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Notable Deaths and Press News From Hampstead to London
A quiet noble youth died at Hampstead son of Nathaniel Booth Esg admired for promise. Reports claim a Neutrality pact between Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel and Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel. Cannons reportedly mounted on Isle De Dieu. French conjecture a secret expedition against it. Ships bring prisoners. several vessels captured or sunk near Gibraltar and Algiers. Lottery drawing at Guildhall yields prizes. counterfeit coins circulate. Local officials elected and marriages noted in Yarmouth and Norwich. Obituaries from Edinburgh and London record deaths of Marion Hamilton Kinloch Coomas Greening Michael Lally Thomas Richards George Painter and others. A Covent Garden gang tale recounts thefts and escapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampstead
Nathaniel Booth
Stade
Hefle-Caffel
Brunswick-Wolffenbuttle
Isle de Dieu
Brett
St. Maloes
Torbay
Leghorn
Anna Maria
Hampton
Miala
N. Sdel
Bustain
Gibraltar
Cape de Gatt
Mary
Elizabeth
Christian Kerkan
Stockholm
Formby
Joseph
Bristol
Jamaica
Lisbon
Guildhall
Joseph Cotman
Yarmouth
Thomas Churchman
Norwich
John Smith
Long Ashton
Jarrit Smith
Woolner
Jaft
St. Katherine’s
Tower
Thomas Dunkley
Sally Crompton
Savage Gardens
Towes Hill
Edinburgh
Rofe Hall
Marion Hamilton
Sir Hugh Hamilton
Kinloch
Gilmerton
Brentford
Coomas Greening
Ruffel Street
Michael Lally
Thomas Richards
Bishopsgate Street
Walthamstow
George Painter