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Public notices from 1717 archives reveal thefts and medical cures
A broad set of notices describe desertions from a royal regiment, stolen trunks, fugitives offered rewards, and warnings to avoid trusting an unfaithful spouse. Advertisements promote medicinal elixirs, dental preparations, and various tonics claiming cures for scurvy, goat attacks, and digestive ailments, along with shop items and calendars for September 1717.
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Spain
Europe
Hague
Marquis Beretti
London
Holland
Bolonia
Peterborow
Oober
Genoa
Cagliari
Rome
Marseilles
Ftill
East Lidia
Col
Husk
Maj-fly
Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards
Worcester
Barth
Ako James Willson
Coll
Rook
Regiment of Foot
Customhouse
Benjamin Beard
Dolphin
Thames Street
Water Lane End
Thomas Barret
Poppit
Wall
Wm Wall
Barnaby Freer
Southwark
William Warin
Martin
Noblestreet
Oldstreet
St Giles’s
Cripplegate
Stougshron
Jamaica
Sweden
Ffteen
Agnes
Bartholomew Lane
Great Britain
Piedgmont
Sardinia
Ireland
Hampton Court
Jacksons
Count Gyllenborg
Earl of Peterborow
Bologna
A. Boyer
Covents Garden
Royal Societies
L Ducon
Paris
Asia
Africa
North America
South America
Germany
France
Italy
Flanders
Swecen
Norway
Fungary
Murcovy
Suabia
Ancient
Greece
G. Willdey
Corney Af
Ludgatestreet
St Paul’s
Perton