Paris Merchants control duties at Versailles amid royal reform
Fragmentary report notes the six Bodies of Merchants of Paris maintaining duties before, while Farmers General offered to manage them for years. The Comptroller General kept the system with Merchants, who would supply 1,800,000 livres to rebuild Versailles wing. Empress of Russia agreed to buy Marquis de Theirs cabinet paintings for 460,000 livres, including a Bacchus by Eyheps valued at 30,000. Duke de Vandiillon died. Count de Perigord named chamberlain to the Count Patrols.
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Paris
Shema
Palace of Versailles
Russia
Eyheps
York News Reports Customs Cargo in Whitehaven
News from Whitehaven describes a revenue boat cargo seized for customs including 405 gallons of brandy and 46 casks of tea, loaded at Skin It and lodged in a royal warehouse after rapid dispatch from Friday to Monday. Lord Strathmore funds relief for Tees flood sufferers. 500 was sent to Rev. Bramwell for Yorkshire aid. Obituaries note deaths of Rev. John Wollin, James Doughty, and Richard Roundell.
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Country News
York
Whitehaven
Gilfred Lawson
Strathmore
Yorkshire
Tees
Barnard Cattle
Yarm
George Bramwell
Hurworth
Earl of Bute
Verona
Copenhagen
Struensee
Geer
Bengal
Savoy
Duchy Court
Yesterdey
Court of Exchequer
Thomas Bennett
Derby
Francis Lycett
John Bird
John Lewis
Mr. Bennet
George Irvin
East India Company
Thomas Townshend
Young
St. Thomas’s
Southwark
Pantheon
St. James’s
Hughes
Whitechapel
John Pailey
Richard Webb
Denmark Street
Scho
Maritime arrivals and outbound ships list in harbor
A dated shipping round lists vessels and routes with arrivals from Quebeck Glasgow Dublin and Rotterdam. Notable ships include the Duke of Grafton Duchess of Gordon Wynn Mary Haley and two coasters bound for Boston New York and Grenades. Several vessels from Lisbon Alicante Liverpool and Waterford are also noted arriving or departing.
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Duke of Grafton
Royal Charlotte
Duchess of Gordon
Wynn
New York
Mary
Tinmouth
James
Tunis
Dublin
Naples
Africa
Wallace
Granades
Caroling
Lowley
London
Carolina
Dolphin
Williams
Alicant
Motherbank
Ditto
Dito
Nancy
Thyer
Bonny
Goodwin
Mogadore
Whitworth Reports Approved Ways and Means Resolution
In London February 20 1772 Sir Charles Whitworth announced from the Committee of Ways and Means that the prior resolution was agreed to by the Committee of Supply the day before.
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Sir Charles Whitworth
Committee of Ways and Means
Committee of Supply
Royal family marriage approval reform urged in parliament
A parliamentary address urges action to fix gaps in marriage approval laws for descendants of George II. The text notes a dedicated effort to require royal consent for marriages within the royal line, excluding issue from those marrying into foreign families. It reports condolences to the king and petitions from Freemasons for incorporation, plus various parliamentary queries and local incidents of crime, politics, and society.
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Aidis
George the Second
Wales
Ayr
Commons
Duke of Beaufort
Society of Free and Accepted Masons
House of Commons
Amy Nesties
Monmouthshire
Monmouth
Gloucester
Bath
Bristol
Bristols
Thames
Maidenhead
Berks
William Windham
Richmond
Surry
Twickenham
Middlesex
Theodosius
Lord Villiers
Lord Hertford
Jersey
Countess of Grandifon
Ireland
Printed for G Ksafly at No. 1 Ludgates Street
A compact Omaha style notice records distribution of printed goods for G Ksafly positioned at 1 Ludgates Street. The line presents a storefront location and publisher reference with no further context.
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G. Ksafly
Ludgates Street
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Old Bailey
James Bowman
Thomas ‘Bellinger
Trinity House
Todd
Leatherlane
Holborn
Dover
Princess of Brunswick
Calais
Hiber
Ribchester
Lancashire
Morton
Blackburn
Thomas May
Fish-street-hill
Esther Croome
St. Luke’s
Chelsea
Great Tower-Hill
John Stewart
Virginia
Alexander Purvis
Purvis Hall
Berwick
Oxford Street
James Warburton
Christ- Church
Edward Rayne
County of
Suffolk
John Wheble
Paternofter
Theatres Royal
Drury-Lane
Mr. Garrick
Barry
Reddish
Aickin
Abington
Younge
Mr. King
Mr. Moody
Mr. Dodd
Mr. Love
Miss Hayward
Mrs. Baddely
Miss Pope
Mr. Vernon
Parsons
Mr. Baddely
Covent-Garden
Mr. Ross
Smith
Mr. Savigny
Mr. Woodward
Mr. Yates
Bensley
Mr Shuter
Mattocks
Dyer
Clark
Yates
Macklin
Green
Bulkley
Thompson
Mr. Foote
Davies
Weston
Didier
Gardner
Jewell
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