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Atomic state letters and social notices from 18th century London
A long compressed miscellany lists obits and notices from Castle Ashby to Tavistock Street. It mentions Sir Henry Elwes’s will to his nephew John Elwes, deaths of Mr Simms of the Royal Navy, Peer Wych, Benjamin Brandling the brewer, and others. The text reports aurora borealis over Leudeville and a luminous event in Wigton, plus sensational local curiosities and a postal drowning. It ends with letters debating taxes on dogs, public manners, and parliamentary reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Castle Ashby
Northamptonshire
Heney Elwes
Snoak College
Suffolk
Bart
John Elwes
Marcnam
Berkshire
Tavistock Street
Simms
Royal Navy
St. Mary Overy’s
Wednesday
Great Ormond-Street
Peer Wych
Agrculture
Society For the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactiures and Commerce
Dulwich
Benjamin Brandling
Braffcup
Arrack
The
India Company
Pawson
Biggs
Henry Sherwin
Crooked-lane
Leudeville
Arpajon
France
Haif
Wigton
Galloway
Scotland
Foun
Methodist Society
Sid
Strand
Round Court
Cutlers
Norwich
Harlow
Soron
Loz
Ambresca
Jalu
Nis
Feyrem
Gurgect
Mr. Philips
Eldomer
Lagid