Westminster Hall Meeting Urges Petition to the King
An 1769 Middlesex issue urges Westminsters electors to attend a Westminster Hall meeting to consider a petition to the king. The letter praises independence, warns against corrupt agents, and calls for freeholders to defend liberties and elections with firm, manly conduct.
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Middlesex Journal
Westminstery
Wefeaminster-Hall
Middlesex
Bordon
Erie
England
Wales
Devax
London
Ireland
Brentford
Middles
Westminster Hill
Protests over Kensington turnpike road conditions
A letter to Kensington officials argues the Knightforidge to Kensington route harms public safety and wastes ballast on narrow footways. The writer cites frequent traffic, accidents, and increased maintenance costs due to a crowned, narrow road and churlish driver behavior.
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Knightforidge
Kensington
Road Improvement Proposals From Edward Cooper
Edward Cooper argues for widening and paving major roads near Kensington to improve safety and reduce long term costs. He urges expansive, well-built thoroughfares, noting cost savings over narrow roads and recommending paving the Love Lane segment with appropriate materials to prevent recurrent ballast waste.
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Parlias
London
Kensington
Palace Gate
Edward Cooper
Seedsman
Duel in Hyde Park Affects Middlesex Journal Reply
R Green apologizes to the public for not answering letters about the duel with Captain Douglas of the Navy in Hyde Park. He cannot now swear an affidavit due to lack of chancery matter, and promises to respond in the next Middlesex Journal issue. The Fleet sheet is No 154, dated Friday evening August 4, 1769.
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R.green
Douglas
Navy
Hyde Park
Purlic
Middlesex Journal
Fleet
Middlesex Journal aims to rebrand as Kinggate Gazette Chronicle
A letter claims the Middlesex Journal will change its title to the Kinggate Gazette or Halland Chronicle and be run impartially and truthfully, like Braffels Gazette. It notes Mr Alexander’s case, praising the Journal for presenting evidence in his favor and urging broader publication of a favorable detail unseen by others. The writer, signing as a lover of mercy, urges royal clemency considerations.
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Kinggate Gazette
Halland Chronicle
Braffels Gazette
Alexander
F Mutt
Middlesex “Journal 18
Aled
John Brown
Billy
Brown
France
Ford
Gattick
Shakespeare
Abeut Segates
Ito
Alee
Thas
Suffolk
Becket
Strand
Vauxhall
Corte
Taylor
Sursy
Mand
Avielagt
Barnstaple
Devon
Benin
Barntisple
County of
Ander
FBI
Courk
Ieee
Sean Poi
War across kingdoms and Russian victory reported
A battered dispatch notes growing war tensions as Confederates press attacks and Fenish forces align with presumed Turks. A courier reports a Russian foray under Prince Gallitzin defeated 600 Tartars near Kalas after capturing Fort Chocuim, while Ruffians retreat and panic spreads.
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Ruffansarng
Benider
Chopzini
Warfanyl
Prince Gallitzin
Jaffy
Chocuim
Kalas
Ruffianis
Berg
Right Hon Earl of AL sails from Berkley Square for Bagshot
A fragmentary Gazette note reports the Right Hon Lord Al bemafle leaving Hill street Berkley square for Bagshot in Surrey. It mentions his resolve to spend remaining days in England if health permits and hints the Princess Dowager contemplates no overseas travel for a time. It covers court whispers, lottery tickets, and political commentary with various unnamed persons and events.
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Eton Don
Earl of Albemafle
Hill-street
Berkley
Baghhot
Surry
England
Tessenger
Brunswick
Richmond
Horné
Lasic
Chervalier
France
Tate
House of Bourbon
Charlotte Burgoyne
Grosvenor-square
Earl Jof
Copenhagen
Sweden
Werhear
Nelson
Epsomi
Genem
Farnham
Guildford
Boother
Stock and Bond Listings From an Early Finance Page
The passage lists various securities with old formatting and abbreviations such as bank stock and bonds from 3/4ths and 1/2s. It mentions India ditto values, South Sea ditto, Ann ditto, and percent notes, including reduced regulations and several dated issues like 1726 1751 and 1762. Names, values, and fractions indicate a market-rate ledger from the period with numerous shorthand notations.
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India
South-Sea
Eee
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Ratreots
Waddlesex ‘Journal
Proftees
Kensington Turnpike
The
Stocck Ss
Diute Ladie
Dino
Peerore Navy
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