To JeAN tribute to liberty and Junius rhetoric
A fragmented poetic critique praising liberty and Junius while denouncing corruption and royal tyranny. The piece laments misrule, extols British virtue and literary figures, and urges action for freedom, with stark defenses of reason against priestly power. It critiques Scottish pensioners and urges patriotic resistance through bold verse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britannia
Harraf
Gill Hall
Britain
Isle
Junius
Joranny
FénFunius
Swift
Thou
Grafton
Europe
Rezfor
Hsappdens
The Country Brewer Assistant and Private Families Guide
A historical pamphlet listing brewing instructions, wines, mead, cordials, and distillation notes. It advertises a distiller’s assistant by George Edmonds, medical remedies, and a ladies retreat service near Buckingham Gate with staged hourly carriage routes from Chelsea to Kew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Gate
Hide Park Corner
N.B
Chelsea Hamersmith
Turnham-green
Kew
Goff
Pall-mall
St. Alban's-Street
True and Original Jesuits Drops advertised by Rock
An London advertisement defends True and Original Jesuits Drops for venereal disease as effective after forty years practice. It accuses a rival of patent claims and warns against further ads while detailing pricing in shillings and locations in Ludgate Hill Fleet Street and Tunbridge Wells for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Rock
Golden Head and Key
Bell-Savage Gateway
Ludgate- Hill
London
Guild Hall
É&C
Whitcomb
Fleet-Lane
Angel-Court
Snow- Hill
George Wife
Tunbridge
Kent
Algiers
Ientions
Petersburgh
Naples
Palermo
Rapani
Treste
Meflizza
Leghorny
Corsica
Pilone
Anhalt
France
Spitalfields
Foot Guards
Newgate
Newmarket
Stamford Hill
Carey-street
Hlington
Petition Drives for Dissolution Across Counties in Parliament Crisis
The Southwark electors meet to consider methods to support the right of election. Bristol citizens plan a petition, Yorkshire peers urge dissolution to let voters choose trusted representatives to probe past actions. Hereford, Gloucester, and Devonshire petitions rally, claiming grievances and anxieties. They appeal to the sovereign to dissolve Parliament and safeguard the throne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwark
Bristol
Yorkshire
Hereford
Gloucester
Devonshire
County of
York
Majesy
Excerpted pleas and unrest stir 18th century crowds
A Salisbury Exeter Plymouth and Middlesex meeting voices petition to the throne for redress of grievances amid parliamentary tensions. The Exeter gathering plans an inquiry into a late secretary of state, with a petition read aloud. Violent clashes with guards, threats, and protests surface as civic leaders push for liberty and representation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Exeter
Castle of Exon
Glynn
Middlesex
County of
Devon
Plymouth
Castle
Corporation of
John Rogers
Lord Lisburn
Spooner
Musgrave
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Brunswick
Dr. Stevens
George Edmonds
Isaac Fell
Paternoster Row
Mr. Norton
Mig Tila
Boston
General Assembly
Peter Barbour
Jeremiah Belknap
John Riley
Fourteenth Regiment
Quincy
Jonathan Winchip
Cambridge
Barbour
Rhagislracy
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