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Old World Notices and Social Feasts in London and Dover
A long ledger of appointments and happenings in London and nearby towns. Hig Majasty considers John Wib to a canal post. Richard Gildart named Receiver-General for Lancaster. Dover names Col. Richard Hollingbury as mayor. Several marriages and births are reported including Mrs Wyvill’s son, and notable clergy and scholars are cited. Military moves, ship actions from Virginia to Rhode Island, and a violent crime refer to a butcher murder plot.
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Hig Majasty
John Wibb
Ae Iland
Providence
Leewards
Richard Gildart
Treasury
County of
Lancaster
Queen’s Arms
St. Paul’s
London
Richard Hollingbury
Dover
Christopher Wyvill
Fry
the Excise
Marmaduke . Wyvill
Ireland
Red-Lyon-square
Mr. Verpey
Viscount
Fermanagh
Miss Herring
Henry Herring
Page
Beccles
Suffolk
Biffe
James Bille
Hertfordshire
Luke Hind
George- Yard
Lombard-Street
Devonshire House
Kerion
His Majesty’s Board ‘of Works
Court of Common-Pleas
Westminster Hall
Michael ‘Hilfersdon
Oxford
Keblewhiite
St ‘Mary's Parish
Reison
Col. de Veil
Daventry
Bryan Cony
Loufey-Weeden
Richard
Brimley
Golden-Lane
Avery
New-England
General Assembly
Colony of
Rhode Iland
Richard Ward
John Wanton
Fay
Deceas
William Green
Christopher Phillips
Hope Jeremiah Gould
Letterstrom
St. Christopher's
Lusk
Martin
Falmouth
Princess of Wales
Shields
Sarah
Kidd
Laimore
Chester
Liverpool
Halsey
Suttle
Salisbury
Dakins
Taylor
Hampton Road
Virginia
Augustine
Cape Henry
Apus
South Carolina
North America
Flamborough
Pearse
Phenix
Fenshaw
Tartar
Annastania
Warren
Shoreham
Cuba
Wendex
Saptenes
Ubadigds Sake