Smythe Reports Court and Ministerial Moves in 18th Century Era
Smythe recounts court life and political shifts, noting Lord Keeper, Oxford, Bedford, Jersey, and Beaufort in royal chambers. Mention of Waldegrave appointment, Amherst resignation, and Sir Fletcher Norton versus Wolfran Cornwall for Speaker. Also covers ships, pensions, and local crime notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl of Waldegrave
Earl of Jersey
Duke of Beaufort
Duke of Buccleugh
Jeffery’ Amherst
Fletcher Norton
Charles
Wolfran Cornwall
Lord Camden
Chiffelhurst
Fragmented historical musings on empire and virtue
The fragmented text reflects a Victorian style meditation on youth, experience, and the rise of empires. It names ancient figures such as Alexander and Cato while musing on how empires were founded and the steps by which they rose to grandeur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Cato
Aea
Providence and decline in ancient and modern empire
The text argues that ancient history reveals how great rulers shape empires and that providence governs events, determining the rise and fall of kingdoms. It reflects on the progress of arts and sciences, the moral order under the Supreme Being, and warns that nations resemble a body passing through growth and decay, predicting current decline and debt-driven peril for the speaker's country.
Wider carriage wheels praised in Middlesex Journal
The Middlesex Journal comments on adopting larger wheels for carriages as a rational improvement. It argues high wheels allow the horse to exert full power without diminishing force, reduce road damage, and improve smoothness over uneven surfaces. It notes some objections about turning and warns the change is spreading and practical.
Small Fragments Describe Archival Item
A compact, partially legible note cites wheels and measurements with references to hind parts and a count of eight. The text resembles a catalog fragment or scientific shorthand from an early notebook, with uncertain fields and missing context. No clear event or named entities are identifiable.
Memoirs of Miss Bolton Seduction and Misfortunes
Publication announces a memoir recounting the seduction and harsh treatment of Miss Bolton. The narrative is alleged to draw on original letters to Dr. Kelly and other authenticated papers, printed for Fell at No 14 Paternofter Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolton
Oler T
Middlesex
Fell
Paternofter
Pamela: Memoirs of James Parry in Herefordshire to Monmouthshire
An 18th century pamphlet advertisement describes a two volume edition of James Parry Memoirs. It notes Parry’s affair with a Miss of Monmouthshire and claims the work is written by himself. Published by J Lever Littly Moorgate and other booksellers in towns including St Paul’s Churchyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morpeth
St James’s
Thomas de- Javal
Francis Eyre
Elgis
Capt
St. John
Edgar
Plymouth
Carpenter
Dover
Trevanion
Sir Thomas Hales
War Office
Edida
de Wiatiaves
Wilkes
King’s Bench
O'Hara
Senigginhia
Groeremas
Great-Britain
Pensacola
Distin&ion
Bond-street
Ivan
Stockholm
Britain
Pruffia
New York
Grav
Holland
Guelderland
Il Pox
Gravesend
East-Indies
Fastor
Erandon
Milford
near-Lynn
Cheapside
Ter
Red Lion-Street
Spitalfields
Old Bailey
Richard Loft
Edward
Collier
Middlesex
City of London
Guildhall
Newgate
John Stedman
Oxendon Street Piccadilly
Newington
Butts
Edwards
Seething-Lane
James
PARRY
Tate
Ross
Herefordshire
Monmouthshire
J. Lever
Moorgate
Moorfields
St. Paul's Church-Yard
Evang
Pr. Baldwin
Bladon
Notter
Pearl Essence for Teeth and Gums Claims Superior Efficacy
Daerist to her Majesty and Amelia announce a newly discovered Pearl Essence of Pearls Demirrice for teeth and gums. It promises elegance and enamel preservation, whitening teeth, stopping decay, curing gum scurvy, and improving breath. Sold wholesale by Hemet and Bayley in London shops, retail by J Price and Leake in Bath. Price 28.64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxfar
Wincote
Wrandsworth
Surrey
Whitner and Preffer
London
William _Jefferson
Newcastle
John Hazard
Clement’s- Enon
Wollen-Draper
The
Middlesex Journal
Ee Philoep
Ehip
Richard
John Bell
Exeter
Raham
Crooked Lane
Monument
Francis
Armstrong
Luckenbooths
Edinburgh
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