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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 07, 1770
Page
3
Fragmentary items report a fresh alliance urging abstention from foreign tea and goods under the non importation spirit. Mention notes John Tromp named Advocate General in Vice Admiralty Court, and locals pledge renewed support for constitutional rights amid ongoing import restrictions.
In Cork on March 29 Roger Maf fe faced charges after handing a forged note to a reader to read for him, allegedly from a servant near the city who is Dennis Connor's wife. The intended victim was shocked by the scandal and police lodged examinations. Maf fe was committed to the city gaol awaiting proceedings.
A London date line reports the Kent petition presented at St James's by Calcraft Gordon Sawbridge and Townsend, and the Middlesex remonstrance. Lords sat late while Commons expected to. a Board of Trade meeting at Whitehall included Byron and Cockburn. Writs issued for Eye Suffolk seat. Lord Melbourn created in Ireland. The Countess Effingham arrived from Petersburgh. Earl Temple to Stowe. A messenger prisoner asks for relief, and debate over Wilkes enlargement continues. Lord Mayor and City officials issue mandates. political alliances form amid speculation on Pears and ministers. Reports on prosperity, subsidies, elections, and naval ventures mingle with social items and London life.
A jumble of fragmented ads and names from a London era page. Mentions include James, Parry, and Parflow figures. references to Marlborough Street coffee houses. Mitcham and Surrey locations. and scattered merchant terms. The text is garbled and partial.
By Virtue of Letters Patent granted to Edward Bevan carpenter of Piccadilly London a Venetian window was constructed using a novel plan to cast different shades on the façade. The invention includes a patent pulless system designed to be unobtrusive and not easily perceived. The notice invites ladies and gentlemen tradesmen to procure the blinds with ready money on reasonable terms.
A damaged OCR fragment notes Mrs. Ann Shackleford of Winchester and a prefixed marketing mutuals or instructions for chafing provisions. It mentions An Essay on aliments or foods by a physician and sales at No 65 St Paul’s Churchyard via T Carnan and Fy Newbery.
A letter from 1770 praising John Norton surgeon of Golden Square London for a cure of inveterate scurvy with Marchant's Drops. The testimonial notes relief from leg sores stomach sickness cough and breathlessness and invites others to visit Norton or authorized sellers in Snow Hill Smithfield Crosby Square Fleet Street Paradise Row Rotherhithe and Paternoster Row to confirm efficacy.
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