Prize Drawings and Miscellany at Guildhall and City Notes
Notices of prize drawings with numbers and prizes, Stratford the apothecary’s escape and alleged location, a conjurer case at Guildhall, pardons for four men, royal appointments for Plymouth, Vesuvian eruption reports, ships sailing from Falmouth, and a petition to keep rice duty free. An advertisement promotes Warren’s Imperial Mix of Roses as a skin preserver by Richard Warren with distribution details.
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Guildhall
Stratford
Fleet-market
Dunkirk
Morgan
John Cole
Thomas Griffiths
Thomas Wayte
George Tremble
Croydon
Prince of Wales
Ghosen
Plymouth
Duke of York
Resina
Hanover
Todd
Lyon
Halifax
Jefferies
New-York
Hillsborough
Groves
West- Indies
Falmouth
Paterson
Warren
Richard Warren
Marybenne-street
Golden Square
London
Mr. Cook
Paternofter-row
N.B
Marybonne-street
Worthy Freemen urged to abstain from voting in Chester
A 1767 notice from Chester asks the city’s freemen not to engage their votes as a candidate plans to stand. It dates November 23 1767 and warns they should refrain from electoral influence in the upcoming General Election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Chester
Anglesey
Beaumaris
Hveun Williams
Peuth
Monmotern
Newport
Usk
Election canvass letters from Derbyshire and neighboring counties
A composite of 1760s political letters from Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders in Derbyshire and surrounding counties. Petitions express gratitude for support, pledge to promote king and country, and request continued backing at the upcoming general elections in Bedford Northampton St Albans Cornwall Devon and Exeter. Notables include George Cavendish George Clarke and others urging loyalty, public service, and readiness to canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dersys Gentemen
Eyaving
Tam
Derby
Abe
George Cavendish
Dery
Kine George
Sutton
G. B
Clarke
Fucrat
County of
St. Alban
S. OH. Radliffe
Havin
Cornwall
Bodmin
Bleun
Boli
Tour
Mt. Auebyn
MoaLe- Worth
Exeter
J. Parker
Causes of Corn Dearness in the Kingdom Pro Patria Letter
In a Pro patria letter the author argues physicians must diagnose social distempers before remedies. He lists causes of rising corn prices: high rents, taxes on essentials, large farm consolidations, export bounty, more horses, reduced plowing with oxen, lack of anti engrossers laws, inconsistent weights and measures, market regulations, import bans on live cattle, farmer luxury, and city growth. Drawbacks are called deceptions that do not aid commerce. The postscript claims such drawbacks enrich knaves.
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P. S
Patriotism in Hard Times and Lottery Cash Calls
To the Printer of the London Evening Post DeMockitrus urges that English patriotism shines as men fund public needs at 1.5 percent, buying lottery tickets at double value. MERES notes fears for colonial trade if manufactures rise. Mercator flags crown lands to small farms for laboring poor, boosting supply and lowering prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Mr. Meres
Mangs
Growler
C. DeMockitrus
Barthen
London Evening-Post
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Eleftian
Monmouth
Eby
Mr. Bathurst
Fabbid
Sven
Andy
John Otepney
O&j
Henry Harpur
Town of
Bedford
Amy Gentomen
Gardington
SaMuel Whitbread
Lown Ane Corporation
Northampton
Ravenrine
Fen
Geo. OssorNe
Geo. Bripees Rooney
TTL
Thomas Howe
Ireland
Lam
Genilenen
Sx Alban’s
St. Alban’s
Duler
Joan Radcliffe
Alogi
Santre
Vee Bay Kiermen
Sr. Alban
S. ‘Tour
Villiers
Richard SutTon
Devon
Leece
Windmill-Street
N. B
Paris
John Ray
M. A
England
W. Otridge
New Church
The
Strand
W. Cooke
Royal Exchange
S Bladon
Paternoster Row
G. Pearch
Cheapside
W. Harris
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
5. Steare
T. Peat
Fleet-Street
J. Robson
C. Parker
W. Shropsuire
Bond-Street
J. Ridley
St. James’s-Street
H. Turpin
St. John- Street
R. Smyth
Holbourn
Woodfall
Charing#cross
Fréderit
Lancaster
J. Cavendish
Tancaflez
Postscript
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