Advantageous Lottery Insurance Plans Promoted 1778
Wew and mark Advantageous Mode of Insurance, to pay half a suition per ticket if drawn above twenty pounds, with undrawn tickets valued up to one thousand pounds. Also a half-a-guinea plan paying if drawn above twenty pounds, plus undrawn tickets. London agents tout honesty, with draws beginning Monday next and offices at Parliament and Bridge Street Westminster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Smith
Parliament
Freet Cnffee-House
West
Jowest
Cranfa&sd
Carnnat Fail
King’s Arms
Bank
Cornhill
Bridge-ftrest
Westminster
Dr James's Analeptic Pills Promote Rheumatic Relief
The Pills show great efficacy in rheumatic complaints and gouty habits affecting stomach and head. They ease excess from eating or drinking and support bilious disorders indigestion and flatulence. Especially effective for disorders in women, the pills act as a gentle purgative. Sold by Newbery at No 45 East end of St Pauls and at Bruton Street. Price four shillings a box or one guinea for six boxes. Each box bears Dr James's Analeptic Pills by the King's patent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Francis Newbery
Francis Newbery, Junior, At His New Warehouse For Dr. James
St. Paul’s
Cheapside
Dr. James
Bruton Street
Quack Promises Simple Remedy for Urinary Obstruction
An advertisement proclaims a simple powder of quicksilver as a cure for long standing urinary obstructions, defying surgeons who rely on bougies. The author asserts personal honesty, faith in God, and vows to stop selling the remedy, inviting visits to No. 7 Avistock Row Covent Garden with fixed afternoon hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Avistock-Row
Covent Garden
Pearce and Co Lottery Policies in Cornhill Office
The office at No. 19 Cornhill offers Two Guinea One Guinea and Half Guinea policies with 145 extra chances vs full tickets. Prizes include Twenty Thousand, Ten Thousand, Five Thousand and more. shares and chances sold widely with rapid payout history and free transmission of policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearce and Co
Cornhill, Pearce and Co
A New and Advantageous Mode of Adventuring in the Lottery
An advertisement from ESSAS RICHARDSON and GOOD touts a revised lottery plan offering halved bets and higher prize odds. It promotes selling tickets in fractions at Bank buildings and Cuaring Cross offices, with refunds on blanks and guaranteed access to prizes.
Advantageous Lottery Insurance Plan at Birchin Lane
Mott Capital New and Advantageous Plan of Insurance and J Johnson at No 23 Birchin Lane offer to take down numbers at the main premium of a guinea for tickets with prizes up to ten pounds or undrawn tickets worth five pounds or up to one thousand pounds for first drawn. Also for the whole drawing, numbers at half a guinea per ticket with prizes above twenty pounds and undrawn or drawn tickets with corresponding payouts. In last drawing undrawn tickets amounted to five thousand pounds.
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Forsley and Co
Bridges-street
Drury-Lane
Horsley and Co
Bank of England
Prearce
ESSAS
Richardson
Cornhill
King’s Mews
Cuaring Cross
Pagchatch
Blaike
Sharman
Setch Fworth
Baring Ciois
Poulery
Corsiulis
William Chiie
Norwich
Bank of Haghind
Sail and War News From Nov
A London letter reports ships like Victory and others at Torbay awaiting signals to sail as winds shift northward. Reports from Constantinople note plague decline and heavy mortality in two months. Transports Parnassus Delight Jamaica London Thames Dorothy Thetis lie off Gravesend awaiting troops for Jamaica. deserters from the Savoy are moved aboard. Mercury and Ariadne receive new commissions. Privateers seize several ships. Irish court cases and dueling mercy are noted. Marriages and deaths listed. notices for lottery shares and Pearl products advertised.
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Torbay
Constantinople
New York
Parnassus
Delight
Jamaica
London
Thames
Dorothy
Thetis
Gravesend
Savoy
Ireland
Shannon
Mercury
Deptford
Colpoys
His
Matthew Squire
Fortune
Jason
Sloper
Cowes
Poole
Elizabeth
Essex
Newcastle
Jelle- Jelle
Barcelona
Ferrol
Lisbon
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Ticholson and Co
Mids Smith
Londin
Nichelson and Co
John Barnes Pearce and Co
Pope’s Head Alley
Corntill
Cyat
Armenia
Pontus
Cappadocia
Media
C. Bathurst
F. and
C. Rivington
A. Hamilton
T. Payne
T. Longman
Crowder
B. Law
T. Becket
J. Robson
T. Cadell
J. and
T. Bowles
5. Bladon
J. Murray
W. Fox
Cétavo
Hornsby and Co- Engage
Wee and Co
Aldgate
York-street
Fapgrior
Portsmouth
Spithead
Edward Whampson
Agena
Fallon
Barbatoes
Carysfort
Vengeance
Barbadoes
King’s Bench
Ryan
Gentlemas
Brouzac
Capt
Cox
Coxheath
Peregrine Campbell
Knut
Rochester
Lucier
Smythier
Stepney
Edward Percival
Batty
Alderspare-street
George Hammer
Mary Cowley
Buckientbury
Thomas Dyer
Paris
Grant
Archibald Grant
Manchesster-square
Basinghall-street
Nicolas Cockell
Hammerton
John Moorey
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
W. Bayey
Cockspur Street
Charing- Cress
J. Price
Leadenhall Treet
Hemet
Lercon
London Bridge
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