Liberty's Call Against Borough Seats in Parliament
A letter from Pontefract in March 1770 protests hereditary borough seats and vote-selling in Parliament. The author urges Middlesex and other boroughs to join in abolishing this practice, arguing it disenfranchises many and corrupts elections, with Pontefract and Yorkshire cited as examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bror
House of Commons
Pontefract
Sawzey Weatherhead
Burgage
Bridgeport
Wilkes
Middlesex
Yorkshire
West Riding
Knaresborough
Pontefra
Letter to Lord Orwett on Suffolk Militia Leadership
A plain letter argues the Suffolk militia is best placed to defend the island, condemns leadership by the Lord and calls for resignation and reform. It laments the contempt shown to militia, notes the absence of regular troops, and urges appointing capable officers over fashionable gentry. The author warns of future contact if the Lord does not step down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Orwett
Suffolk
Iland
Jess
Norfolk
Redfonbe
Britain
Porto Bello
Ci Corps
EGO
P. S
Thomas Smith Bedding Carpet Warehouse Ad
Thomas Smith advertises a move to The Corner of Strand near Temple Bar offering carpets in Persia Turkey Wilton Kidderminster Scotch patterns. Also blankets feather beds quilts mattresses bed ticks and ready made bedsteads with options to buy by yard or order, aimed at ready money buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
John Lords Corn Salve advertised in London shops
A vintage notice touts John Lords Corn Salve as the cure for corns with 38 years of reputation. It lists wholesale and retail dispersal by Warren and Co and multiple London retailers, urging buyers to observe genuine bills and warning against counterfeits with explicit cautions and directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lord
Warren and Co
Coventry-street
Haymarket
London
Bradley
Pottern-Row
Tower-Hill
Graves
Queen’s-street
Cheapside
Southampton-Street
Covent- Garden
Mr. Jones
Ruffels Court
Miss Lancford
Chapter
Arlingtontreet
Strand
Richard ‘Warren
Memoirs of Miss Arabella Bolton scandal pamphlet
This 18th century item advertises The Memoirs of Miss Arabella Bolton detailing her seduction and mistreatment by a colonel as described in letters and papers. Printed for I. Fez at No 14 Paternoster Row with other authentic materials, presenting a sensational account of distress and society gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabella Bolton
Middlesex
Dr. Kelly
Mit
Daugtor Kelly
Miss Bolton
I. Fez
Pater-nofter- Row
A Candid and Impartial State of the Evil Cadence
This Day is Published price 1s 6d by Edmund Marshall M A Vicar of Charing Kent The work claims to reveal by Mons Le Fevre a regular physician in Liege Germany a very great probability disclosed by a European observer within the text
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund Marshall
Charing
Kent
Mons. le Fevre
Liege
Germanys
Motives for Listening to Liege Medicine and Its Effects
A government notice outlines the author’s motives for seeking Liege Medicine. It provides an account of the medicine’s alleged claims, its operations, and the effects observed in the author’s own case. The document presents the sequence of events linking expectation, treatment, and reported outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liege
Publication notice for old travelogue and poems collection
A fragment describes published works including The Life and Adventures of James Ramble and fortunes of noble personages tied to Northern Commotions in a bygone year. It cites F Newbery printers at the corner of St Paul’s Churchyard and alludes to Virgil and various case references in a manuscript-driven edition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ramble
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
English Malady Removed Cure Book for Scurvy Leprosy
A 17th century advertisement promotes a medical treatise claiming to cure scurvy leprosy scrophulous cancers and skin disorders. It details thirty cures and lists multiple London booksellers and vendors including Cheapside Gutter-lane New Bond Street and the Royal Exchange. It touts Red Drops for the Scurvy sold by weight and promises easy digestion and appetite stimulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Authe
Pearch
Booktelier
Cheapside
Mor. Spilury’s
Gutter-lane
Rothwells
Atumer
New-Bond-freet
Grosvenor
Holborn
Kik
St Paul’s
Church Yard
Meslis
Richardson and Urquhart
Royal Exchange
London
Freland
N.B
Universal Purging Powders Promoted by French Physician
An early modern advertises Universal Purging Powders by Dr John Aishaud physician to the king of France. It claims cures for fevers rheumatism smallpox and nervous disorders and urges purchase at No 58 St Pauls Churchyard with ten doses priced 12 shillings or a single dose 1 shilling 6 pence. Includes note of a gratis treatise on disease origin and a royal Letters Patent exempting from du tiers and conferring a baronial title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Aishaud
France
Europe
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Truth overcomes: English Coffee sold across London
An 18th century advertisement proclaims an herbal English coffee blend claimed to aid nervous disorders and asthma. It touts restorative properties and nourishment for weak constitutions, asserting superiority to India tea. Available for 2s 6d per cannister from multiple London outlets with shopkeeper allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
India
Cannister
Royal Exchange
F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
White
Tavistock Court
Covent-Garding
Dunderdale
Berwick-treat
Soho
N.B
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Fairbe
Middlesex Journal
Libertas
Junius
WM. “Draper
Janius
Duke of Grafton
Thomas Smith
la Ben
Eafe
Calais
Ostend
Canterbury
Simmons and Kirkby
King’s Arns
W.griffin
Catharine Street
The
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