Address to Cambridge electors by Robert Manners 1780
On the Resolution at Spithead April 9 1780 Robert Manners appeals to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Cambridge to attend the forthcoming county nomination for the next general election. He cites professional duties preventing personal canvassing and seeks support while invoking family ties to the late Marquis of Granby and commitment to constitutional principles.
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Spithead
Cambridge
Marquis of
Granby
Robert Manners
Worthy Liverymen of London urged to back new Parliamentary candidate
A dated fragment recalls a meeting at Half Moon, Tavern Chearlhole, where ALH. NEWNHAM and Samuel Gideon solicit the support of the liverymen and freeholders for a successor in Parliament. Both emphasize fidelity, public service, and independent attendance, pledging to promote rights and commercial interests.
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Taveen
Chearhole
Aveichis
Otto
A. Cole Lam
Alh
Newnham
Protestant Association Calls General Meeting Before Petition
A Protestant association issues a call for another General Meeting before presenting a London petition to the House of Commons. The note urges unity of friends of civil and religious liberty to oppose papal influence and warns of divisions and despotism if they remain obstinate. Readers in London and environs are invited to sign repeal petitions at Welbeck Street.
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London
House of Commons
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Cavite
G. Gordon
Welbeck Street
Lancaster County Freeholders consider Thomas Egerton and Thomas Sister
A public notice from London quotes THOMAS EGERTON dated April 20 1780 requesting continued support to be re elected to Parliament and asserting dedication to commercial interests and county welfare. THOMAS SISTER dated April 24 1789 pledges independent conduct and service to landed mercantile interests of Lancaster and general welfare.
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County Palatine of Lancaster
County of Lancaster
Thomas Egerton
London
County of
Lancaster
Thomas Sister
Royal Ordnance Seeks Ships to Move Guns and Flares
Office of ordnance announces proposals due May 20 at St Margaret's Street Westminster to supply three vessels at Portsmouth for transporting guns and gunners flares between Spithead and Gun Wharf. Specs: two 80-ton ships and one 60-ton vessel with specified drafts and hatch measurements. Proposals closed after 12 o'clock. principal or agent must attend. Also news that Firebels in Henrietta Street reported fire not affecting offices or deeds.
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St. Margaret’s Street
Westminster
Portmouth
Spithead
N.B
Ward
Shaw
Henrietta-street
Tharsda
Dover
Dunkirk
Whitehaven
Providence
Youghall
Mary
Tinmouth
Clyius
Clark
London
Nevis
Pearson
Serapis
Deptford
Betsey
Thompson
Halifax
Neptune
King
New Port Prat
Ostend
Morlaix
War Office
Middlesex
Henry Thomas Avery
Currier
Thomas Pleslow
Merchant Taylor
Marmaduke Langdale
Cordwainer
Caniel Giles
Thomas Streatfield
Philip Chauncey
Mercer
William
Count de Veldere
Thomas Shaw
Stambridge Parva
Essex
Henry Chatfield
Earl of
Charlton Leighton
Fisher
Dr. Fisher
Covent Garden
Powell
Mitcham
John Ackland
Longlane
Southwark
George-street
Sebastian Webster
Scarborough
Roehampton
Joseph Wakeling
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Boyce
Little Old Bailey
Mail from St. Kitts Arrives at Falmouth by Mercury Packet
On Wednesday May 10 a mail from St. Kitts arrived in Falmouth carried by the Mercury Packet. The brief note records the arrival and the method of conveyance, reflecting early maritime communication routes.
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St. Kitt’s
Falmouth
Mercury Packet
Dillon
Mercury
Jamaica
Fleet actions and naval news reach the West Indies links
Reports from St Kitts describe troop movements involving the 28th and 55th regiments bound for Antigua and then St Lucia, with Admiral Parker and Admiral Rowley engaging a stronger French force near Martinique. Prescot fortifies Brimstone Hill, while Rhode Island and Jamaica mail routes face delays. Meanwhile privateers seize ships off Dover and Brest.
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St. Kitt’s
Vaughan
Antigua
St. Lucia
Martinico
Admiral Parker
Admiral Rowley
General Prescot
Brimstone Hill
Rodney
Parker
Barbadoes
Madrid
Cadiz
Havannah
Don Cordova
Ferro
Brest
Torbay
West Indies
Europe
France
Moultrie
Charlestown
Gates
Lincoln
Georgia
King
James’s Island
Bar
Cooper’s River
Lords of the Admiralty
Dedalus
Liverpool
Thomas Pringle
Lloyd’s
Ulysses
Unicorn
Fortune
Corke
St. Rice’s
St. Verbin
L’aneyron
Bourdeaux
Bay of Biscay
Lisbon
Sharman and Co Offer Irish Lottery Chances at Fleet Street
Ad for Meirs Sharman and Co new plan of chances from the State Lottery of Ireland drawing on June 24. Tickets at multiple offices for seven shillings each number, with prizes from twenty pounds to ten thousand pounds. Guarantees via bankers and diverse schemes, promising high stakes in English money.
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Meirs. Sharman and Co
State Lottery of
Ireland
Fleetstreet
High Holborn
Cockspur-street
Charing Cross
St.ames’s-street
Messrs. Sharman and Co
London
Fragmented railway timetable fragment fragment Friday morning schedule
The readable portion lists times and day parts for Friday Saturday sessions with Morning and Afternoon slots and vaguely stated minutes. Names, places, and exact events are unreadable but indicate a scheduling context without clear details.
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City of London
Clerry
Ana
Aving
Ilis
Jervast
Sampson Gideon
St. James’s Square
Office F Ordnance
John Boddington
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