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Public notices and appointments from London in 1757
The Lord Mayor elect appoints Rev Dr Moore as Chaplain. A wife in Battersea has seven children within a year. Ralph Cauldwell becomes Comptroller of the General Penny Post Office. Hartwell, a brewer, dies in Clerkenwell. A Newark clergyman faces excommunication for church clashes. Spies detained near Fleet Street. a marine case in St James's Square yields a Crown. A sugar warehouse fire causes minor damage. Skilting entries list several court terms and appointments, including Sir John Ligonier as Commander in Chief and George Susith made a baronet.
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Elec
Moore
Aldersgate
John Burrish
Gardiner
Battersea
Ralph Cauldwell
General Penny
Threadneedle-Street
Litchfield
Worcester
Edward Graves
Newark
Fleet Street
St. James’s Square
Norwich
Botolph Wharf
Sktings
London
Middlesex
John Willes
His Majesty
S Court of Common Pleas
MippLeEsEx
Lonndon
London Gazette
Whitehall
Sir John Ligonier
Bath
Great Britain
George Susith
Nottingham
East-Stoke
Kingdom of Great Britain
Bawn
Robert Ragglate
Philadelphia
Broad- Street
Chapman, and Mariner
Nathan Wetherell
Stockton Upon Teafe
Durham
Mercer and Grocer
Thomas Townshend
Haymarket
St. James
Chymitt
John Waller
Red-Lyon-Court
St. Dunstan
Taylor and Chapman
William Kilpin
Mark Lane
Upholder and
Chapman
Robert George
John Ashton
Bolton
Lancaster
Mercer