Plague Advicelets recalled troops to Dalmatia
London Gazette reports the Health Magistrates recall units along the Iftria frontiers after favorable plague news in Bosnia and the Dalmatian front. It notes lines being drawn and the Venetian envoy sent for aid, with details of arrivals and ceremonial events in Florence and elsewhere. The page also lists bankruptcies and dividends notices, and reports Commodore Harrison arriving to Florence as Minister Plenipotentiary. It closes with a Paris crime summary of twenty soldiers seized near Heredon for multiple assassinations including the killing of a woman and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bosnia
Dalmatia
Iftria
Florence
Mame
Earl Cowper
Earl of Tilney
Berlin
M. de Ziethen
Prusia
Prussia
Wilhelmina
Margrave
Henry
Sohom
St. James's
Charles Duke of
Leghorn
Harrison
England
Paris
Heredon
Weight and measures reform in the realm and court notes
The document reports that wholesale and retail sellers previously acted arbitrarily in weights and measures. A new standard is set for all provinces, with penalties including fines of 1000 marks, infamy for public officials, and imprisonment for the unable to pay. The item also surveys court life in London, naval activity, prizes, marriages, deaths, and various local anecdotes from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Treasury
Hambugh
Orany
Vienna
Autinia
O’hara
Allison
Wandsworth
George Nelson
Grover
Horse and Groom
Portugal-Street
Lincoln’s-Inn- Fields
Rolls
St. Mary, Rotherhithe
John Tobin
Mullins
Academy
Woolwich
Mortlake
Surry
Phillips
Globe Tavern
Pall Mall
Sarah Catlin
Great Langley
James Coulfan
Jaft
Compton-street
Clerkenwell
Price
New River Company
Patrick Cannon
Charing-Cross
Bedford
Nottinghamshire
Bothwell
William Bothwell
Ely
Earl Bothwell
Mary
Queen of Scots
Tregarm
Llangafny
Janet Ferch William
Lecky Lloyd
Griffith Ap William
Griffhap William
Alice Ferch William
Morgan
Red Lion
Sadler’s Wells
Wiliam Gill
Bass
Samuel Carber
Charles Taylor
Stafford Assizes
Leicester Elector Petition Letter 1765
A dated 30 September 1765 letter from Obedient humble Servant John Palmer to the Gentlemen Clergy and Freeholders of Leicester County seeking unanimous nomination to Parliament after his late father’s death. Palmer thanks the electors for the favor and pledges faithful service and duty at the election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homas Barber the Younger
New Sarum
Wilts
Guildhall
London
John Mather
Manchester
Fareham
Alexander Fargoson
West Wirton
County of York
Blick Swan
Bedale
Joseph Brooke
St. James
Clerkenwell
Middlesex
Bristol
Bush Tavern
Corn-street
William Bush
Gracechurchftreet
Joseph Merryman
Minories
Francis Broom
Marlborough
Walkinton Kilbinton
St. Paul
Shadwell
Tess
Earl of Bute
Bath
Church Street
Spiralfids
Paris
Neuchatel
Moutiers
John James Rouffeau
Pensacola
Surinam
Florida
Paison
William Ashbambham
Paene
Pancras
Mr. Aldrige
Chelsea
Newport
Shropshire
Thomas Barrate
Newmarket
Theourse
Cain
Battle
Lxning
County of
Leicester
Futher
John Palmer
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Veenize, OG
Lon Doom
Richmond
St. James’s
Queen’s Palace
John Moore
Christ Church, Oxford
Dukes of
York and
Gloucester
Chapel Royal
Earl of Delawar
Tate
Earl of Chesterfield
Africa
Hague
Barom Viry de la Perriere
Sardinia
Holland
Great Britain
Count de la Marmora
France
Turku
Marseilles
Bagdad
Georgia
Porte
Elliot
Hanover
Willian Burnaby
Bay of Spirito Sando
Mounfort Brown
Tiette
Hamburgh
Webb
Downs
Bombay
Earl of Lincoln
Rinfe Jans Matter
Heeren Jooster Matter
Neva
Amsterdam
Worcester
Richard Packington
Elephant
Oxford
Packington
J. T
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