Haunted House rumor sparks police hunt in Bow Lane
In Cheapside a voice cried you are all damned from Traddmans House but authorities suspect it was an apprentice’s prank through a broken pane. Meanwhile a man from Mini Street is jailed in Southwark for alleged felonies and robberies with others. Prisoners move between Bridewell gates as Newgate and Old Bailey sessions near.
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Traddman
Bow-Lane
Cheapside
Fom
Mini- Street
Southwark
Bridewell
Tothill Fields
New Prison
Notice to creditors of Leonard Dix estate in London
Persons who have not deliverd in their demands on the estate and effects of Mr Leonard Dix of Kings Head Court Holborn London carpenter deceased are desired forthwith to deliver them. All indebted to the estate should pay to Mr John Frearson at the Oxford Arms Inn Passage Warwick Lane London.
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Leonard Dix
King’s Head-Court
Holbourn
London
Carpenter
Deceas
John Frearson
Oxford Arms Inn
Warwick Lane
Bond Street
Piccadilly
Saint George
Hanover Square
Robert Brooks
Bicknall and Co
Wildman
Cheapside
Ma Gregg
Thomas Apostle’s
Windsor and Company offer state lottery shares at two offices
The State Lottery is selling tickets and shares through Windsor and Company at their State Lottery Office near Temple Bar and another office in New Bond Street. Shares available in fractions from half to sixteenth with payments at night and easy terms.
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Windsor and Company
Temple Bar
New Bond Street
Hanover- Gris Leas
Los. d
Trial of Catherine M'Kinnel for Murder in Traquair Parish
The indictment in Dumfries circuit court states Catherine M'Kinnel alias Peasty Servant to John Clerk of Lagellay was tried for the murder of her child. A verdict of guilty was returned and she was sentenced to be executed by hanging at Dumfries Folk-horCh, with her body to be given to surgeons, after confinement on bread and water until the execution.
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Edinburgh
Duthfies
Catherine M’kinnel
John Clerk
Boynes
Lagellay
Traquair
Stewartry
Kirkcudbright
Fee
Dumfries
Navigational Update from the Downs and Naval Departures
Port New 3 Dial details remain in the Downs for Men of War and outward-bound ships. Ships Revenge Chatham Richmond Seahorse and Mary Wright bound for Louisbourg appear with the Appearance Weirge for Stockholm. Winds shift from E by N to N W.
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Dial
the Downs
N. Deal
Downs
His Majesty
Revenge
Chatham
Richmond
Seaherse
Mary
Wright
Louisbourg
Weirge
Stockholm
Wind N. W
Address to Militia Men and Soldiers on Defense of Britain
A London address appeals to Militia Men and Soldiers, led by Somerset’s Lord North and Sir Charles Tynte, to trust Parliament’s Militia Act as the country’s security. It refutes claims of sending them abroad, outlines pay, service terms, and rights, and praises the Militia as a noble defense for England. It notes preparations for expeditions, troop movements to Cape Breton, and new appointments under Generals Hopson and Townshend.
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London
Somerset
Spekes
Lord North
Charles Tynte
Barong
Prowse
Bamfylde
America
Plymouth
Wich
England
Sips
Cape Breton
St. Case
Col
Townshend
Portsmouth
Robert Skeen
Hopton
Foot
James Cunningham
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A. Brabins
Bishopsgate Street
South Sea Coffee-house
Bishoufeate Street
Devonshire Street
Bigvou
N.B
Kent
Surrey
Lert
Louse
Mitre-Coure
Fleet-Screer
Navestock
County of Essex
Ongar
George Hill
Taylor
Mesfrs
Wear and Taylor's
Lemon-Street
Goodman’s-Fields
Roo
Christchurch
Southamprton
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