Town Purse and Gentlemens Races in June
An old public notice describes the Ansara meeting with heats for the Town Purse of fifty pounds and the Gentlemens Purse of fifty pounds on 26 and 27 June. It sets weights, entry fees, and conditions, with stewards Thomas Holt and Eleazer Davy. Also promotes Arabian horses and a medicine ad from Trustworthy firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Arciles
Xerhac
Lorse &c
Thomas Holt
Eleazer Davy
N.B
White Swan
Auction notice for Woolpack inn and properties in Middlesex
A notice announces sale by auction of the WoolPack inn in St Albans Hertfordshire and nearby estate at Port Chasses and Freehold Farm Endfield Middlesex with two lots. It lists improvements, stock, and rent terms and notes particulars from Philip Jones Furnival's Inn Coffee-house Holborn. The sale is scheduled for Monday May 5 at Mr Fencon s King s Head Endfield with details on occupancy and tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wessels
Key
Baker’s
Exchange-Alley
St. Alban’s
Hertfordshire
West Chester
Phitlife Jones
Fourtree-Hill
Endheld
Harris
Philip Jones
Furnival’s Inn
Holtourne
Grigsby
Sue Red Lion
Barnet
Bell-Inn
John Mason
Folksworth
StJton
Mason
Lewstern
Bukminster
County of
Leicester
John Clarke
James Tompson
Edward Bass
Thomas Bowker
City of
Peterborough
East Temple
Pitt
Hayes
Guafion
Duke of Richsmond
Conway
Liste
Temple
Lyttleton
Shelburne
Grenville
Duke of Richmond
Varis
Lytre
Queen’s Palace
Siase
Duke of Leeds
St. James’s
Kiveton
York
Duke of Cleves
St. James’square
Bayles
Bucks
Farl
Holderneffe
Norfolk Street
Dover Castle
Yuk
Dartmouthtreet
Yorkshire
Henry Pelham
Duke OF Newcastle
Stephen Theodose Janssen
Auction notices and medical elixirs in a mixed 18th century batch
The advert lists multiple freehold farms for sale by Thomas Jenner and partners at Amersham and surrounding Bucks counties and at Huntingdon, with details on acreage and rents. It also promotes BARANA elixir and NORTON'S MAREQUANT DROPS, naming distributors in London and claims of cures for scurvy and other ailments, with testimonials and proprietor details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Golden Square
John Norsons
Mails from France and Flanders Report Vessel Loss
From Archipelago a large Alexandria ship loaded with rice and coffee for Constantinople was left in the Scio canal with only two of a numerous crew saved. News from Madrid and Cadiz note appointments and military movements, while Vesuvius eruptions continue and ancient coins were found near Toscane Ja. The Queen grows better and the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick visited Versailles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria
Scio
Warsaw
Apritz
Courland
Duke de Buen
Graudentz
Czartorinsky
Madrid
War Department
Don Juan Gregorio de Munian
Cadiz
Sieur de Villalva
Andalousia
Mexico
Buenos Ayres
Monte Video
Najics
Maun
Rome
Toscane
Eugenius IV
Eugene IV
Ome
Versailles
Prince
Brunswick
Dublin and London News From April Events and Assorted Incidents
Reports from Dublin and London cover Bills from England, a relief fund for distressed housekeepers, executions at Ennis, shipwrecks near Ballyvarden, and a mob attack on an execution. Updates note army promotions, royal visits, cabinet movements, and continental affairs including Corsican resistance to Genoa, Hispaniola disturbances, and Paoli’s preparations for Cape Corf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K Eland
Dublin
England
Leland
Mann
Bath
Henry Baker Sterne
House of Lord
Welcome
Ballyvarden
Baintick
Ennis
James Butler
John M’guire
William Harrison
M’guire
Dublin Castle
Grice Blakeney
Fitzroy’s
Hearn
Ditto
Cornet
Arthur Ormsby
Corke
Kinsale
Luecay
Corsica
Alsce
Paoli
Cape Corfe
Balogne
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bufforah
Gix
Park Lane
Mr. Parton
Leatherhead
Surry
Meric
1Homas Jenner
Amersham
Allnutt
Tomas Jenner
Bar Dan A. R. Hixzz
Barana
France
Flanders
Constantinople
Marsh
Gideon
H. Pelham
P.S
Portmouth
Spithead
Newfoundand
Palliser
Dantzig
Lubeck
Solosman Staniiloskimas
Dutch East India Company
Batavia
Dominica
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