvenor Square
Houghton
Norfolk
Count Guerchy
Earl of
Hamer Aga Joya Effendi
Morocco
John Murray
Constantinople
Conway
George M‘carty
Petersburgh
Rome
John Canzio
Cracow
Joseph de Coppertino
Congregation of the Index
Venice
Duke of Wartemberg
Countess de Durazzo
Liverpool
Newfoundland
Gibraltar
Trieste
Fiume
Venetian Gulf
Toulon
Malta
Oxford
Chapel Royal
St. James’s
Butchert Row
Temple Bar
Messrs. Whitefield
Westley
Ireland
Hearts of Oak Boys
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Grosvenor-street
Whitechapel
Chiswick
East-street
Red-Jion- Square
Moses Moreton
Layer
Epping- Forest
Richard Jackson
East India Company
Surat
Yetterday
Deptford
Jones
Newgate
John Fawcett
Admiralty
John Wynne
Power
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Paris
Boxford
Suffolk
Allen
Java
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Taft
Deal
the Brilliant
Maynard
Campden
Biggs
Maryland
Jamaica
Hamilton
Hoppett
Lysander
St. Abes
Sismon
Merry
Harvey
Dickenson
Hay-market
Drory-Lane
Leon
Mr. Garrick
Duke
Havard
Cacofogo
Mr. Love
Estifania
Prichard
Covent - Garden
Lord Aimworth
Mr. Mattocks
Sir Harry Sycamore
Mr. Shucer
Giles
Mr. Beard
Patty
Purowith
Citize
Hugh Water
London Bridge
India
South Sea
Old An
New Ann
Seluges
Dicto India Ann
Navy
Lta India
B.exch
John Beard
Cot-Garden
Jouin Iisherbeare
G. Kearsley
Ludgate-Strese
Sacioneys Halls