Middlesex and Westminster urge wartime subscription drive
A 1759 London notice records a county and city meeting at St Alban’s Tavern urging a voluntary subscription to fund able bodied landmen for His Majesty’s forces. Proposals authorize bank deposits, distribution as bounties, and payments to officers, with surplus funds to aid militia volunteers. Endorsed by Lord Newcastle and other dignitaries.
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Glyn
Limdon
Chamber of London
Chamblain
Hodges
Guildhall
Mrp- Clesex
City and Liberty of Westminster
St. Alban’s Tavern
St. Alban’s Street
Great Britain
Viscount Ligomer
Duke of Newcastle
Newcastle-house
Committees Call for Militia Quota at St Albans Tavern
A 1759 notice reports a meeting of Middlesex and Westminster Nobility Gentry and Freeholders at St Albans Tavern to recruit able bodied men for the King's forces. Promises of bounty and a Trois month to year deployment term are stated, with enlistment at Vestry Room of St Martin in the Fields for October. Admiralty notices announce trials for high seas offences and future sessions in March and October.
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County of
Middlesex
Wesminster
St. Alban's
Alban's
Westminting
Drummond
Charing-Cross
Bacwell
Campbell
Cooper
Snow
Strand
Great Britain
Lereby
Admiralty Office
Admiralty of
England
Furuce-Hall
London
Admiralty
Clevland
Forster's Garment Fabrics and Household Linens Sale
Irith Sheeting and fine ditto goods are offered at low yard prices. Including tablecloths napkins damask diapers damasks curtains and cloths in various fabrics. Also listed are corset fabrics frills borders and large range of bed linens and towels. The advertisement touts cheaper prices than before the market advance.
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Stong Irith
Lge
Enigs
Ac Forster
Ar Gharnig-Cross
Lang Arkera Ee Alswood
Cortons
Corrain Irith
Arrau
Eure
Military dispatches from Europe report shifting fronts and Allied movements
Letters from Silesia and Saxony describe Russian progress on the Oder, Henry’s forces near Torgau, and Daun aligning with the Empire against Meffer and Finck. French and Allied troops vex the Swedes and fortify Hombourg while Strasbourg’s supply boats move upriver. BeLeife resigns from public duties amid age, Pompadour travels for change.
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Silesia
Oder
Poland
Glogau
Saxony
Magthall Daun
Bautzen
Dresden
Meiffer
Finck
Strehla
Prince Henry
Hoyerfwérda
Ruhland
Wehla
Torgau
Finch
Ackeran-Marche
Manteuffel
Horke
Francfort
Konigfein
Strasbourg
Mayn
Gieffen
Wirtemberg
France
Germany
Hombourg
Ohm
Paris
Marshal Beileifle Hac
Prince de Soubise
Duke de Choiseur
Marchioness de Pompadour
Caartres
Anniversary of the Coronation and Allied News From Derby
The morning bells marked the coronation anniversary with noon compliments to the throne. Derby reports great joy at Quebec news, with illuminations and a grand procession to the Town Hall, then to the Virgin’s Inn for an evening of celebration. Reports from Cologne note Hanoverian Imhoff securing Port between Münster and Main to cover attacks, while Saxony’s Daun writes of not fearing battle against the Prussians as Haul moves toward Bohemia with Maj. Daun and Fouquet’s magazines.
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Lon Odon
Monckton
Derby
Quebec
William Mansell
Townshend
Munster
Main
Saxony
Laudoln
Marthai
Daun
Pruffia
Fouquet
Bohemiiy
Strehlen
Beige
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Werminster
Adiddlesex
Holles
Wiliam, Beauchamp Prefor
George Cooke
Cornwallis
John Croffe
City
We of
Westminster
Barrathiam
Edward Leeds
Lyne Mahcon
York
John Egerton
Chester
Heber
Holbourn
Mr. Ravenscroft
Wrexham
Denbghshire
Lieber
Stockport
John Swindell
Swindel
Peter Swindele
Macclesfield
Betty
Samuel Allen
Betty Allen
Samurral Allen
Benjamin Busby
Bicester
Oxford
Hosier
Michael Horton
Amersham
Busby
Wolverhampton
George Inn
Robert Silvester
Stafford
Mr. Silvetter
Robert Silvetter
Mary Hayse
Roseert Silvester
N. B
Trowbridge
Devizes
White Bear
Piccadilly
Crown Inn
Thatchem
Holland
Berlin
Mr. Pitt
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