City debates general importation of goods by subscription
Merchants and mechanics met to decide if the city should favor general importation from Great Britain. A motion was proposed to continue non importation or shift to importation with tea and other duties. Subscriptions favored importation, and a committee sent requests to Boston and Philadelphia for concurrence.
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New York
Gazetey Fuly
Great Britain
Boston
Philadelphia
Sweden
Mr. and Co
Hollan
Senate
Morea
Versailles
Europe
Vienna
Prussia
Moravia
Paris
d’Aiguillon
Embden
Delfzill
Ems
D’onetto
Sandoval
St. James’s
England
Duke of Portland
Marquis
Rockingham
Earl of
Berborough
Aubrey Beauclerc
George Byng
Edmund Burk
Buxton
Harris
London
Adare
Alderman Wilkes
St. George’s Fields
Common Council
Court of Common Council
Antiquities and mining reports from Aldborough to Woolley
A混county dispatch details Aldborough relics found during turnpike work, noting 216 feet of foundations and three foot thick walls. Also reports Lt Col Robert Day in the East India Company's service, Woolley mining pits for silver, and trials of a perpetual motion machine by James Story of North Shields.
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Country News
York
Tne
Aldborough
Robert Day
Newcastle
East India Company
Leeds
Woolley
Bearnsley
Sheffield
London
James Story
North Shields
Canterbury
Lord ‘Chatham
Calcraft
Ingress
Oxford
Duke
Marlborough
Litchfield
Abingdon
Macclesfield
Craven
Wenman
Charles Spencer
Blackstone
Landaff
James Dashwood
William Stonehouse
Banks, Jenkinson
John Peshall
Gordon
Bertie
Plymouth
Patie
St. Audrew’s
Appeas
Johnny
Groat
Globe
Mount Lecombé
aHuxham
Margrave
Strande
Maes
Robert Ladbroke
England
Commodore Palliser
Cockburn
Marsage
Devonshire
G. Colebroke
Bart
Honourable East-India Company
Roike
Smadé
Payne
Italy
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Savanna
Georgia
St. Augustine
Quebec
Canada
Zavier Rabo
North America
Foote
Ross
Edinburgh
Burford Races
Oxfordshire
Warwickhire
Mr. Ogilvie
Duke of Cumberland
Lord Grosvenor
Burford
Bow Church-yard
Cheapside
Milk-street
Marshal’s Court
Board of Green-Cloth
Charing-Cross
Gansell
Whitfieldlite
Stockum
Lynn
Norfolk
Elmsley
Kennington Common
George Innon
Snow Hill
Tyburn
Pennyworth
Blackmoor
Unis
Baxter
Tyan
Catalog of 18th Century Books and Oddities
An OCR fragment lists various works and topics including agricultural guides, a garden culture treatise, a vocabulary in English and French with accented forms, a copper-plate view of word formation, and an Oracle fortune-telling card pack. It mentions prices and notes the items appeal to churches, private families, and general readers.
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Aimerica
Halifax
Harpschart
Hilary
Chambaud
Europe
Medical Complaint Remedies in Early Printings
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of ailments and cures including absorbs, swellings, jaundice, rheumatism, worms, and cholic diseases. Mentions fore ce of the mott power Bath and seats adder swelling. The text is garbled but indicates a medical remedy or preparatory note for various illnesses.
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