English Turn in Governor Selection in Scotland Debated
Fragments discuss replacing a Scottish adviser with an English candidate amid tensions over national allegiance. A letter from An Orp Governor urges English preference, noting repeated Scottish doctors and English governors, and ends with a call for an English choice to avoid partiality. The item also includes a Palladium foreign fashions critique lampooning gender dress and social norms.
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Tam
Orp
Palladium
Churchill
France
Fenice
Miss Molly
Fidelia
Scarcity, prices, and public distress in 1764 London
A letter to Mr Meares laments rising prices and harpies exploiting the poor, linking provision scarcity to epidemics and potential unrest. It urges relief for the hungry, criticizes policy makers, notes Ireland and Spain trade tensions, and calls for action to prevent fever and famine. Included are notices, editorials, postal ads, and local deaths with reports from London and Cornwall.
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London Evening Post
Meares
Naples
Ireland
Spain
Utmo
Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
County of Cornwall
Beery A
Great Britain
Tifchingen
Prince of la Tour
France
Newfoundland
Davis
Linnen-draper
West Smithfield
William Field
Throgmorton-street
Pyecroft
Aldgate- Ward
Welch
Ladale-street
Irving
John Turvin
Gilston
County of Hertford
Throgmorton Street
St. Bartholomew’s Church
Royal Exchange
Lisbon
Taeus
Bardana
Hill
Baldwin
Jackson
Bockteller
St. Jame’s Street
Edinburgh
London
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Scotland
England
Sam
Hummanus
Earth
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Polly
Juno
Foch
Reading, Brrks
Adit
Dafoe Dure
Joan
Mary la Connick
Lon Don
Havanna
Fundiaman
Havannah East India
Canina
West Indies
Norway
Straits
Dunkirk
Deal
Duncan
Antigua
Li Blond
M’nasmara
St. Kitt’s
Ruby
Montgomery
Virginia
Gronard
Max
Leghorn
Lowns
Beaufain
Curling
Carolina
Hunter
Christill
Venice
William and Jane
Mounder
Portsmouth
Wind W
Covent: Garden
Drury-Lanf
London Bridge
India
Pe. C.consol
Navy
Pre
Navy & Vict
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Long Ann
Turlington
Birchin-Lane
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