Vast Atlantic convoy movements and coastal incidents detailed
Letters from Corke dated Sept 8 describe ships bound for Quebec sailing from the Cove with a strong southwest wind: Generous Friends Simpson Farley Bell Industry Kenney Love and Frederick Swanson Hoffington Jobson Francis Moore. Extracts note Argo bringing home Leeward Islands convoy with Governor Stewart aboard and Mermaid carrying transports to America. Reports cover multiple ships parting from Argo near lat 38 55, weather at sea, and ongoing naval activity as merchants fear losses. Also noted are inland works, parish poor relief, a mad dog sighting, coroners writ, hangings at Tyburn, a Bow Street assault, suicides, burglaries, trials at Old Bailey, and grain prices in the Corn Exchange.
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Love
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Moore
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Hanwell
Ann
Duncan
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Cellenton
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Crombie
Haday
Exchange
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Davis
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White
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Fellett
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65Th Regiment of Foot
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Bow-street
John Fielding
Thomas Slop
Hore
Sanderson
New Prison
John Pritchard
Ruffelcourt
George Inn
Drury-lane
Abingdon Races and September Auction Fragments
An OCR fragment lists Abingdon races on Tuesday September 18 with prizes including fifty pounds for all ages won by Cryson, and a sweepstakes over two heats. The program continues with Wednesday events for four mile heats and a plate, featuring horses from Lord Waithaim and others, plus multiple entries and forfeits.
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Mr. Mitchell
Cryson
John Shelly
O'Kelly
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Eclipse
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Mavor Pant
Bertie
N. Bailey
Lord Waithaim
Mr. Vernon
Niobe
Mr. Be'lin
D. Pe
Mr. Moyoy
Jolly Roger
Jacob Widcate
Lay
Ecliste
Fly
Ssi
Abingdon
Tycho
Julia Sadley
Free Fox
Mr. Mayor
Yetts
Jaco
Wheat
Dunbar
Otho
Mr. O'Kelly
Lane Day
John Mayor
Salt
Domitia
Captain Bertie
Julius Ozfar
Mr. O’kelly
Scipte
The Ton Lady Barrymore Envy and Elegance Examined
A period portrait of Lady Barrymore tracing her rise from marriage to the Earl of Barrymore to widowhood and social scrutiny. It weighs her wit, motherly care, charitable acts, and public fascination as rivals decry faults while admirers praise virtue and gentility.
Crude Satire on a Beauty Statue in The Lapiz Painter
An excerpt mocks a reigning beauty, attacking respectable innocence and attire while defenders praise her virtue. The piece ridicules suitors wanton in envy, condemning whispered favors as vanity and hypocrisy, praising natural beauty embodied by Zedy Barryin as the model of perfection.
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Zedy Barryin
Lapizs
Ot Rie
The Gardener's Kalendar and Propagation Guide
A pubished volume detailing the Gardener's Kalendar with monthly tasks on propagating fruit trees, flowering times, and plant care. It includes sections on gardening principles, a basic introduction to botany, and notes on plant transplantation and pruning for seasonal success.
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Vlu
Cienec Wiey
Vacsey
Matory
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