Reorganization Talks and Lottery Plans in Early Affairs
Debates on restructuring a society outline appointing old deputies and directors to oversee daily transactions, books, and liquidation of debts. A royal council order will open an East India lottery with 49 000 tickets, 4000 prizes up to 20 000 livres annuity. Ambassadors report Jesuit suppression negotiations with Rome. Papal letters exchanged with Madrid and Portugal amid Consistory plans.
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Bates
Rome
Fan
M. de Marefolfchi
Aspuin
Madrid
House of Bourbon
Holy See
France
Portugal
Proclamation extends the General Court until March
In Boston on request of the Lt Governor a proclamation extends the General Court meeting from the 16th to March 4. At the Suffolk Common Pleas James Otis sues John Robinson in trespass for unspecified damages.
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Boston
New England
General Court
New York
Court of Common Pleas
Suffolk
James Otis
John Robinson
Campbell Petition Rejected by Lords in Scotland
Edinburgh February 14 The House of Lords rejects Mungo Campbell's appeal from the Court of Justiciary. His trial proceeds Monday the 26th. Stonehaven reports a gang of thieves caught at market. One man thrust a knife into David Thompson a Slater who died within an hour. Six suspects were seized and confined in Stonehaven gaol.
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Edinburgh
House of Peers
Mungo Campbell
Court of Justiciary
Stonehaven
David Thompson
Yorkshire
H——d
York
Thall
Great- Britain
Cambridge
Newgate-street
Majdenlage
Copenhagen-house
Pullen
Tilington Church
Court of Common Pleas
Westminster
Enigy
Pensacola
Smithfield
Peritone. Co
Chelsea
Earl of Chatham
Southwark
London Knavery and Royal Doings Fill Busy Day
An extensive London despatch reports a thin levee at St James's, a Duke of Richmond hosted entertainment for nobles in Privy Garden, and a late Commons session. It notes Libel cases in Doctors Commons, Jamaica dispatches on rebellion, and Denmark and Holland finances. Weathered by storms, fires, and public notices, it also mentions trials, fires, wind damage, and local deaths and marriages in London and beyond.
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Stames’s
Queen’s Palace
Duke of Richmond
Privy-Garden
House of Lords
House of Commons
Isaac Barre
Lord Hillsborough
America
Board of Trade and Plantations
Lord Camden
Duke of Northumberland
Northumberlandhouse
Charing-cross
Sir Joshua Reynolds
Royal Academy
Doctor’s Commons
Betterworth
Commons
Lord Grosvenor
London
Degtars Commons
New Geographical and Historical Grammar For Young Men
An 8vo volume by William Guthrie and others announced for sale at J. Knox, Strand. The book covers world kingdoms with concise information and includes new engravings maps set to modern time. Sold with other English and French authors in varied bindings and discounts for dealers.
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William Dodd
His Majesty
Fonpy G
William Guthrie
Kitchen
J. Knox
Near
Somersethouse
Strand
This Day Published in a Pocket Volume 38d
This entry advertises a pocket volume priced at 38d titled Genuine Memoirs of Miss Falkener and others with amours and intrigues of high distinction and political anecdotes. It notes printed for William Bingley and sold at his shops in Newgate Street and Strand with additional availability through other booksellers. Also mentions The Defence of Woman translated from Father Feogote with a low price.
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Durham- Yard
Strand
Great Britain and Ireland
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