Notable Obituaries and Crime Reports Arrive from London
A summary of recent deaths and incidents: Matthew Buckingham, Esg, ex lieutenant in the Navy, dies. Hoggata, Body Coachman to the King, dies at Kew. A pony racing from Shoreditch to Enfield road completes the distance in 48 minutes amid bets. New dollars from the Herione circulate. Clerkenwell parish to repair its ruinous church and build a stone steeple. Marriages at Hoxton between Hughes and Pepper and Phillips and Cross, brides connected to Hoxton workhouse. A fire at Hitchin, Hertfordshire, destroys over 20 houses. A woman in the Temple survives a fall into the King's Bench Walks and is cared for at Dunstan's. Highwaymen rob post-chaises on Hounslow Heath. a thief named Ugly Joe is jailed at New Prison for pocket picking on Ludgate Hill. At the Old Bailey, nine prisoners are tried. a boy is sent for seven years for stealing lawn. Arthur Clark convicted for buying stolen casks and faces transport. others discharged or acquitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthew Buckingham
His Majesty’s Navy
Kew
Hoggatta
His Majesty
Shoreditch-church
Ten Mile
Enfield Road
St. John
Clerkenwell
Hoxton
Hughes
Pepper
Phillips
Cross
Hitchen
Hertfordshire
White Fryars
St. Dunstan’s Parish
Hounslow Heath
Joseph Dean
Ugly Joe
New Prison
Ludgate Hill
Daniel Crawley
Benj. Tomkins
Robert Everet
J Mason and Co
Arthur Clark
Hog-lane
Oxford -Road
Sarah Mort
Joseph Wright
Patent Elixir Claims by Dr Walker Faces Scrutiny
A fragment references Dr Robert Walker and a patent elixir titled Genuine and True Original Jesuits Drops, described as Hepatisy lore tpe. The text is incomplete but points to an inventor promoting a health preparation with religiously tinged branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Walker
Fleet-Lane
Old-Bally
Doftor
Mackinder
King-street
St. James’s Square
Horton
Portsmouth
Brown
Bristol
Jordan
Urie
Bose
Tver
J. Wessels and Co. N.B
Walker
Egland
Eniland
Scotland
Americas
London Post Letters On War And Canada Gains
A long letter from Britannicus defends hawkish war policy and Canada victory, arguing Britain’s conquest secures Nova Scotia and the St Lawrence. It contrasts French focus on Europe with British strategic recall of Hawke. Additional notices discuss oats abuses and price impacts for travelers, plus dispatches from Holland, Berlin, Breslau, and Paris on sieges, troop movements, and naval actions.
Peace preliminaries hint cede Louisiana to Britain
London reports a paragraph asserting that one article of peace preliminaries would cede all Louisiana to the Crown of Great Britain. Berlin says Baron Munchhausen remains in the King’s camp to define terms for an accommodation with the Empress-Queen while Paris and Vienna seek agreement on principal articles. Madrid notes M. O Dunn, former French minister at Lifton, arrived from Paris at St Adefonso after the journey.
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Ferdinand
Staten
Hanau
Affenheim
Friedberg
Prince of Conde
Buibach
Oltheim
Lufa
Berzen
Wilbel
M. de Caithes
Carben
Francfirt
Seine
Andrew Lamoureux
Blaie
Cape Francois
Bourdeaux
M. Fouquet
Marquis de Blenac
Amiable Rene
Almeyda
Spain
Porto Ferraio
Corsica
Turin
Madrid
Alfayates
London
Louisiana
Great Britain
Berlin
Baron Munchhausen
Vienna
France
England
Germany
M.o’dunn
Lifton
Paris
St. Adefonso
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London Evening Post
Plenipo
Edward Hawke
Admiral Hawke
Britannicus
P.S
Duke of Bedford
Pitt
Grace of Bedford
Canada
William
Quebec
Queen Anne
North America
Erith
America
Cape Breton
Nova Scotia
River of St. Lawrence
Lam
Andrew
Phe Art
The
Agi Vil
Birmingham
Holland
Arshal Daun
Scharffeweg
Moravia
Upper Silesia
Bohemia
Prince of
Belling
Egra
Carlsbad
Breslau
Schweidnitz
Prince Ferdinand of
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