Moscow riot and fires in Saint Petersburg and stockholm reports
Letters from Moscow describe a great riot incited by archbishopric reforms with the mob sacking the archbishop’s palace and pest houses before soldiers dispersed them. In Stockholm the diet discusses the king’s assurances amid a contagious distemper in Petersbourg and a planned cordon of troops in Finland. A London dispatch notes shocks felt island wide, with fires in Tottenham Court Road and Wapping, drownings, and notable deaths including Mr. Turner of Stoke-Newington and local merchants.
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London
Peterbourgh
Moscow
Orlow
Stockholm
Pleno
Petersbourg
Finland
Lord Baltimore
Campania
Linnius
Royal Oakman
Spithead
Mr. Herrick
Tottenham Court Road
New Crane
Wapping
St. Alban’s
Turner
Stoke-Newington
Robult
Mirefike
Cumberland
John Mirehanfe
John Smallwood
Milk-street
Cheapside
Titchfield-street
Daniel Choice
Barton-street
Westminster
Lloyd
Inns of Court
Cannon-street
Jenkins
Rev Clarkson presented to Kirkdale vicarage in Northumberland
Country news reports Clarkson's presentation by Sir William Loraine to Kirkdale, following the death of Rev Owston who held the living for over fifty years. The entry also lists arrivals at Petersburgh and ships from Maryland and Malaya, plus a lengthy rambling note on butter prices and dairy feeding trends and rural distress.
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Newcastle
Clarkson
Kirkdale
Northumberland
William Loraine
Owston
Gloucester
Middlewich
Nantwich
Chester
Speedhman
Arard L-Street
Strand
London
Teffeyman
York
N.B
Scattered European Dispatches From Flanders To Moscow
Mail from Flanders reports a skirmish near Calvi with 20 rebels slain and French losses, prompting Count de Marbeuf to order arrests and march troops. Naples notes Sieur Cerrone’s son jailed, confessing to involvement in an as yet undiscovered murder. The Dauphin suffers headaches amid smallpox absence. Moscow plague tolls rise as a placard is issued.
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Yeterday
Flanders
Rome
Edward Stuart
Viterbo
Bastia
Calvi
Count de Marbceuf
Naples
Sieur Cerrone
Hague
Moscow
London Dispatches Describe Royal Illness and Sea Disasters
Reports from Leg Horn mention the Duke of Gloucester being indisposed while the Princess Dowager of Wales in good health at Kew. A shipwreck near Cadiz leaves most cargo saved. an Isle of Man wreck injures none aboard. Jamaica records a violent earthquake disturbing houses and chimneys.
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Leghorn
Duke of Gloucester
Princess Dowager of Wales
Kew
Amsterdam
George Lookup
Jeronomy Clifford
Carthargena
Havannah
Cadiz
Snow Henry
Liverpool
Thomas Sarratt
St. George’s Channel
Bay of Peel
Isle of Man
Peel
Jamaica
London
Bad policy of sheep increase raises butter and cheese prices
The writer argues that allowing more sheep and converting tillage to pasture reduces cattle numbers, increases milking cow prices, and raises land rent, making butter and cheese dear. He contends increased pasture harms husbandry, reducing dairy and overall farm profitability.
New Suffolk Candidate Seeks Honour From County Voters
A potential successor to the late MP appeals to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Suffolk to support his candidacy. He vows independency and devotion to the country, asks for trust and a general meeting at Stowmarket with Mr Helt to be nominated.
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County of
Suffolk
Lam
John Rous
Fiénbam-halt
Yanfrolk
Nov
Eewe
Stowmarket
Helt
Lottery advertisement and miracle cure notice from 1771
The notice promotes Artin's Old State Lottery Office near Pope's Head alley offering low priced tickets with refunds after prize payments and a November 18 drawing. It also advertises William Martin as stockbroker and touts Mareant's Drops by Norton, claiming cures for smallpox and various ailments with endorsements and laundry list of benefits.
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Artin
Lloyd's
Pope's-Head
Cornhill
W. B
William Martin
Usk
Maredant
State Lottery 1977 1 Char ds and Co Advert
ICHARDS and Co announce from their old State Lottery Office that a society of six men skilled in calculations has determined the numbers for the current State Lottery. Tickets sell at low prices with varied shares, registered at 6d each. Draw begins Nov 1 with no blanks to a prize. correspondents can have tickets sent by mail.
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Ichards and Co
Bartlet
Hatton
Holborn
Thares
N. B
London
Becxer
W. Nicoll
Sts Paul’s Church-yard
W. Ni@ll
St. Paul’s Churcheyard
T. Buskery
R. Davis
Piccadilly
Lost bank note found at Bull Head Inn Manchester
A bank note was found on September 1 at the Bull Head Inn in Manchester. The finder may claim it by describing the note and paying expenses, by applying to the Bull Head Inn.
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Frouund
Bull Head Inn
Manchester
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Iniaman
India
Wind
Petersburgh
Constable Galley
Lindsay
Lexic
Charles Town
Morrison
Hamburgh
Hibernia
Mocket
Hull
Adamant
Walker
Granada Galley
Browners
Grove
Strannack
Young
Sleight
Coventry Market
D Farmer
London Evening Post
Norton
Golden-square
Talet-Inn
Charles Ashley
Surgton
Glen-quare
John Norton
Marehant
Marchant
G. Kéarfly
Ludgate-street
Ities
Empires
Tober
Benwell
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Newccastle
Carlisle
Tyne
Guinea
Kin
Henry the Second
England
Edward the Correfor
George Lord Lyttelton
J. Dodsley
Pafl-Mall
Ngly
W.nicol
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