Bristol white hard crown soap from Fry Fripp and Co
Bristol crown soap, made by Fry Fripp and Co in Bristol, claims strong cleansing power for linen, silk, and cotton with a pleasant scent. It warns against impostors selling inferior soap under the Bristol Crown name and notes each cake will bear the maker’s stamp and a crown.
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B Fry, Fripp, and Co
Bisstol
Salissary Court
Fleet-streec
London
Bristol Crown
Fry, Fripp, and Co
Bristol
Practical Family Bible Number IV by F Willoughby
The second edition presents a four-sheet letter press volume with explanatory notes and engravings. Published for J Payne and sold by Wilkie in St Paul’s Churchyard, it costs 6d per Saturday and 21 shillings for a calf bound set. Originally planned for eighty numbers, it extends to ninety with improvements for buyers.
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F. Willoughby
J. Payne
J. Wilkie
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Dr James's powder and its remedies in 18th century sale
An 18th century advertisement touts Dr James's powder as a cure for fever convulsions measles and inflammations of viscera with additional remedies for colds rheumatism and stomach ills sold wholesale and retail by Francis Newbery at his London warehouse with certificates of authenticity and navy use indicated.
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Tris
Francis Newbery
Berm St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Told
T. Greenough
Lindgatehill
London
Hallam
W. Bayley
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
New Bond-street
M. Purdie
North Parade
Bath
King’s Bench
Chymitt
Apothecary
A. More Ludgate
Merionethshire Letter Warns of Political Dissolution
An 18th century style letter praises Cerfeygedol's early service as a guardian of reform and laments growing faction. It hails his successors, notes parliamentary virtue, and mourns the elder statesman’s passing while warning Merionethshire’s polity against corruption and discord.
Amidst Political Calls for Better County Representation
A London Evening Post letter urges electors to choose worthy county representatives. It recalls past leadership, condemns neglect of public duty, and calls for a constitutional, free choice. It laments aging figures, praises integrity, and stresses the need for capable governance amid trade and landed interests.
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Marcelluseris
St. Stephen’s
Appointment of Lord North as Somerset lieutenant
From the London Gazette dated March 15, the king appoints Lord North to be his Majesty's lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Somerset. On March 14 St James's the Count de Scarnatis, Sardinia's envoy, took leave. Marquis de Cordon then had his first private audience to deliver credentials.
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London Gazette
St. James's
Lord North
Somerset
St. James’s
Count de Scarnatis
Sardinia
Marquis de Cordon
Death sentences pronounced in Worcester proceedings
Worcester on March 10 reports the end of oar offices proceedings where William Hamilton alias John Bagnall and John Joseph Boulton alias Duck were sentenced to death for robbing watchmaker Lutwyche of numerous watches. Edward Goodhall alias Onions was condemned for breaking into Mr Morris’s house, stealing two guineas, and cruelly treating the family. Henry Griffiths and Samuel Stringer received reprieves, while Stringer was convicted of stealing a mare.
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Worcester
Oar
William Hamilton
John Bagnall
John Joseph Boulton
Duck
Lutwyche
Edward Goodhall
Onions
Morris
Henry Griffiths
Lord North's plan to move Americans punished as folly
London correspondent remarks that Lord North's scheme to punish the Americans by moving them from one port to another aligns with the foolish message from James the Hirt to.
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Lord North
James the Hirt
State debates restraint and unity in imperial policy
A fragile plea for temperate governance to avoid provoking enmity between parts of the empire. It cautions against coercive rule and urges justice, prudence, and a liberal spirit to mend tensions and preserve national affection.
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America
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