Local notices and harvest price shifts across Dorset
News items report harvest price changes for wheat barley oats beans and PEg with quoted shilling to pence ranges, plus a May 12 notice of a 14 day respite for Susan Hahi Seidel awaiting execution for the murder of her apprentice girl. Another item notes a Dutch galley wreck near Weymouth Abotsbury with hull salvaged by local villagers.
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Dazell
Drummond
James Dakins
Upper Nortonia
Oageia
Seaa
Devizes
Markestetewaeh
Jeemken
Salisoury
Susan- Hahi Seidel
Sherborne
Buckland Newton
Ai. Collins
Stickland
Wells
Westerseer
Weymouth
Abotsbury
Pub notices and arrivals mark royal assent and trade moves
May 10 Port Newway reports Carolina and other vessels sailing from Falmouth and Cork. Royal assent given to multiple bills in Parliament, including Navy annuities, military funding, river navigation from Trent to Loughborough, and canal plans between Wilden Ferry and Mersey. Ireland path of address and Parliament duration debates noted. North America troop movements planned, Launceston sails to Virginia, and public rejoicing at silk import ban. Reported also: arrests, trials, and local curiosities including a wager trek and public fireworks.
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London
House of Peers
Dukes of Manchester
Rutland
Soar
Trent
Loughborough
Leicester
Wilden Ferry
Staffordshire
Mersey
Severn
Bewdly
Titton Bridge
Worcestershire
Heywood- Mill
Yorkshire
Lincoln
Sunderland
Newgastle
House of Commons of Ireland
House of Commons
Edward the
the Dutchess of Norfolk
Worksop
Nottinghamshire
Earl Northington
Great Britain
Grange
Hampshire
Paoli
Wilkes
Corfica
Friends of Liberty
Gaxereeer
Gopenhagen
Qth
Amsterdam
Baltic
England
Elungor
Thas Place
Holland
America
North America
Poats
Launceston
Sheerness
Virginia
Sir John Gittons
Knot
Great George Street
Westmintster
St. James’s
King
Spitalfields
George Noble
Seven Mile
Wandsworth
Noble
John Eaton
Newgate
Richard Haffel
Ann Mann
Stn
Hadley
Barnet
William Bletley
Richard Howard
New Brentford
Tolu
Tt. Grenough
King’s Arms
Ludgace- Strege
St Paul’s
J. Newbery
Staul’s
Xard W. Bailey
Persium
Borrom
LE Lievre
Paris
Europe
Ari
Che Ek
Bottke
Nicoll’s
Mel Backs
Inch Atrand
Royal Exchange
Flexneys
Gray’s-Inn
W. Griffit Elliot
Devonshire
France
Liberty and corruption mix in London Evening letters
Readers debate abuse of power by directors, arbitrary authority, and the right to liberty. Letters describe exile, prisons, and the need for general amnesty while questioning marriage banns and parish residence rules under the Marriage Act.
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London
Mercy
Wright
House of Gammons
Hue
Perons
Blavery
C. Liberta
Mr. Meres
Dubh
Death of Genius Abable in a Garret
A fragment from a period piece describes Genius and his dire poverty. He lies in a garret half starved and ill, awaiting rest. A beguiling visitor Reflectop arrives, stirring memories and emotions as a tender scene unfolds with a bride Fody whispering hope and calling him to remember their bond.
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Gexius
Ruth
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Port
Sioup
Genoa
Ewar
Frigatts
West Indies
Nancy
Philadelphia
Moss
Caius College
Burbage
London Evening-Post
Meres
W.S
Apable
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