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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 05, 1769
Page
2
A corrected transcript from Middlesex Journal presents a poetic transcript praising humane treatment of animals and warning rulers and ministers against tyranny. The piece contrasts nature’s virtue with oppressive power, urging mercy and restraint, and cites a prophetic verse on governance and human bondage.
Mr Goff invites ladies of the kingdom to a genteel country retreat near Buckingham Gate for pregnancy care. Pregnant women in towns or country may board at a pleasant house with gardens, within a mile of the location, with hourly stagecoaches passing by for easy travel. Mrs Goff and Mr Goff, surgeon and midwives, reside at Pall Mall facing St Albans Street.
To Mr Norton surgeon Golden-square London February 17 1769 John Good writes he has taken your drops and is cured of a dangerous obstinate fistula since September 1767 He endorses the medicine and urges public knowledge noting cures of leprosy scurvy ulcers fistulas piles and general relief He mentions sales at 68 shillings and references to reputable references and inscriptions on the bottle
Fragmented OCR text discusses liberty, Parliament, Magna Charta, rights, and Septennial Parliaments. Mentions circulating library near Exeter Exchange, printers and publishers, and a letter from Jak Ketch on northern Britain with extraordinary matters expected next winter.
London reports the death of Honourable George Townshend at Park Street near Grosvenor Square after a four day illness. He was aged 53 and a senior admiral in the White Squadron, uncle to Lord Viscount Townshend, and noted as the grandfer of the late Earl of Winchelsea. The item also lists the special jury foreseen in the Earl of Finkfax versus John Wilkes case.
Reports from St George's Fields describe a clash between a Scots guard regiment and an Englishman sparked by insults to Mr Wilkes, decided under his windows. Other court actions include theft from a coach, domestic assault cases, a drunken innkeeper’s murder attempt, and a dramatic publican discipline.
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