Vast 1718 Dealings and Maritime Appointments in London
An OCR fragment lists ships and captains bound to Jamaica, Guinea, Barbadoes, and Gibraltar alongside a royal appointment for William Stanhope to Turin. It also advertises stock prices, a theft notice for a brown cart mare, and various medical tonics, cosmetics, maps, globes, and patent remedies sold in London shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Orober
The
Downs
Gibralter
Wind S. W
Bondo
William Stanhope
Mdditd
Turin
India
South Sea
Tiburn Field
I. B
Joseph Baker
Paddington
William Villers
Farryer
Brewerstreet
Bloomsbury
Wright
Fleecstreet
Borrie
Lockton
Griffin
Bucklersbury
N. B
Royal Society of London
Royal Academy of Paris
Europe
Asia
Africa
America
Great Britain
Ireland
London
Germany
France
Spain
Portugal
Italy
Hungary
Sweceland
Norway
Murcovy
Flanders
Swabia
Greece
England
Ogleby
G. Wildey
Ludgate Street
St. Paul’s
Advertisements from a London publisher list in a historic issue
A dense ad page promotes multiple 18th century publications and venues. It includes letters and satirical pieces by Sir James Baker, mentions tocsins of marriage, and lists prices and retailers such as J Roberts in Warwick Lane and D P Pratt by Hungerford Market. It also advertises a book on cures and a radical account of self abuse, with distribution at several shops near Temple Bar and the Royal Exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scowerin
Walkers
Abi Ag Giles
Reet
Sassopi
Haydon Yard
Buttonian
James Baker
Fair Six
Kit Cze
Squire Budgel
J. Roberts
Warwick Lane
Cupid
J. Brotherton
W. Meadows
Black Bull
Cornhill
A. Dodd
Temple Bar
J. Harrison
Castle Ally
Royal Exchange
King’s Arms
Hungerford