Sign-Paintings Exhibition Critique in The Middlesex Journal
A dated, fragmentary note from May 7, 3770, comments on an exhibition of sign paintings. The weakly legible piece praises liberty and the institution under royal favor, then offers approachable criticisms intended for the audience of the Middlesex Journal. The text reflects eighteenth century manners and reviewer tone with limited readable content.
Frast Day's Exposition of Whore of Babylon Satire
A satirical catalog critiques a range of pieces titled by Whisperer and others. It lists numbered tableaux including The Union, The Trinity, and The Marquis of Granby with vivid, often risqué descriptions of figures, attire, and political caricatures, noting poor taste, loyalty, and mockery of public figures.
Spectator urges bolstering military order amid unrest
A card from Herpes commends the current Mini ry and urges action to calm a mob after Bolton’s disturbance. He predicts a New England jury of guests may verify a surgeon’s doctrine, urged to frame verdict in Horace’s words to honor soldiers and quiet wary Bostonians under military rule.
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Herpes
Mini&ry
Bolton
SpeCator
New-England
Horace
London City Court Debates over Royal Address and Remonstrance
The Lord Mayor led a Friday council meeting after a Wednesday summon. Aldermen Roffiter and Harley pressed on a St James's complaint, speakers defended, and the court approved a brief Address to the King amid concerns over city dignity and ministry actions. Reports note dispatches, ministerial plans, and tea-house political chatter.
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Alderman Roffiter
St. James’s
Alderman Harley
Wilkes
Townseld
Sawbridge
Roffiter
Harley
Alderman Wilkes
Bellas
Freeman
House of Brunswick
London
Holland
Lord Barrington
St. George’s Fields
Massachuset’s Bay
America
Brunswick
Stevenson
Crosby
Peers
Townsend
Beardmore
Judd
William Wilson
Harford
Edward George
Anderson
Camn
Burford
Maynard
Bishop
Alderman Bird
Alderman
Robert Ladbroke
Alsop
Hallifax
Shakespeare
Esdaile
Kennet
Plumb
Rossiter
Bird
India House
Leavenhall Street
Col. O’hara
Senegambia
Duke of Cumberland
Mediterranean
St. James’ S
Ireland
Lord Hallifax
New England
Prussia
Poland
Petersburgh
Paoli
Lord Rochford
Pall-Mall
St. James's
Mr. Wilkes
Lord Temple
Almon
de Grey
Felling Junius
Werminster
Francis Goodge
Tichfield-street
Henry Tom
Queen-Anne-street
Leonard Morse
Ditto
Archibald Cochran
Harley-street
Herbert Mackworth
Cavendish Square
Jacob Hinde
Henrietta-street
John Anderson
Bernard Glanville
Holles-street
George Dudley
Hart-street
Bloomsbury
Egg
Robert Hucks
Great Raffel-street
Josiah Holford
Southampton-row
Christopher Lethiulier
John Hindman
Hampstead
Robert Cary
Gérrard Howard
Fame
William Clark
Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields
Abraham ‘Bracebridge
Benjamin Booth
Richard Crop
Richard Penn
Sunbury
George Kent
Teddington
Edward Lovibond
Hampton
Tho. Nicoll, the Younger
Wilfden
Foreign Intelligence From the Levant and Europe
Mail from Flanders reports the Dey of Algiers rejecting tribute and Ottoman orders. Versailles seeks a Morocco port treaty amid Greek massacres in Constantinople. Paris notes banishment of Sieur Billard and grand fireworks plans for Versailles Dauphin wedding. Russian advances worry Venice, while Leghorn and Candia reports flag shifting aligns with new alliances.
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Italy
Algiers
Constantinople
Morea
Consantinople
Paris
Sieur Billard
Chateler
London
Venice
Senate
Leghorn
Pacha
Candia
Cyprus
Iia
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Middlesex Journal
Babylon
Shas
North Prope
Carlton-Houe
Earl of Bute
Granby
Richard Glynn
Germanicus
King of
Proffin
Hervey
Brisol
Bonner
Walpole
Clive
Marplot
Phillipina Burton
Garrick
Hugh Kelly
Ministry
Ainter
Court of Directors
Bs. &c. Ke
Earl of
Bute
Jemmy Twitcher
Jemmy
Postscript
Flanders