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Turbulent London and Franco-British Treaty Tangles
Fragmentary 18th century news notes report crimes and executions in and around London including a clerk of the works at the Tower of London and a noted pawnbroker who hanged himself. It also covers trials for retailing spirituous liquors, a mob rescue, highway robberies on the Epping Road, and a Salisury stage coach robbery. Overseas, reports describe tense diplomacy with Prince Ragotsky, refusals by Dutch envoys, and cashiering of treaty copies. Market updates list South Sea stock movements and bond prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerday
Marriot
Office of Ordnance
Tower of London
Duke of Arpyll
Commissioners of Excise
Aldesfgate-street
Pessons
St. Margaret’s Westminster
Felo de Fe
Cross Road
Denbighshire
North Wales
Ruthin
Newgaté
Mary Lawrence
Epping
Glock
Salisoury
Hyde Park Corner
Aingle
Calais
Holland
the Sound