Calcutta conquest and mutiny intrigue and public notices
Minutes recount the Calcutta surrender, the land sea command led by Clive and Watson, the capture of Chandernagore, and a plotted treaty to secure power with Omichund. Narratives cover Allied pensions, Nabob revenue, and postscript items on monarchic monuments, locust plagues, coffeehouse chatter, and public notices of executions and financial fraud.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
Serajah Dowla
Madrass
Admiral Watson
Clive
Adlercorn
Capt
Coote
Col
Chandernagore
Watson
Pocock
Mr. Watts
Muxadabad
Col. Clive
Omichund
Meer. Jaffer
Ominhund
Serajah
Lushington
Meer Jaffer
Secret Committee
Nabob
Bengal
Muxadavad Compared to London in Wealth and Offers
The speaker describes Muxadavad as vast and populous like London yet populated by individuals with vastly greater property. He notes making the greatest offers on property and other matters, which, if accepted, would have left him with millions the current Court of Directors could not dispossess him of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houi
Vienna
Baron van
Swieten
Stockholn
Fyne
Linkioping
Wadstena
Nykyoping
Malmo
Abo
Hernoland
Madrid
Old
Castile
Warsaw
Pennania
Admiralty Office
Newcastle
Leith
Glasgow
Gibraltar
Minorca
Paris
Fordyce
London
Sweden
Denmark
Madras
Tanjore
Hyder
Wedderburne
Bombay
East India Tock
Watkin Lewes
Dr. Wilson
Bill of ‘Rights
Constitutional Society
Wilkes
Townsend
Malagrida
Mr. Lewes
Mr. Wilkes
Richard Glyn
Thomas Hallifax
Bauvies-lane
Finchley
Grant
Alipress
Edward Allen
Mefits
Wakefields
Pratt
Miers
Ladhlane
Aerson
Lothbury
John Fielding
Lord Polworth
Earl of Marchmont
Marchioness
Grey
England
Charles Brown
Anne Chapman
Redlynch
Somersetshire
Muxadavad
India
Gagseorwa Royal India Compo Offered by Milliner
Advertisement for Gagseorwa Royal India Compo a beauty cure praised for clearing hair and skin with a claim it regrows hair without harming complexion. Sold by Mrs Clark, Milliner at Lincoln's Inn Fields and other places in England. Price one guinea per ounce with directions. Merchants and ship captains offered supply terms and forward delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gagseorwa
Royal
India
Magenis the Dentist at Batson's Coffee House
Classified notice for dentist Magenis of Drury Lane who performs difficult dental operations painlessly, offers full sets and improvements, prices tincture and dentifrice at one shilling, and attends Batson's Coffee House near the Royal Exchange every Thursday 12 to 3. He promises no fee until complete satisfaction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magenis
Roffel-Court
Drury-Lane -Playhouse
Batson
Royal Exchange
LEMONS PUNCH ESSENCE AND STAIN REMOVER AD
An 18th century advertisement touts a lemon essence sold by multiple London perfumers. The product promises pure lemon flavor for punch sauces and cheaper fixed-season supply. It claims powerful stain removal for lace fabrics including red wine and ink spots with whitening effects. Sold wholesale and retail by William Bayley and others, price one shilling per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William. Bayley
Cockpur-street
Haymarket
London
J. Price
India House
Leadenhall Street
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church Yard
J. Grosvenor
Turnstile
Holborn
A. Rothwell
New Bond Street
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Vane
Wm. Meredith
Ald. Trecothick
Strachey
G. Eliot
Gov. Johnstone
Pulteney
Hotham
J. Turner
Onley
Geo. Germain
Sutton
Stockstone Bank
S. S. Ann
New S
Navy
White
Hill
Fracy
Lloyd's Coffee
Lombard-Street
Great Britain
Ireland
N.B
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