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Death of the aged gentleman and funeral at Cheshire
notices of the death of a gentleman married to Mrs Gumley a sister to Mrs Pulteney. The Union carried the corpse of Sir Thomas Grosvenor to Gravesend for interment in Cheshire. East India Company news reports on the Houghton from Mocha with 2940 bales of coffee and arrivals from Bombay. Duke of Devonshire and companions nearly fell into the water at Lambeth, later safe ashore. A court hearing at Serjeants Inn on Weld v Weld adjourned to morning. A tea theft near Whitecross Street resulted in a watchman’s skull fracture and a murder verdict. London Bridge smuggling suspect captured. Port King incident noted. Jamaica letters mention new Attorney-General Concanen and piracy rumors.
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William Pulteney
Gumley
Cheshire
The
East India Company
Houghton
Philip Worth
Mocha
Plymouth
Island
St. Helena
Marlborough
Hunt
Greenwich
Bookey
Bombay
Monmouth
Montgomery
Persia
Duke of Devonshire
Earl of Cholmondeley
Henry Furnese
Dover
Kent
Dr. Peters
Lambeth Stairs
Whitehall
Lambeth
Arches Court of Canterbury
Serjeants Inn Hall
Chancery Lane
Catherine Weld
Lord Afton
Edward Weld
Counel
Whitecrow- Street
Bunhill-Row
Chiwell-street
D.qut
Sam
Sim
Samuel Alexander
Deceas
London Bridge
Compter
King
Southampton
Anne Snow
Higginson
Jamaica