Uncertain Appointments and Public Distress Reported
A London era dispatch notes requests for the vacant see of Soder and Man as the Duke of Athol emerges as a favored choice, while complaints rise over Carlisle house sales and creditors of Mrs. Cornelys. It also tallies street crimes, accidents, and charity distributions amid a broad urban chronicling of 1772 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Barnwell
Drury-lane
Spitalfields
Ifé
Str. James’s-street
Londons
Weskminster
Wapping-freet
Justice Camper
Nowag
Deptford
St. George's Fields
Winchester
Excise
Mr. Pinches
Black Horse
Strand
St. George’s Fields
Peter Barker
Samson
Elevn
Tinufe
Gracechurche Street
St. Bride’s
Demands on the Estate of William Hyde and Son
Persons having demands on the late partnership at Cornatore Magpye Alley Fenchurch Street London and on the separate estate of William Hyde urged to defend accounts with Mr Daniel Harris Tinman Gracechurch Street who will deliver them to the Trustees. Debtors to the estate to apply by Dec 29. £772.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hyde
Cornatore
Downstream shipping notices and bankrupts in December
Dezl and several East-India and Jamaica bound ships sailed or stayed in the Downs with winds from the east. Deal reports no ships in the Downs on December 24 and 25. Debtors’ list shows multiple bankrupts with required surrender dates at Guildhall London and notices of final and interim dividends for creditors including Gorney, Cox, Gee, Saunders, Capes, Wolton, Peate, Mendes, Billing, Moor, Cornelys, and Taylors, with associated attorneys noted.
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Dezl
Deal
Downs
Ee Deal
N.N.E
Esther
Harvey
Jamaica
Hanbury
Hardle
Barnes
Barbadoes
Lamb
Miles
Plymouth
E. N.F
John Gee
Sharfon
Cheshire
Cromptonsy
Manchester
Lancashire
Daniel Saunders
Cote
Isbury Upon Trym
Gloucestershire
Aude Potter
Fountain
High-street
Bristol
Thomas Capes
Tower of London
Guildhall
London
Joseph Wolton
Cole-stairs
Wapping
Middlesex
Samuel Peate
Hounslow
Egham
Lurry
Ter
Lewis Mendes
Zachariah Billing
Fore-street
Cripplegate
Issac Moor
Woolwich
Kent
Cooper
Teresa
Cornelys
Carlisle-house
St. Anne's
Soho
Westminster
William ‘Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Cornhill
Mercer
William Taylor
Hynners ‘Tayler
Piccadilly
St. James’s
Westthinster
Leake Pill for Venereal Disease Promotion in London
By His Majesty's Letters Patent I recommend Leake's Pill famed for curing venereal disease and other chronic ailments. Two shillings sixpence per box. a single pill per dose. Sold at the Golden Head in Bride Lane and by numerous merchants in London and towns from Bath to Gravesend.
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Leake
Golden Head
Bride-lane
Fleet Street
Vache
St. Alban’s Street
Pall-Mall
Mcsic-shop
Fithh
Robertson
King Street
Deptford
Hancé
Gravesend
Fisher
Rochesteri
Wife
Tonbridge
Walker
Maidstone
Wood
East Grinstead
Langley
Parking
Ruffel
Guildford
Blackman
Reading
Grange
Uxbridge
Hull
St. Alban’s
Newman
Ware
Frost
Balfamic Tincture claim for cure of the scurvy
A letter from a user reports his wife was cured by Balfamic Tincture after severe leg ulcers and continuous pain. The note directs inquiries to No 77 Little George Street and lists wholesale and retail sale points at 3s 6d per bottle, with a notice on common scurvy symptoms.
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Little
George-treet
Portland
Charel
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Dottor
Chapel-streety
Wardour Street
Soho
Charles Browni
Remarkable Cure Promoted by Merchant’s Drops in London
A London letter to Mr Norton extols Merchant’s Drops as a cure for leprosy, scurvy, ulcers and blood disorders after a long illness from drinking small beer. The writer, John Haines of Berwick Street Soho, claims full recovery and urges readers to verify efficacy at Norton’s shop on Golden Square. Numerous shop samples and endorsements are listed from various city vendors.
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Marchant
London
Berwick-street
Soho
John, Haines
Aug
Norton
Golden Square
Piccadilly
John Norton
N. B
Maredant
Mrr. Norton
S-Ap
Piddington
Show-Hill
West-Smithfeld
Kearfly
Dudgace- Street
Robertson
Banner of
Rotherhithe
Keen
Fleet ‘Street
Sharwell
Adelphi
Strand
Deering
Newport Street
Long Acre
Mr. Smith
Paternoster Row
Pryor
Craven-street
Street
Borough
Bristol
Steatford
Turlington
Dr. Anderson
Agnes
Sc. Anthony
Dr. Hooper
Raceman
Benjamin Godfrey
Stoughton
James
C. Gratis
Quack Surgeon Advertises Cures in 1740s London Pub
A late surgeon on the Antigallican Theodorick and Resolution offers a private cure for the French Disease at the Black Eagle and nearby Brewhouse in Smithfield. He markets medicines, boasting extensive practice since 1740 and promising no diet or business disruption. He lists tonics, pills, oils, snuffs, and more with fixed prices and claims rapid cures.
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Theodorick
Resolution
Black
Lower
Fafte
Smithfield
King’s
Squire Dickinson
Maudlin
Reats
Lord Anson
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