Mulberry Trees and Silk Premiums Proposed by Society
The Society for the Encouragement of Arts Manufactures and Commerce in England offers premiums for planting mulberry trees and feeding silkworms. Prizes include gold medals for the greatest silk yield and for the best milled caps, with certificates due by specified dates in 1772 and 1773.
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Strand
Society For the Encouragement of Arts
England
Orleans
Fuch
Samuel More
London Gentry and Civil List Revenue Updates
In Shropshire and Surrey districts last week London notices report several local figures, including James Layton and Mr Barton, with extended entries on clergy and merchants. Treasury orders funds to pay Civil List Revenue to Christmas, while reports from Portugal mention a papal brief over monasteries. Ship movements, theft, court sentences and mercy grants follow, with royal comments on debt protections and a fatal carriage incident near the King’s airing.
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His Majesty’s Revenue
Shropshire
James Layton
Commission of the Peace
Sa‘uflay
Barnet
Barton
Borough
Cobham
Surry
Wiliam Goreing
Stockwell
Fidoe
Mc. Hall
Fleet-market
Little Chelsea
Watling-feet
Lawrence Atkinson
Clapton
Danis! Webb
Christopher Smart
Pembroke College
Cambridge
Portugal
Rome
Taylor
Jamaica
London
Downs
Dixon
Honduras
Amsterdam
Texel
Alderman Oliver
Mansion House
St. James's
Lord North
Sir Charles Knowles
Hackney Co
Greenwich Park
Mov
Thames
Old Bailey
Powell
Bearcroft
Mr. Powell
Oid Bailey
Thomas Davis
Jamees Foster
John Leveridge
Edward Eastman
Catherine Freckleton
Thomas Wheeler
William Adcock
Ann Banks
Guildhall
Beverly
Colebroke
Princess-street
Rotherhiih
Orton
Newington
Coates
Peckham
Nathaniel Vesey
Bennet’s Hill
Doctor’s Commons
Eliz. Speed
Clerkenwell
Bellisle
Fermanagh
Ireland
Catherine Viscountess Bellisle
William Conolly
Conolly
Controversial letter on doctrinal debate cited
A heated exchange critiques Luc subl merits of a dark imagination and the hoisted claim of salvation exclusion. The writer accuses the recipient of weak evasive arguments and dishonesty, urging candor in theological dispute and challenging the opponent’s moral integrity.
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Luc Sul
Sam
A London Evening Port Reply to Rev J Wesley
A reader attacks Rev J Wesley over doctrine of salvation and grace. The author questions his reasoning and calls out alleged sophistry, praising Dr Gill and accusing Wesley of rancorous declamation and improper preaching practices.
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London
J. Wesley
RR Kading
Dr. Gill
Morris letter on county representation and seat vacating
London 1771 letter from Val Morris to Monmouthshire gentlemen and freeholders. He discusses aiming to disturb county peace by opposing interests, notes John Morgan the younger brother vacating his seat to create opposition, and urges freedom of choice and honest opinion at the upcoming county meeting. He signs with respect as VAL MORRIS.
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Monmouth
John Morgan
Morris
Charles Morgan
Tam
Val. Morris
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