Maitland and Virtue Tilted by Liberal Hands
In Bristol on April 27 1779 the poem follows Maitland whose virtue is tested by liberal influence and courtly promises of earldoms. The scene contrasts fixed public honor with flattery and political maneuvering as dowagers barons and Sir Robert loom, while Cato and Plato echo in a satirical roast of ambition.
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Maitland
Lowe
Cone Funaby
Cameon
Amdietus
Cato
Plato
Cirteret
Robert
Glimm
C—e
Bristol
Doctor prompts examiners on Lord Sandys death
ACARD questions whether the death of Lord Sandys from the blow mirrors Mr Clarke’s case and asks if fever or the injury caused the demise. The writer notes the denial of mortality if Clarke’s blow were mortal and mocks the idea that Lord Sandys was unwell after eating eggs and bacon.
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Gnotus
Lord Sandys
Clarke
Wilkes Election as Alderman Declared Invalid
The court holds Mr. Wilkes's election to the office of Alderman invalid and his admission by the Court of Aldermen not permissible by law. It reasons that certain offences justify removal from franchise and incapacity, and that Wilkes’s convictions render him incapable of serving. It notes his imprisonment at the time of election and cites precedent from a Cambridge mayor case.
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Wilkes
King’s Bench
Cambridge
Canada
Wen
Recorder
Doctors Commons
Tam
Fragmentary 18th Century Editorial on Recorder Conduct
A damaged OCR passage critiques the Recorder James Erez and Thomas Nugent, dated April 21 1769. It ridicules the Recorder for confusion between mayoral and Alderman roles and questions removal from franchise while debating legal principles and reform ideas.
London News in Brief From Leadenhall To Westminster
An express from Holland arrives at Leadenhall Street East India house with important advice while another from Paris signals changes in the British court. Admiralty orders and political chatter recount shifts in American and Caribbean governance as Sir Robert Bernard’s Westminster election unsettles ministers. Local incidents include robberies at Greenwich and Shacklewell, a Wimbledon Common carriage accident, and Wilkes’s social circle turmoil.
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East India House
Leadenhall Street
Holland
Earl of Weymouth
Earl of Harcourt
Paris
Count du Chatelet Lomont
Board of Admiralty
Charingeris
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Robert Ladbroke
William Stephenson
Lord Chatham
London
America
West India Islands
Preston
Bof‘tor
St. George
Robert. Bernard
Westminster
Duke of Bedford
Robert Bernard
Foreign Intelligence From The Coast And Europe
Reports from Senegal claim France continues coastal fortifications with fresh European troops to garrison them. Constantinople letters praise the Vizir for swift orders and vigilance. Vienna notes the Emperor rejects Jesuit pleas for convents. Leghorn reports a severe frost in Tuscany harming the central Valley. Rome asserts the Pope seeks to suppress the Bull Unigenitus amid clergy state disputes.
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Senegal
Africa
Europe
Constantinople
Arrezzo
Rome
France
Spain
Italy
Fragmentary 18th Century Letter Digest
In a garbled excerpt several capital houses in a city are noted to have suffered damage from spring-tide overflow from nearby isles. The text hints at a masterly Address of thanks from the Does Peet of Middlesex and mentions the H mre in a concluding fragment.
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Middlesex
Address to Electors on Elections and Parliament 1770
Robert Bernard writes to Westminster electors in April 1770 praising their choice of representative, condemning buying elections, and urging a virtuous Parliament to secure liberty and reform. He emphasizes the dangers of favoritism and the need for a panel ministry and lasting progress.
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House of Dominions
House of Commons
Robert Bernard
Northern Antiquities and Danish Manners in Old Volume
A catalog entry describes a bound volume titled Northern Antiquities or A Description of the Manners Customs Religion and Laws of the Northern Nations. It notes translations from the Edda and related works, with various bindings and publishers in St Pauls Churchyard and the English translator Goranson.
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Thum
Berland
Mont, Mallet
Dannenare
Goranson
T's- Ca
Plutarch Lives Abridged Edition For Sale In London
This Day are publised, Ti Seven Volumes, Price Ten Shillings, and Six pence sewed or Fourteen Shillings bound it Calf, embellished with Sixty three Copper Plate Cuts neatly engraved. Plutarch is praised for digressions and learning. Sold by T Carnan and F Newbery junior at No 65 St Pauls Church Yard.
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L.a.tarch
T. Carnan
F. Newbery
St.Paul’s
Plutarch
Dryden
Montague
Alexander
Adrian
Sparta
Thebes
Athens
Rome
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ACARD
Aldermen
James Erez
Thomas Nugent
Curch
Norte Town
L.inedsay
Westmingers
Westminfer
Robert ‘Bernard
Greenwich
Thames
Alderman Wilkes
Mordaunt
Wimbledon Common
Ozrs
Mr. Fitzherbert
Mr. Wilkes
Lord Sandwich
Fis
Orpheus
Peter Dutens
Esq
St. George’s Fields
St. James's Palace
Dutens
Macth-Wynne
South-Wales
Evan Morgan
West Minstery
Hamilton- Street
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