Monopolies Scarce the Rustic and the Land’s Wealth
Frequent round her flew and fed The feathered flocks her care had bred Watch'd with her eye and foster'd with her thatds And there their various wealth combin'd To crown the labours of the hind And pay the annual tribute of the land Then Indestry was not in vain Then Plenty with a flowing tide Scatter'd her treasires far and wide And shower'd the golden grain But since Monopoly expelled The Rustic from his green retreat Plenty her lib'ral-horn with held And fled her former seat Around the desolated plains Despair with pale-eyed Famine reigns And fruitless Labour frantic grown Lies from his native land and seeks a clime unknown
Fragmentary Verse Fragment on Labor and Prosperity
A damaged OCR fragment references labor and industry themes with historical phrasing about dignity, toil, and plenty returning. It mentions urging countrymen, a rifle, and a call to restore rural reign and Labour’s toil while encouraging industry.
Critique of Bank of England procedures in 1772 letter
A 1772 Middlesex Journal letter addresses governors and directors of the Bank of England, arguing that bank forms and strict rules hinder customers compared with private bankers. The writer urges easier credit for small sums, instant drafts, and quicker cash handling to improve safety and convenience for the public, proposing that reform would harm only petty fraudsters and elevate the Bank as the sole nationwide banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
Filius
Fragmentary Note on Apprentices and Hospital Placements
A damaged fragment discusses enlarging and rotating apprentices, noting benefits over current hospital arrangements and referencing continuities of care. The text is incomplete and includes quotation artifacts and stray names without clear context.
June 1772 Gentleman's Magazine contents highlight
The issue features the coronation of Gustav III of Sweden with speeches, a Paris letter on Portuguese government, origin of surnames, Banks Solander and Zoffani expedition notes, zoophite discoveries in the North Seas, heraldry, Canterbury Cathedral rebuild accounts, and notices on Protestant Dissenters, with a detailed list of publications and births deaths and marriages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlewich
Chester
Greenland
Gentleman’s Magazine
Gustavus III
Sweden
Paris
Portugal
Gervyate
Canterbury
Kent
Winchester
Archbishop of Canterbury
Dover
Gloucester
Divine Legation
Madame de Pompadour
Maca
Great Britain, &Co
Historical Chronicle
D. Henry
St. John’s Gate
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
Ludgate Street
Foundling Hospitals Governors Plan to Reduce Fees
The Governors and Guardians of the Foundling Hospitals propose lowering the annual fee from 1 pound 2s 6d to 7 pounds 10s to admit only healthy children, with provisions on age and gender mix, to better educate and maintain parish waifs. They urge parish adherence and expect voluntary subscriptions to expand the charity’s reach across Ackworth Shrewsbury and London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foundling Hospital
Ackworth
Shrewsbury
London
Merchant's Drops cures long-standing scurvy
A letter from Ann Joyce of Hackney praises John Norton of Golden Square London for a medicine called Marehant's Drops that restored her health after twenty years of scurvy and severe leg inflammation. The notice lists multiple street sellers and urges verification of authenticity by Norton and his signed certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Norton
Golden-Square
London
Pound Lane
Clapton
St. John’s
Hackney
Anthony
Ann Joyce
Cora
Claude Croquee
John Webb
Norton
Wedi
Golden Square
Picadilly
John Norton
Marehant
Deering
Newport
Long
Acre
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Middlésex Journal
eKelly
Aten
Kelly
Allen
Vauxhall
tYother
Pdep
Middlesex Journal
Agricola
Merchant-Taylors School
Morpheus
Feaferi
The
Tam
Your
Thomas Smith
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Hasitaken
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney, and Lintey
Rehe
Bowler
College-Street
Westminter Abbey
University
Army, Navy, &c
N.B
St. George’s Fields
Lizabeth Hannever
Foundling Hospitals
William Bayley
Cockspur-street
Hay-market
J. Price
Inda House
Leadenhall Street
J. Grosvenor
Turnvtile
Holborn
A. Rothwell
New Bond Street
Dr. Burrows
Verno
S. Ward
Burrows
Wickes
Bartholomew-Close
Royal Exchange
Fletcher and
Linitztois
Wames Burrows
J. Fletcher
Hodson
Beb
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