Natives and liberal policy of North American tribes
A long critical piece discusses Native American societies, praising their liberty, chiefs, councils, rituals, feasts, and peacekeeping methods. It contrasts peacetime justice with occasional vengeance, notes absence of centralized coercive power, and highlights family bonds, public ceremonies, oratory, and memory aids as core social glue. It connects these traits to national virtue and stability, then shifts to unrelated colonial trade and English superiority notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A&t
America
North America
Iroquois
Commonwealth of North America
Rene Lisewite
Cabbin
Extract from a Paris letter on Britain and France
Extract from a Paris letter discusses English nation fears and continental jealousy. It claims Britain fears invasion, praises British courage while critiquing pacific aims, and argues constant war under a military government serves French interests. It notes English remittances in France and hints at broader political conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Britain
Versailles
France
Four men hanged at execution site on Wednesday
A reader letter from May 27, 1772 recounts the public execution of four malefactors. The witness, Oxford-freet, provides a verbatim account of one condemned man's moving farewell, expressing innocence of the crime and faith in divine mercy before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siffer
Extraordinary Cure by Vegetable Syrup for Severe Scurvy
Letter to Dr Burrows praises VEGETABLE SYRUP curing a twelve year scurvy affecting throat head and face. The note, dated March, claims restoration to full health after few bottles, urges public utility, and lists sale points in Haymarket Ludgate Street Capel Court and Cambridge agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ward
Burrows
Wickes
Bartholomew- Close
Dr. Burrows
Haymarket
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-Street
Capel-Courrt
Royal Exchange
Fietcher
Hodson
Cambridge
J. Fletcuher
Hopson
CARES for "Making Shining Liquid Slacking" for Shoes
An 18th or 19th century advertises CARES for producing shining liquid blacking for shoes and boats. It promises a durable, pliable finish free from rains and cracking, sold wholesale and retail by W Bayley and others in London, priced sixpence per cake to make a pint of liquid blacking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Bayley
Cockspur
Leadenhall-Street
Oe Price
Lemonade Salt and Stain Remover Trade Card
A vintage trade card extols Lemon Salt as an all purpose lemon derivative for punch flavor and culinary uses. It touts stain removing power on lace and linen, whitening effects, and practical readiness over fresh lemons. Sold wholesale and retail by William Bayley and others in London shops at one shilling per box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seafort
William Bayley
Cockspur Street
Haymarket
London
J. Price
India-House
Leadenhall Street
F . Newbery
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
J. Grosvenor
The Bloom of Circassia Advertised for Ladies
A gentleman traveler to Greece exposes a secret of a liquid bloom from a vegetable produce. It claims to give an instant vernal hue to cheeks and resist sweat. Bottled at 5s 4d, sold by Newbery Hodges Fletcher and others. each bottle bears EC F initials and proprietor’s cipher. It promises healing effects for sore lips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
F. Newbery’s
Bookfeller
St. Paul’s
W. Shropshire
New- Bond Street
Mediis
Fletcher and Hod Orrs
Cambridge
E.C.F
Radical Cure for Stone by Simple Medicine Promoted
A patient details decades old claim of avoiding lithotomy through a medicinal bottle that eased severe stone and gravel symptoms. Witnesses attest to dramatic relief and radical cure after using Adams's Solvent, with certificates from St Thomas's Hospital and doctors. Sold in Crown & Cornhill shops and Whitechapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fordyce
Bristol
St. Thomas's Hospital
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Mackenzie and Smith
Mr. Adams
Prince’s Street
Cornhill
Essex Coffee House
Whitechapel
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Chet Comte
LeRoi
max-Maitre
al -Impott
England
Northamptonshire
Comté
Yorkshire
Corfica
Peruquiers
Friffeurs
Middlesex Journal
Paris
Circassia
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