A Curious Auction of Court Intrigue and Secrecy
A fragment from a period-piece scene portrays a sly auction of a “Right Hen.-runner” linked to Lord Bo and Pelfin Ireland. Characters charm ladies with promises of secrecy and finesse, as bidders place prices for a figure adept at intrigue. The dialogue hints at courtly plotting and social detente in a satirical tone.
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Lord Bo
C——I
Pelfin Ireland
Charles
Wei
Rane- Jagh
Vauxhall
C.W
Nile
Eie
Mercury
King’s Place
Cock Pit
Jupiter
Address to the Quakers in the London Evening Post Excerpt
The piece mocks a Manchester address praising loyal citizens amid royal concern for liberty. It questions support for America, hints at bloodshed and costly aid, and condemns arbitrary power while urging future freedom. The defender of rights recalls 1745 and Temple Bar, noting inconsistent patriotism and critiques the address’s stance.
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CPUR
Manchester
Temple- Bar
Charles Town
Tom Sanley
America
George
Annual City Plate Race Listed at London Ground 1795
GuILDHALL sporting calendar notes Friday next’s run for the Annual City Plate valued at 4000. Entries include Old Steady, Revolution, and Sreapy as top contenders. Commentary highlights Steapy’s prior victory, rivalries with Revolution’s progeny, Sugar-Cane’s unlikely challenge, and gatekeeping by the keeper of the King’s Meue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macura Cuarta
Steapy
Barbadoes
Rory
Remembrancer Issue IV Publishes September Selections
The Remembrancer Number IV to be issued October first will include all the late advices and authentic papers from America received in September. The plan is to select from public prints the best account of every public event. Printed for J. Almon opposite Burlington House Piccadilly.
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America
J. Almon
Opposte Burlington House
Piccasidy
Boton
London
C —1
Germany
Lora
Ben
Oliver
Sawbridge
Mr. Sawbridge
Harley
Middlesex
Mile End
Kutton
Great-Britain
Pell
Kelyne
Wilmot
Saples
S’erwood
Kaden
Robert Walpole
Richard Glover
House of Commons
Putnam
Lexington
Barnard
North America
A. Robertson
47Th Regiment of Foot
Manchester
Carlisle
Capt
Hamilton
Lancaster
Sears Gate
Lord Bute
Aberdeen
Scotland
Indian allies shift to Provincial army amid rumors and intrigue
A lengthy dispatch details Naraganset Montuck Noantic and Mytte Indians backing the Provincial forces in the Northeast, with Meheagan and Stockbridge tribes courted. It notes transport costs for North America, smallpox in Bolton, and chaotic political intrigues around London factions, including Harley Oliver Sawbridge campaigns and municipal governance.
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Noantic
Connecticut
New York
Meheagan
Stockbridge
Conneticut
North America
Bolton
Long Island
Thomas Dawson M D Late Physician to Middlesex And London Hospitals
A second edition with additions of a medical work on goat rheum and vism. Includes curary cema ks and the method of trial. Thomas Dawson M D is noted as late physician to the Middlesex and the London Hospitals. Printed for Liflex Strand and Johnson Faul's Churchyard.
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Xycera
Thomas Dawson
Middlesex
London Hospitals
Strand
Johnson
Faul’s Churchyard
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London Evening Pol
Lucian
Cockrit
Whitehall
London Evening Post
Iour
Guildhall
London Evening Pott
Azrad
Lsex
William Harvey
Ciswell
John Conyers
England
Edward Harvey
Postscript
Norwich
Pune
Great Britain
Hartford
Newcastle
Sixtra
Portsmouth
Thomas
Anne
Luke
Phosaix
Footer
Mecaterey
Walterer
Joan
Hill
Plato
Gerrish
Andero
Liberty
Beedle
Estes
Blumber
Grant
Harcout
Belton
Viney
Surryside Black Friars Bridge
Putney
Marshalfe
Kimber
Bear’s Garden
Ratcla Highway
Inik
Kelso
John Stevenson
University of Edinburgh
Bruce
Glasgow
Andre Faults
University of Gipow
Latt Sarandly
Ratsgate
Kent
Susannah Woodyer
Walworth
Rose
Butcherhall-lane
New Zateskreet
Perner
Camverwell
Peuner
Slone-Maiss
Blackfiar
India
South Sea
Dito India
Disto
Consol
Iter
Richedson
Goqsdluck
Cornhill
Charing Cross
Goodluck
Charing-cross
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