Forster's Linen Warehouses Catalogue Advertisement
A late 18th or early 19th century linen goods notice advertises felines ac 2s and 6d a piece large ditto at 6s and 2s 6d with new patterns at 21s a piece Fine Napkins at 18d a piece and other linens at Portgual Street Clare Market and near Bridge Foot in the Borough Also mofflin neckcloths at 2s and 3 ½d Good Irish Sheeting at 11d a yard and 14d 18d extraordinary fine at 5s A parcel of very fine Irish Cloths at 2s a yard with some 3s 6d worth 3s 6d White and thick Hockaback Towels at gd a piece Fine Hollands at 4s an ell and Holland Sheeting at 5s Fine Silesia Lawns at 4s a yard Scotch Gause 1s a yard Good Furniture Checks 1s a yard Fine Cordain Irish Cloths 14d a yard worth 16d Fine Setts of Table Linen at Three Guineas a Set Close by is the dealer's claim of low profits and high turnover to sustain business and rapid returns with emphasis on cheap prices and frequent customers.
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Forster’s
Charing-Cross
Portugal-Street
Clare- Market
Bridge-Foot
Petition and public meetings urge corn export ban
From Birmingham dated Nov 21 a petition signed by magistrates and merchants asks Parliament to prohibit exportation and end wholesale corn refining and distilling. A Town meeting planned a similar petition. In Warwick a mob blocked wheat in market. Appledore reports a yacht crew drowning and a crewmember saved after boat collision with a ship’s cable. Newcastle notes a mine accident at Longbenton Colliery killing two and injuring others.
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Liverpool
Warwick
Sherborne
Appledore
Northam
Biddeford
Instow Quay
Newcastle
Longbenton
George Rawling
Adam Hunter
Sinker
Ralph Unthank
Port News From Falmouth and Deal Nov 19 22
Shipping notices show vessels arriving and sailing from Virginia for Hull Lisbon West Indies and Dieppe Plymouth Dublin and Jamaica. Crown ships Hawke Vestal Roebuck Glasgow East India Yacht and privateers plus seventy three outward and homeward bound ships listed.
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Falmouth
East India
Nottingham
Calne
Great Britain
London
Betsey
Apollo
Lyon
Dawkins
Friendship
Elizabeth
Pelling
Hannah
Nancy
Perpus
Augustus Cesar
Jamaica
Unlawful Engro sser and Corn Price Law Debate
In London, discussion unfolds over the meaning and application of statutes restricting buyers who resell corn at profit. The exchange weighs whether millers and bakers fall under the law, and debates if milling byproducts like flour or starch evade the restraint, citing authorities and differing opinions.
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Dalton
Coke
Epigram and dispatches from the price of liberty
The fragment narrates an epigram about M d t and Joan Stepping in to defend him while exposing a false calm in his mission. It lists public manuscripts on failed plans at Fort Fouras Rochefort and critiques council disagreements. Reports from Spithead ports ships and privateers, and notices of clerical livings, a sheriff’s fine, an Edinburgh privateer, and a death at Pail Mall.
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Tom
M—d—t
Rochefort
Joan
Fort Fouras
Charter-Houses Square
John Reeves
Question of Meal Identity in Law Sparks Frosty Debate
Letters discuss whether Wheat Meal falls under exceptions for barley and oats in making mat or oatmeal. Debate contends unclear laws create misery and riots over Boulty Mills demolitions, with supporters claiming rioters acted to aid magistracy and enforce law. PHILANTHROPOS signs.
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Boultey Mills
Sam
Philanthropos
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William Bullock
Mariner
Bath
Mert
New Inn
Strange
Pierropa Cortona
Golden Head
Henrietta-Street
Covent-Garden
Robert Shepiheard
Richmond
Surrey
Jon Pullein
Edmund Chamberlayne
Bedford-street
Covent-Gardens
John Pullein
White Lion
Bugden
Huntingdonshire
Great North Road
Jonny Shenton
Epward Marshall
Francis Sarjant
Thomas Nicholls
Rupert Muspay
William Longland
Kit’s End
Welwyn
Baldock
Biglefwade
Stilton
Williams’s Saddle
Harnefs
White House
Southampton Street
Bloomsbury
Oxford Road
Hanoverquare
Chariot
Cae Newith
Penmorfa
Carnarvonshire
Humphrey Owen
Las Ynys
Harlech
Merionethshire
George
Maiden
Newton
Dorchester
Dorset
A. Dimple
Earl of Godolphin
Hobgoblin
Leeds
Hampton-Court
N.B
Maperton
Heerfay’s
Lavington
Wiltshire
Alfo
Swymmer
Dimple
Blaze
Country
Birmingham
Portmouth
Spithead
Knowles
Admiral Holbourn
Downs
Hardwick
Sampson
East Indies
West Indies
Phenix
Jersey
Dunkirk
Brest
Virginia
Bristol Galley
Pool
Newfoundland
Bristol
Marseilles
Amterdam
Lisbon
Jane
Forster
Belfast
Edinburgh
Black Rocks
Girvan
Scotland
Poole
Pinney
William Huddleston
Brent
South Brent
Somerset
Bath and Wells
Henry Mosely
Batchelor
Laws
Thurley Cum Riplé
York
Francis Brownis
Compton
Suffolk
W—n
Pail-Mall
Philip Faulkner
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