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Early 18th Century Notices and Advertisements Mix Fiery Riot Accounts and Potent Medicines
A dense jumble of legal, commercial, and medical notices. among them a violent riot description with constables and soldiers, proclamations about fires and arrests, oil seed sowing contracts with free seed offered, warnings about a runaway wife and debts, and vigorous patent medicine ads for worm remedies, royal acids, and cures for scrofula and horses, all dated around 1717 to 1718 with various London locations and coaches listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norice
Clementslane
Lombard Street
Mary
Edward Chapman
Mary West
Deptford
Kene
Caulker
Caulker and Mariner
Mary Chapman
Bath
Bristol
Thomas Baldwin
Crown Inn
Slough
Windsor
Bowling Green House
Sarrazens Head
Friday Street
One Bell
New Church
May Pole
Strand
John Tilley
Horsts
Swan Yard
Somerset House
Tho. Brabant
Chequer Yard
Charing Cross
White Hart Inn
King’s Bath
Tholfel
London
John Moore
Abchurch Lane
Malcolm Gilles
West Indies
Paracelluas van Helmone
Haydon Yard
Bradbury
Golden Ball
Kingstreet
Tower Hill
Minories
Lawrence
Marren
Hatton Garden
Exeter