Burford 1758 Public Health and Legal Notices
In Burford Oxfordshire August 30 1758 town authorities certify that smallpox is purged from homes and proper cleansing methods are used with aid to the poor. a list of overseers and local officials is given. A fair is announced for September 14 with details of charitable benevolence and governance. London Sept 6 1758 announces protection of a new edition of The Fortunate Country and Margi Jones memoirs. proprietors deny illicit copying and announce publication.
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Buxford
London
Margi Jonels
France
Renal
Fragmentary OCR Teases Local Item
A fragmentary OCR snippet provides limited readable facts about a local item. Readable elements hint at a brief report or notice but lack clear names, dates, or places to confirm specifics.
Bonded sale prices for spirits by the Puncheon and ships
Advertises bonded warehousing and delivery options for brandy rum and arrack with per gallon and per quart rates, including discounts for trial purchases and direct to Amos Wenman at the Royal Exchange. Notes carriage free for quantities of at least one gallon and acceptance of returns on wines.
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Cuttons-House
India
Ros
Amos Wenman
Royal Exchange
Samzies
Tilbury Water Promises Health Across Ailments
An 18th century advertisement extolls Tilbury Water as a remedy for heartburn fluxes and various bodily weaknesses, noting benefits for pregnant women and children. It claims to soothe scorbutic eruptions, coughs, asthma, and the gravel, and suggests consumption with a small amount of alcohol for warm climates. The piece lists distributors in London and nearby areas with pricing and bottling details.
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Tilbury
Bristol
T. Meadows
Cornhill
Henry Goddroth
Old Bethlem
J. Davis
St. Albans-Street
Pall-mall
Mfr
John Gamble
Gravesend
Fihaller
N. B
Tilbury Water
Henry
Ireland Letter Bulletin on Louisbourg News and Local Marriages
Letters from across the kingdom report extraordinary sightings connected to the capture of Louisbourg last week. The Right Reverend the Lord Bishop of Kilmore reportedly married Mrs. St. George of Henrietta Batter. A man gathering nuts near Tullamore died, and the Lord Mayor presides over a Maydaen matter at Eaton's Quay about eight weeks ago.
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Ireland
Dublin
Fereeks
Sampbell
é&Iton
French privateer snow chases British pilot boat off Girdles
Aberdeen reports a French Privateer Snow of five or six guns and many swivels, with about a hundred men, chases a British Pilot-Boat three leagues off the Girdlenges. The ship is long and low-built with a fiddle head and goose stern, sails set, flying mast top gallant sail, no try-sail. It bore away to the north and appeared fast.
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Edinburgh
Aberdeen
Snow
Incoherent deal report touches ships and names
Fragmentary news item lists ships and people with scattered names such as Popplewell Hymers Kufelin and Dawood. Mentions destinations North America and Peneriffe with unclear actions. Overall content is garbled OCR with no clear event or outcome to describe.
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Hannan
Ic Bolton
Coward
Itne
Indiaitry Ward
William and Shop
Popplewell
Clead Hymers
Datas
Kufelin
Davifop
Voyage and Expedition against Senegal and Goree
A tar in a London letter recounts the late voyage by the Swan from Plymouth via Tenerif to the Libyan coast then Senegal. The narrative covers encounters with two French merchantmen, landing at the Libyan coast, King Amer, Queen Anna, and at Senegal a Dutch supply ship, Gum cargo, and a French fortress at St Lewis. It describes river actions, bombardment, capitulation, prisoners, and hostages, with losses and endurance in heat and surf.
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D-O_N
Senegal
Gorec
London
Piyarouth
Tenerif
Canary Islands
Postendenck
Amer
Lybia
Guiney
Theix
Anna
George
Bar
St. Lewis’s
Swan
Goree
Nis Liland
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Lagu Calter-Coures de
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Mr. Jorden
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Paul Sylvester
William Chapman
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Robert Castell
David Lea
William Chavaffe
Edward Anf
Thomas Kimber
William Young
Edward Chavade
Thomas Soundy
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Thomas Clare
John Smith
Joseph Smith
Wall Summerfield
John Garfield
Thomas Legg
Edward Dene
Thomas Hene
Aac Warner
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John Datis
William Minchin
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Jeph Blexiey
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Abe Orig
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