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Anniversary Dinner for Small-Pox Hospital Charity Reported
The Governors of the Small-Pox Hospital held an Anniversary Dinner at Drapers-Lall, raising 4891.7s for the charity. Norwich reports electing Nockhold Thompson as Mayor for the year. Cambridge notes Joseph Bentham and William Harrimore as alderman and common councilman. Other local appointments and marriages are listed, along with deaths and accidents including ship losses, a drowning near Hermitage Stairs, and a theft accusation against James Carter.
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Drapers-Lall
Norwich
Nockhold Thompson
Cambridge
Joseph Bentham
Alderman Marshal
William Harrimore
Masters
Booker
John Merett
Owen Davis
Gataker
Westminster Hospital
Princess of Wales
Nottingham
Lincoln
York
Leicester
Derby
Earl of Darlington
Grosvenor Street
Se’nnight
Christchurch
Manchester
Hulton
Mass Boardman
Thomas Chadwick
Miss Stolt
Tottenham
John Colt
Sussex-Tavern
Tunbridge-wells
Pratrent
Tooley-street
Henry Stephenson
The
Temple
John Costolow
Temple Stairs
London-Bridge
Woolwich
Miller
Hermitage Stairs
James Carter
Brass Crosby
Tower-street
Poultry Compter
Alderman Dickenson
Crosby