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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 20, 1739
Page
3
The notice lays out three race days starting October fifteenth with a thirty pound subscription purse for three heats, a twenty guineas Ladies purse on October sixteenth, and a forty pound Town purse on October nineteenth. Rules require six days’ entry notices, weights by horse age, and entrance payments with penalties and provisions for arts, music, and balls for the ladies.
The Adventurers in Deeping Fenn who owe Mr Blackwell the treasurer 3s 4d an acre due at Midsummer last are warned to pay by the 4th of October or their lands will be put up for sale at the White Hare in Spalding, Lincolnshire, for non payment.
In Southwark on Sept 20 1739 Elizabeth Stuck or Hucks signs a note about fine Holland shirts found by a countryman near Mile-End. The shirts including a pattern shirt were offered for sale, and a person detained on suspicion of felony at Surrey County Gaol after inquiries at Sir John Gate's.
A 1739 posting from Salisoury lists Adion Morriss and John Léake as deserters from Lord Cavendish's Regiment and Capt Browne's and Capt Lovell's companies. They are described by height, age, origin, complexion, and marks. A reward of two guineas plus act-of-Parliament bounties is offered for apprehension and delivery to the Bali bury order.
In Reading Berkshire a deserter from the Regiment of Foot under Hon. Col. Humphry Bland and Cape. Robert Hamilton is sought. John Fowles, aged 22, 5 ft 8 in, born Compston Shropshire, with light brown hair and a scar, is offered a pardon if he surrenders within 14 days. Reward of two guineas noted.
A London recruitment notice describes Joseph Thomas a 28 year old wool-comber born in Guichester, 5 feet 3 inches tall with dark complexion and thick under lip. He deserted from the 9th Regiment on August 26. A large reward is offered by His Majesty's gaol keepers for capture and delivery.
A Royal Regiment of North British Fusiliers recruit, John Holland, age 16, brown complexion and hair, five feet six inches tall, deserted from Andover on the 12th instant after consorting with Lieutenant Bernard Harrisori in Cambridge on the 18th of August. A reward of two guineas is offered for information leading to his capture, with further reward per Parliament. Information should be given to the Commanding Officer at Andover or Captain Alexander Wilson in Queen Street, Westminster.
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