Robbery and assault near Alderbury Shoot disrupt Southampton fair
A poor man traveling with cloths near Alderbury Shoot was attacked by two footpads who demanded money and refused a watch. He sustained a head blow, was robbed of about 37 shillings and a small bundle, tied to a tree, and later lodged at a farm. His horse found at White Parish. Also reported: John Heaton’s dog death after biting incident and deaths of Hon. and Rev. Mr. Howe in Wishford Magna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bradfoot
Lancatha
Trery
Southampton
Alderbury
White Parish
Birmingham
Fune
John Heaton
Penn’s Mill
Mr. Howe
Lord Chedworth
Wishford-Magna
Private letters reveal French gold threats in England
Parts of a private Hague letter discuss clerks at a Paris banker dismissed for discussing large remittances to England before the peace. American and European reports note Russo-Spanish tensions, volunteer inflows, and governmental financial strains. News from New York, Plymouth, and Falkland Island recounts political shifts, naval actions, and court appointments, with scattered observations on British affairs and social events.
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London
The
Hague
Paris
England
Morea
Zant
Corfu
Napoli di Romana
Assembly of New
Buenos Ayres
Falkland Island
Fort Egmont
Crown of Spain
West Indies
R——y
Otetter
Andrew Stuart
Count Chatelet
Earl of Egremont
St. Jamies’s
Bruhl
Jamies’s
St. James’s
Birth Night at St James's and Court Notices
A personal note recalls a great figure's reduced cheer on birth night at St James's. News from London covers Duke of Cumberland's farewell to the Princess Dowager of Wales, nobles visiting Lord Holland in Kensington, and his continued recovery. Ship arrivals from China and Atlantic routes are listed alongside new roads in St George's Fields, a convicts plan in dockyards, a fine for catching whitebait out of season, and a Boulogne arrest. Also reported are Bow Street murders and Guildford Races details and results.
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Itas
J——s
Duke of Ze
Cumberland
Princess Dowager of Wales
Carlton-house
Germany
Wales
Brunswick
Lord Holland
Kensington
France
Holland
London
Middlesex
John ‘Eardley Wilmot
Richardson
India-house
Downs
China
Jackson
Triton
Elphinston
Hector
Williams
Nottingham
Stoakes
Granby
St. Helena
S Ee
Falmouth
Jamaica
St. George’s Fields
Black-friars-bridge
George’s
Surry
John Strecker
Meif. Warner and Johnson
Austin-friars
Johnson
Boulogne
Strecker
Michael, Richardson
Peter Conoway
Newgate
Bow-street
William Venables
John Rogers
Richard Lee
Guildford
O’kelly
Eclipse
Death notices from Execution Dock era expose varied mourners
Grace the Duchess of Grafton mourns Hans Miss Courtenay maid of honour. Died at Execution Dock Thomas Barnard tallow chandler worth a fortune. Merchants Fox bookseller Holborn Wil, artin Shadwell Bennet Berkeley Square John Waldron watchmaker Cornhill George salesman Billingsgate. Tilington Mrs Evans relic of Samuel Evans Esquire.
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Peuthertis
Wir
George
Billingsgate
Tilington
Evans
Samuel Evans
Port News: Ships Arrive and Depart From St. Kitts and Jamaica
Falmouth May 2 Mary Hanks sails for Venice with Deal Funeac wind SW. Indiaman Deptford arrives. vessels depart for River and ports including Orley Beach Sandy Point Gibbons Antonetta Butler Polly Jamaica Blue and Orange Oliver Antigua Triumph Armadon from Liverpool. Numerous arrivals and departures include Duchess for Lisbon and Lord Campden from Virginia with many ships listed from St. Kitts Antigua Jamaica and other Caribbean ports. Gravesend June 5 Venice Packet Jolliffe from Trieste and multiple ships moving to and from Antigua Jamaica and the Caribbean with arrivals from London reported at the Marquette Shore.
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Port News
Falmouth
Mary
Hanks
Venice
Deal
Funeac
Wind S
Jamaica
Oliver
Antigua
Triumph
Arma
Liverpool
Fure
S. W
Duchess
Manchester
Cilley
Lisbon
Deptford
East India
India
Lord’ Campden
Johnson
Virginia
Thomas
Shore
Granades
Aes
Walsh
Neptune
Stevenson
Dominica
Martha
Guillaim
Nevis
Adriatick
Woolridge
Ancona
Turnbull
Bailey
Tortola
Polly
Bunbury
Norway
Hosiery Sale Promotes Silk Hose to Undercut Imports
An advertisement from a hosiery shop at the Strand near Beaufort Buildings promotes a large stock of silk hose and related items sold to customers for ready money with fixed prices. It proclaims greatly reduced hosiery prices compared with typical shops, asserts superior quality, and claims opposition by some traders who boycott the seller to defend high markups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beaufort Buildings
Two Volume Edition of Manners of Quality and Aix La Chabelle
An advertisement notes a two volume edition of Men of Quality originally in French by the author after retirement, printed for F Newbery. Also offered are Aix La Chabelle with conversations of distinguished ranks, includes history of Aix and its baths, imperial city details, copper plates, and treatment regimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Newbery
St Paul’s Church- Yard
Aix LA Chabelle
Hitory
Aix
William Heron Tests A London Medicine Cure Letter
A Portsmouth letter dated March 6 1770 praises Norton Drops for curing inveterate scurvy and eye weakness after sea bathing and other medicines fail. It urges verification by Norton near Piccadilly and lists bottle price 6s along with multiple shop venues and signs.
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Marchant
Tom
William Heron
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Ditto
Friendship
M‘leod
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Elizabeth
Magnes
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Tucker
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Sportola
Nix
Rhode ‘Island
Hero
Strivens
Trecothick
Moore
Hamilton
Africa
Cape
Coast
Brownal
Nancy
Coulson
Maryland
Thames
Watt
Koni Ditto
Harriot
Hatch
St. Vincent’s
Dover
Sts Paul’s Church
David Lyle
House of Assembly
Mas
Sachusets Bay
Bernard
Gage
Lord
Lord Hillsborough
Hhss
Sharpe
Henry Moore
Dickenson
General Gage
Commodore Hood
American Board of Customs
Kearfly
Ludgate‘Street
J. Almon
Mr. Norton
Golden- -S Quare, London
Portsmouth
Norton
Golden -S Quare
Piccadilly
John Norton
Maredani
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