Contagious distemper borders Finland and cautious measures
A diplomatic dispatch reports Russia fortifying Finland's frontiers against contagious distemper spreading toward Sweden. Troops cordoned borders, quarantine houses erected, roads guarded. Emphasizes extreme caution to protect the realm while ensuring trade and travel participants are safeguarded. Additional notes mention Syria, Egypt, and a French port cruise, with fires and past village devastation in Picardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Sweden
Finland
Constantinople
Porte
Aly Bey
Syria
Egypt
Bashaws
Brett
Aquadron
Rochfort
Paris
Extract from a Jeter in Boston on liberty and governance
The document records His Majesty's writ of supersedeas served by Jatt on Joseph Greenleaf to halt proceedings in Plymouth. A letter from an American colonist laments political disputes in New England, condemns Governor independence from the people, and urges the House of Commons to defend liberty against tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bostin
New- England
Sam
New York
House of Commons
Thankind
Repeated attempts on Market-house in Newbury thwarted
Bristol reports weeklong efforts to set fire to Newbury Market-house thwarted by watchful vigilance. One man fled. elsewhere in Oxford the Rev Thomas Breeks M A was named Chaplain of Merton College. Obituaries note Samuel Wilmot former bookseller and receiver general for the county and Joshua Marshall of Canterbury dies. News from London and abroad covers Danish ambassador, Paris dispatches, legislation to repeal the marriage act, and Eastern affairs with Hyder Ali and Marathas shaping upheaval in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Newbury
Oxford
Thomas Breeks
Queen’s College
Merton College
Sanford
Samuel’ Wilmot
Canterbury
Charing
Joshua Marshal
John Sharp
Ste Mary
Abchurch
London
Bennet College
Cambridge
Northampton
Baron Parker
Henry ,White
Francis Tyrrell
Budkinghamhouse
Copenhagen
The
Hague
Earl of Hillsborough
House of Peers
America
Duke of Manchester
Charles Fox
Order of the Garter
St. James’s
Lord North
Mahommed A‘i
Nabob
Hyder Ali
Hyder Ahi
Sarengapatham
Shaw Allum
East-India Company
Marattoes
Delhi
Bengal
Behar
Orixa
Bourbon
Pondicherry
Madeorwa
Indostan
Shaw
Aylasattoes
Society of Arts
Parlement of Anger and Debt in Rural France
A fragmented notice describes a trader and his accomplices seized in France with the master and men persecuted by creditors and threats. It mentions legislative hopes to curb iniquitous practices harming the poor and reports farmers sending corn abroad for three years in exchange for brandies and other goods. Cambridge report notes Chancellor's Medals awarded to Bedford and Matthew Feild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankirle
France
Teis
Dage Kirk
Cambridge
Bedford
Matthew Feild
Pembroke Hall
SHJPN'E Vie Deal At March 29 Aboard Multiple Ships
The report lists numerous ships including Racehorse Scorpion Fowney Cardigan Adams Jetherill Johnson Union Pearce Susannah Evans Elizabeth Cafeley King of Portugal Owen and two coatters, with several vessels arriving or remaining in the Downs and at Plymouth Cowes Falmouth Dartmouth and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Majesty
Racehorse
Scorpion
Fowney
Cardigan
Adams
Jetherill
Johnson
Lisbon
Union
Pearce
Boston
Susannah
Evans
Jamaica
Elizabeth
Cafeley
Newfoundland
Portugal
Owen
Downs
Fragmented 18th century notice with Danish intrigue and market reports
A scanned fragment lists political intrigues in Denmark, notes a March 11 arrest and a death sentence altered to imprisonment, and mentions the Duke of Rutland as well as Lord Lieutenant communications. It also reports a roaring Smithfield cattle market, executions altered to imprisonment, and various civic notices including writs, judicial appointments, and local crimes with brief casualty details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Co Iney
Giara
Dake
Simon
George
Charles
Whitworth
Keak
Ipireland
House ‘Commons
London
Prince Braet ‘of Mecklenburg
St. James’s
Bremen
Duke of Rutland
Knightbridge
Belvoir- Cane
Denmark
Straensee
Peter Schumacher
Grefinfeld
Wwine
Frederick III
Christian V
Duke of Hulstein Pleon
Malkolm
Norway
Trontheim
Jutland
Malkholm
Strode
Ireland
Willock
Ouchterlony
Conn
Hon. Artillery Company
Robert Ladbroke
Richard Glyn
William Stephenson
James Townsend
John’ Lawbridge
John: Wilkes
Frederick Bull
Major Miller
Keene
John ‘Sawbridge
Mitchell
Cooke
Miller
Milborne Port
Earl of Catherlough
Eastshore
Cornwall
Richard Leigh
Skiffners
King’s Counsel
Woodstock
Taylor White
Welch
Forster
Ely
Leigh
Smithfield
Devonsburg
Capt
Morgan
Marquis of
Rockingham
Hamilton
Gravesend
Downs
Comydians
Perigined
Southwark
Southhwark
Warwick
Edward Hayes
Charles ‘Piercy
Dheep Fealing
The Grecian Daughter Engraving and Lady's Magazine Ad
An 1772 notice outlines forthcoming publications and engravings in The Grecian Daughter and a Lady's Magazine issue. It mentions an engraving of Dionysius stabbed by Euphrasia, a fashionable Lady's Ruff, music by Mr Hogke, and various literary pieces. Printed for J. Wheble and distributed by booksellers in England Ireland and America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dionysius
Euphrasia
Evander
Hogke
Heble
Lady’s Magazine
Roya
England
Princes Royal
Cesar
Britain
Morgan
Miss Jones
Nares
Russia
Extraé&t
King's Parent Shining Liquid Blacking for Shoes
An advertisement for a liquid shoe blacking sold as a premier polish by W. Bayley in Cockspur Street with retailers at New Bond Street Holborn St. Pauls Yard and Leadenhall Street. The product claims to produce a superb gloss without hardening leather and preserves softness while preventing cracking. Sixpence per cake yields a full pint of liquid blacking.
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W. Bayley
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
Aeethiweth
Civet Cat
New Bond-Street
J. Grosvenary
Angel and Crown
Holborn
F. Membyeys
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Price
Leadenhall-Street
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Grismlin
Suede
Yellow Hope
Shields
Sunderland
Mr. Greenway
Shazreen
Watling-street
New Prison
Apwarde
Sol
Mark Lane
Amos Asguith
Rotherhithe
Nancy Cable
Catheriuagh
Fluid
Gracechurch-street
Kentith Town
Edward I’ans
Plymouth
Great Smith Street
Westmin‘ter
Colin ‘Campbell
Corwhin
Exeter
Rob. Dunn
Eig
Holland
Hollland
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Islington
Workhhéire
Elizabeth Batton
Jos.s
Caldwreaith Bengal
Francis Hare
Bsg
Hare
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