British intrigues and Corsican aid stir fear of war
The Gazetteer notes rising diplomatic dispatches to Britain’s powers and whispers that conflict with Britain could erupt within eight months. It reports Irish, Scottish, and Danish alignments, Corsican subscriptions, and preparations for naval and land forces. Also tallies a Wells fire, maritime charity, and assorted marriages and deaths.
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Great Britain
B —S
Seleé&T
Bengal
Corsica
Fack
Mile-End
London Tavern
Gazetreer
Iris
North America
Wilkes
Ireland
General Paoli
Boltons
Philadelphia
New-York
Denmark
France
Russia
Europe
Sweden
Copenhagen
Bothnia
Finland
Livonia
Poland
Dulcot
Marine Society
Merchants Service
Bishopsgate-street
Portugal
Paris
England
Bath
Durham-yard
Strand
James I
Scotland
St. Austin’s Church
Watling Street
Pitts
Intelligence Extraordinary The D e of G n to wed
The D e of G n nears marriage to Miss Wthe late D f s of G n, while L d O y has already married. Lordship and Miss W y are nephew and niece to the D f s of B d, forming a curious alliance. Bloomsbury house, once famed for Partie Quarree, now showcases new virtue amid changing social games.
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B—d
Bloomsbury House
Partie Quarree
N.B
Whiff
Loo
Bloomsbury
Unfindable List of London Traders and Directors
A continued OCR fragment lists numerous merchants, brokers, directors, and traders with obscure or undiscoverable addresses such as No. 12 Lime Street No. 58 Old Broad Street and No. 30 Fenchurch Street. It includes Bank Directors, East India Directors, linen drapers, tobacconists, warehousemen, and insurance directors, some marked as not to be heard of or fictitious. The item notes ongoing efforts to locate many individuals and notes marked continuations and unreadable entries.
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Maur
Griffith
Wiliam Robertson
Beard
Wm. Stephens
Packer
Lime-Street
Chas. Marshall
Swithhens-Lane
Cannon-Street
Bese
Hopkins
Bank Dire&otr
Old Broad
P. Macleod
Broad-Street
Gil
Matin
Harrison
New Court
Switchens- Lane
Cannon Street
Nicholas Poole
Fore-Street
Moorfields
Thomas Brown
Fitch-Street
Grahm
Frank
Rood-Lane
Fenchurch-Street
Alexi
Rhind
Henry Sharp
Henry Spencer
Old Fitch-Street
Henry Fletcher
Friday-Street
Tho
Smallwood
Newcastle-Court
College Hill
Isaac Hughes
New Broad-Street
Will
Ruffell
Exchange Alley
Cornhill
Geo. Hall
Irvine
H&tideas
Gavin Elliot
Adam Wood
Mark Lane
Tower Street
Thos
Philip Fa
Malcom Hamilton
Lothbury
Arnold Mello
London Assurance
Fenchurch Street
Hewit
John Ross
Prescot Street
Goodman’s Fields
George Friend
D. Griffin
John Spencer Colepeper
Joseph Barr
Barcelona
Nutts
Thames-Street
Alexander Mackintosh
Wollen Draper
Lombard- Street
Alex
Brander
Lower Thames-Street
John Henderson
Geo. Abel
Cloak-Lane
College-Hill
Ja. Strachan
Tower-Hill
Jebnee Te Factor
Watling
Wm. Thomson
Throgmiorton Street
Charles Dingley
Wtalebone
Lothbw
Ury
Sal. Swinton
Coventry Street
St. James’s
Rob. Jones
East India
Clements Lane
John Stephenson
Scotch Yard
Bush+Lane
Pardoe
Budge Row
Wm. James
Gettard Street
Soho
Morison
Ugh Meares
Ehem
Briggs
Self
W. Briggs
Waldo
Bully
Henry Rooke
Chyitt. Puller
Royal Exchange
John Bell
Royal Affurance Company
Lord Lieutenant visits printing-yard at Leixlip
On Monday May 13 the Lord Lieutenant visited the printing-yard of Hirpar and Cunningham at Leixlip. He observed their drawing, cutting, and printing processes and the copper-plate machine with interest and expressed satisfaction at the advancement of this linen manufacturing branch in the kingdom.
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Irel AN
Dublin
Mesirs
Hirpar
Cunningham
Leixflip
Died at Kelton near Bath and other 18th century items
Bristol reports the death of Henry Harrington Etq at Kelton near Bath. Assizes opened in Guildhall with capital convictions for David Thomas and Robert Slack. Norwich notes a labourer found 27 Henry VIII Sovereigns at Whitacre Burgh. Boycott aided the poor. Liverpool announces Rev. William Hunter as St Paul’s minister. Preston jail case ties to John Ashton murder and a highway shooting. A druggist mishap leads to accidental poisoning from antimony powder, but all affected recover with oil, milk, and heat.
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Bristol
Henry Harrington
Kelton
Bath
Guildhall
David Thomas
Robert Slack
Norwich
Boycott
Whitacre Burgh
Norfolk
Henry
London Gossips and Naval Dispatches from Westminster Hall
Notes from London detail a Devonshire visit of John Parker and wife to the king at St James's, naval orders to survey Senegal fortifications, and court openings before Trinity term. Reports cover the Dutchess of Buccleugh’s birth, Vienna disturbances, Bolton militia discontent, and a Glasgow merchant’s view on loyalty amid Wilkes turmoil. Also noted are fires in Leather Lane and Southwark, commodity prices at Billingsgate, and deaths and theatre notices.
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Londo UN
John Parker
Devon
St. James's
Woodford
Hamburgh
Senegal
Senegambia
Trinityterin
Westminster-hall
Lincoln’s Inn-hall
Earl of Chatham
Lord Strange
France
Aga
Austady
Bolton
Engheid
Glasgow
Watling Street
America
London
Wilkes
Lisberty
George the
George the Third
Arrival in Town Reveals Low Prices for Bread and Meat
Report notes residents are supplied by local butchers at seven farthings per pound for beef and five for ton. Corroborating letter claims shoppers could pay less by self-provisioning. Beef at three halfpence per pound and five farthings per pound, cod fifteen to eighteen pounds cost ninepence or tenpence, goose one shilling, turkey eighteen pence, rabbits one penny, wild fowl cheap.
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Smarty
Greenwich
Ealing
Green
Portal-Fields
Pearce
William Macdainall
Catharine Fladgate
Thomas Owen
King’s Bench
Chatham
Cleeve
Sutherland
Tottenham High-Cross
Philip Havers
Colchester
Hackney
Herman Stoddert
Denton
Grantham
Lincolnshire
William Brudenell
Hertfordshire
Marlingard
Wilbich
Isle of Ely
Godmanchester
Ankr Upt
Hugh MacCormick
Liverpool
Magman
Talbot
William Jones
Tidenham
Gloucestershire
John Hewson
Aust Passage
Che Wlack
D. Bainburgh
Gilrae Kinloch
David Kinloch
Kilde
Country News
Raynor
Port Egmont
Falkland’s Island
Maltby
Wake
Gibraltar
Quebeck
Margate-Sands
Sheerness
Hebberden
Lady Waldegrave
Pall-Mall
Leatherlane
Holborn
Excise
Malden
Ruinford
Carmen
Sear-Key
Eart
Haddon
Northaradonshire
Sir Anthony Chester
Bart
Stanhope Street
James Newnan
Fothetaul
Fothergill
Edward ‘Kimber
Ann Hodgkin
George Bach
Caitherley
Mill Oegas
Catharine