Amidst Charities and Ghost Tales in London Papers
A fragment from a mid eighteenth century London pamphlet page discusses Pomposa and Prudentia women critics, charity versus display, and a beggar relief proposal. It also includes letters urging charitable acts for the poor during a snow siege, notes on sumptuary laws, and a ghost anecdote from St Margaret’s churchyard. The page wraps with brief notices on actors, clergy, naval affairs, and crime reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening-Port Snr
St. Margaret’s Churchyard
Westminster
House of Lords
C. Derrector
Betty
Shaming the Venal Critics of a Great Leader
A letter from St James's Street defends a revered statesman against a flood of corrupt abuse. The writer recalls Britain’s past peril and celebrates Pitt's leadership, urging critics to remember the gains in honour and trade when France was repelled and English resolve was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrick
Furgu Bey
Minstory
St. James’s Street
J. L
England
Spain
Pitt
France
Cherburg
St. Malo
Cape Bricon
Senegal
Key's Anltiscorbutic Fluid Attested by Faculty
A prospectus asserts numerous gentlemen of the faculty certify the fluid’s superior efficacy against the scurvy both externally and internally. It promises convincing proofs in reputable cases and lists outlets including Baker’s Coffee-House Exchange Alley Mrs Bull’s Touchgate Hill Peculiar Dearn’s Piccadilly Gordon shops in Chandos Street Covent Garden and Manchester brokers. Bottles sold in half pint sizes sealed with the proprietor’s cypher and directions provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acasto
Pomposa
PrupenmTia
Propentia
Cornelys’s
Amack’s
Prudentia
Drury- Lane House
Nw Bar and Physic
O. N
Jor’s
Coff-e-Howse
Mitre- Court
Fleet-Street
Baker’s Cottee-house
Exchange
Dyfop
Chandos-Streets
Covene Garden
Lewis
Ruffel-Screer
M. Berry
Manchester
Mer. Smyth
Apothecary
Hereford
Teisfeld
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London
ANON
Mr. Meres
Fue’s
London Evening Post
Lamm
London Evening Pott
Meres
Palladium
Dall Society
Davulea
Finis
P. Anecdote
Robert Drummond
York
Lord Alnoner
St. James’s
Palliser
Newfoundland
Loring
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Brest
Freecn Goree Company
Africa
George Lenox
Minorca
Corsica
Dominica
West Indies
Brown
North America
Aldesfzare Street
Barker
Queen’s College, Cambridge
St. Borolpa
Morris
Hinkling
Nottingham
Daventry
Northamptonshire
Cadman
Whilton
Leeds-Courant
Sheerness
Blackwall
Henley
Oxford
John Brown
John Williams
Red- Hill
Furher
Sir John Fielding
Tyburn-lane
Shepherd’s Bath
Baydwater
Portsmouth Dock
Townquay
le Dockyard
Portsmmouth
Marine County i
Marth
Ms Wind West
India
South Sea
Consol
S&s. NiccoTivia
Ann
Hut
Navy
V& B
London Bridge
Valerian
Dr. Hill
Richard Baldwin
J. Ridley
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