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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 07, 1789
Page
1
Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy publish notices for tendering on Welty the 4th of this month for coopers ware under standing contract and on the 6th for applying to the yards with coal. Tenders and security must meet terms. letters received by noon and bids closed then.
An advertisement notes a large mill in Manchester region offering lease terms over 99 years with ground rent of 681 per year. It details extensive machinery including two water wheels and a spinning mill, with catalogues listing building plans and dimensions. Public sale events are scheduled on March 31 and following days at the premises.
Navy office item dated February 25 broadcasts tender details for materials including pitch and resin from Riga, Petersburg, Norway, and other locations. Offers on Mowpay and Tavaspay dates are listed with specified ports and goods, requiring samples and forms in the lobby.
A London notice from ROBERT GRUBB advertises Friars Drops as a cure for disease conditions described as curvy rheumaism and strangury. The proclamation claims Mercurial pills are harmful and promises rapid cure with the medicine sold at a warehouse on Old Bailey and through J. Child in Walker’s Court Berwick-street.
A notice describes a disputed estate matter near Bath on the Lumlon road. It names Mrs Pups winded pilletied of an undivided third part and lists attorneys Watkins Casciatio Sew Fadd.agres Lan Div Pope Chehenhow Mr Pope surgeon Mr Lane and others as parties or contacts for details.
A historical petition from convicts confined since November requests mercy and clemency. It pleads for fewer hours of confinement, warmer conditions, and relief for families, urging the Lord High Chancellor to grant clemency to alleviate the harsh imprisonment.
Fragments report on King health matters and royal audience with Pitt and the Prince of Wales. It notes ship news, Lloyd’s losses, tax concerns, a Port Portport parade, and legal sentences at Old Bailey and Newgate with adjourned sessions through April 6.
An 18th century advertisement touts Munter's Restorative Balsam of Lips, claiming cures for seminal weakness, impotence, barrenness, consumption, and general debility. It describes pills with gradual effects, praises the medicine by Br James, and offers country delivery via carriers to Mr Wade at 28 above Fleet Street.
A garbled 18th century notice lists multiple marriages and deaths. It mentions Marreeie Dn in France Molden Strutt and Lacy over tace, and Miss Kane near Dublin with Mrs Kane present. Also references Mrs Elizabeth Cox of Beckingham Kent and Lilie of Map Willeoly Gelden square, with sparse details of kin and succession.
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