Election and public notices from 1780 Radnor and Lancaster regions
Letters and notices from 1780 reveal candidates Thomas Johnes Thomas Lister Laurence Cox and others seeking seats for Radnor Cardigan and Lancaster. They pledge independence and service to landed interests while urging support from freeholders and burgesses. The document includes medical advertisement by J Collett and an auction notice for a Sunbury villa estate.
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County Palatine of Lancaster
County of
Lancaster
Thomas Lister
Regiment to Jamaica Bounty For Recruits
His Majesty orders a regiment for Jamaica to be led by Major General Rainsford. The Jamaica Planters and Merchants Committee offer six guineas bounty to every recruit enlisted and ready to embark by May 30. Subscriptions accepted at Smith Payne and Smiths by the Mansion House. James Allen, Secretary.
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Jamaica
Rainsford
Sucferi
Mesirs
Smith Payne
Smiths
James Allen
Tuan
James Budkyn
Laught
Maylough
Donagh
Wilfal
Dottors Commons
S Lon
Clerkenwell
Haweis
Countess of Huntingdon
Pantheon
Spa Fields
Roche
Earl of Mansfeld
Jamaica Street
Rotherhithe
Major Wyse
Miss Howard
Sir George Howard
Barnaby Bridgeman
Colchester
Lucretia Mitchell
Lompard-street
Mr. Barber
the Temple
Charlotte Pinfold
Chelsea
John Allen
Queen Square
Ward
Holborn
Nottingham
Joseph Winter
Artillery
Whursday
Bumpton
Webster
Drurylane
Doctors Commons
Commons
Highwood Place
Hants
Peter Calverly
Esg
Greenwich
Samuel Davidson
Tower Hall
Mr. Coalfon
Merchane
Tobacco duties and army officer replacements in Parliament
London reports from May 22 describe House of Commons resolutions on tobacco import restrictions, a penny per pound duty on colonial tobacco, and a 1.5 percent add on certain duties. Also noted are Civil Establishment changes in Yeomen of the Guard and Pensioners, supply votes for reduced officers and horse guards, and various military movements, colonial dispatches, and local crimes and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunbury
London
Hampton-court
Ridgeway
Fenchurch-street
Bell
Hampton
Tey
Red Lion
Hounslow
Auctison
Feltham Hill
Middlesen
Hampton-veurr
Laws
Toy
Hampton Court
White Horse
House of Commons
America
West Indies
Army
Navy
Horse Guards
Lord Amherst
Richard Savage Nassau
Earl of Rochford
Board of Green Cloth
Malden
Essex
St. Lucia
Jamaica
Woolwich Warren
Rowley's British Herb Tobacco and Snuff Adverts
The advertisement promotes Rowley's British Herb Tobacco and Snuff, warning against counterfeit spurious sorts. It notes that genuine packets bear James Rowley's signature, and promotes sales at the London Coffee-house Ludgate Hill and through printers, grocers, and druggists nationwide. It claims health benefits for headaches weak eyesight and respiratory issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowley
James Rowley
London
Ludgatehill
Pearl Dentifrice Endorsed by Jacob Hemet the Dentist
Jacob Hemet announces his Essence of Pearl and Pearl Dentifrice as superior dental care for teeth and gums. Promoted to nobility and public, the products claim to whiten teeth preserve enamel tighten loose teeth sweeten breath and cure dental scurvy. Sold by W Bayley in Cockspur Street and J Price Leadenhall Street for 2s 6d. Hemet disclaims responsibility for imitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Charing-cress
J. Price
Leadenhall Street
N. B
Hemet
London
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Radnor
Thomas Johnes
Cardigan
Lampiter
Aberystwin
Sam
The
Honiton. Borough of
Laurence Cox
Margaret Street
Tavistock-row
Covent-garden
J. Collett
Garraway
Exchange-alley
Cornhill
Middlesex
Marchioness of
Lothian
M. Ridgeway
Hourflew
Place of Sale
Newwood
Jefsop
Cobham
Stoke Dawburne
Surry
the George
Ditton
John Raggut
George
Sun
Kingston
Epsom
Mr. Ridgeway
Fenchurch Street
High Water
London-Bridge
Nesspath
Duncomb
Carpenter
N. B. Sunbury
Houghton, Plaisterer
Hamptonecourt
Ireland
Bgins
Ess
Richardson
Goodluck
Charingress
Tormes Lotterica
Plymouth
Buckland Downs
Maker
Lords of the Admiralty
Falmouth
Roebuck
Burnaby
Wiajerly
Courageux
Downs
Hector
Scott
New York
Worest Indies
Boston
la Rothelois
Brest
Guadaloupe
Scilly
Chapman
Waterford
Weymouth
Havre de Grace
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