Fire and accident claim and royal notices in 18th c report
A broad city and court chronicle notes a near ship loss at Scilly, a boy burned by hiding gunpowder and a surgeon’s amputation, plus royal and political changes. It also covers bread market prices, drover penalties, arrests, marriages, deaths, counterfeit coins, and social exploits in St James's Park and Kensington.
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Portsmouth
Scilly
South Carolina
London
Charles Town
Mills
St. James’s
Westminster Hall
Lord Byron
Charterhouse
Edward Bearcroft
George Smith
Dinington
Warwick
Worcester
Richard Collins
Bardlington
Bath and Weils
William Bunter
Foot
Barrington
Laft
St. John’s Church
Southwark
Thomas More
Sarah Hedley
Queen’s Square
Bloomsbury
John Tinch
Snetton Grounds
Westminster
John Williams
Duke of Marborough
Potter’s Bar
Fletcher
Kildare
Kingdom of Ireland
Holland
Marklane
Fleet-street
Poultry Compter
Morgan
Alfman
Newgate
Brighthelmstone
Sussex
Lloy
Duke of Gloucester
St. James’s Park
Prince Frederick
Kensington Palace
Lord Warkworth
Copenhagen
Paris
Old France
France
John Abell
Tiverton
Devon
Polly Warren
Heniton
Kensington Gravelpits
Anthony Walker
Sadler’s Wells
Dolben Seeks Rockingham Verder 1755 Nomination
A letter from Ww Dolben dated May 7 1755 appeals to NorTH AMPTON County’s nobility and freeholders. He offers as candidate for one of the Verexs of Rockingham Forest, Vacant after Mr Creeps death, asking for general approbation and concurrence in his favour.
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Northampton
peRexs
Rockingham
Creep
Dolben
Benjamin Headiey
Winchester
Thomas Sherlock
London
Cranmer
Latimer
Lake Ontario
North America
Universal Museum
Sitre
Calais
Paris
Athens
Babino
Archbishop Cranmer
Hugh Latimer
Worcester
Lucerne
Peru
Blaise Manfrede
Count Beaumont
Mr Lamb
Charles Lord Mohun
J. Payne
Fragmentary 18th Century Poems and Letters
A garbled assemblage of old letters and poems includes Patientia lamenting war and peace, a note to London Evening-Post printers about constitutional writs, and verses on Shenstone's death. It preserves names like Brutus and Oakman alongside fragmented historical phrases.
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S, &c. Patientia
P.S
Canada
Manilla
Private Letter From Francis Wronghead to the Printer
A London Evening Post reader requests guidance on securing government jobs for his seven children. He cites a country estate, rising taxes, and reliance on his wife’s dowry, asking the printer to seek a boruush to influence his election as a Member of Parliament and promising a small bribe if possible. He mentions prior promises from powerful men and his aim to place two sons under government service.
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London Evening Post
Salup
Ben
Tnuw
Moeikor
Tyrhall
Printer
Francis Wronghead
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Piccadilly
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Ics
J. Flecher and Co
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Clinice Yard
David Mallet
As Millar
Elvira
Theatre Royal
Drury-Lane
Pierce Plowman
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
D Rice Ts. Ody
Covent Garden
Lovey
Village
J. Newbery
R. Baldwin
T. Carlon
W. Griffin
W- Nicoll
T. Lowndes
J. Becker
Sion College
Anicuary Society
John Rivington
J. Rivington
Josaua
Merl
Whace
D'Oberman
Ward
Johia Page
Wichy
Fair
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Marsh
James Hoey
Parliament-Street
Utr Lin
Hanes and Son
John Page
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Corfas
Guy Faux
Commons
Brutus
Vyerses
Mr Shenstone
John Oakman
Che Duffel
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