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Royal pageant notes and race results in 1740s London
The report spans court events at St James's Gravesend and St. James's, with addresses of congratulation on Princess Mary's marriage, appointments to royal offices, and a vivid horse racing scene at Epsom. It also notes grain prospects, ship battle accounts near Cadiz, criminal hearings, and stock market listings.
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Countess of Yarmouth
St. James’s
Gravesend
Helvaeulitus
John Salter
Baylis
Billers
Williams
Thompson
Champion
Willimot
Hankey
Rous
Baker
Arnold
Heathcote
Lequefne
St. James's
Princess of
Hesse
Mary
Ireland
Lord Cornwallis
Tower
Earl of Leicester
Earl of Jersey
Trent
William Wynne
Honourable Land of Gentlemen Pensioners
Samuel Gerrard, Bart
Harbottle Grimston
Sampon
Sedgmore
Chesnut
Lord Weymouth
Reston
Morden College
Blackheath
Hailman
Bayersea
Malin
Southwark
Cathcart
Paul the Civilian
Robert Jeffes
Mortlake
Surrey
London
George Henry Brook
Hadstock
County of Essex
Diocese of London
Peter Innis
Earl of
Aylesford
Kingston
Kent
Canterbury
Burnham
Rochester
Peter Smith
Deloraine
Melbury Abbas
Dorser
Orford
Michael Stonnel
Ss. James
Liberty of Westminster
Muddlesex
Sadler
James’ Linney
St. Michael’s Alley
South Sea
Souci
New South Sea
Bank
Prem
India
Royal Exchange Afsorance
London Ditto
Ditto
Mine Adventure
Exchequer
Ditte