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Middlesex Middlesex Journal

Location

Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 18, 1769

Page

4

Patriots Corner Letter and Royalist Toasts in 18th Century Pub Scene

A Middlesex Journal note from Wanstead details a dinner at the White Swan Tavern with 45 marks of time and 45 pints of porter, 45 bottles of wine, and 45 bowls of punch. Toaster lists include The King, The Queen, the Royal Family, and calls for liberty, parliamentary reform, and bold stances against tyranny.

Esterbay White Swan House of Commons Common-Council London Postal Paoli Britain Middlesex George the Third John Wilkes Esgend

Postscript May 20 London notes and European dispatches

Marine and political dispatches from Naples Genoa Copenhagen and Westminster recount royal entertainments plans divisions and detachments ships battles and tariffs. Murmurs about taxation foreign servants malt liquor embargoes and public orders mix with society gossip including routs at Marlborough House and social notices from Westminster and St James's.

Patriot seeks relic of Paoli for Middlesex assembly room

An anonymous intelligence notes a celebrated patriotic gentleman plans to buy the famous plume of Paoli, Corsican hero, to adorn the Mile End Assembly-room where Middlesex Freeholders gather. A Rome rumor links Cardinal York and the abdicated Stuart family to future papal or political moves.

Paoli Mile End Middlesex Rome York Louw Cardinal Stuart

Missing Report on Convict Hall Forgery Sentence

Letter from St Giles's Coffee House dated May 18, 1769 questions why Jonathan Hall sentenced to death for forgery was not reported with other convicts. Seeks explanation if Recorder of London can report only selected prisoners and notes papers from February 76th give the recorder's report excluding Hall.

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