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Scrutiny and muttered politics fill London fascicles
Literary Chronicle coverage depicts Common Council informants, Wilkes and Townsend, debates over a Lord Mayor election, suspicions of poll results, and sharp satirical stances on sheriffs, presses, and public order. The piece threads through parliamentary letters, moralizing essays, and notices about public figures, all framed in a period voice.
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London
Selim
Richard
Ambidexter
Mr. Harley
Hugh Kelly
Meftis
Hallifax
Shakespear
Judas
Addisex
Evans
Select Committee
House of Commons
Buck
Durham
Apollo
Britannia
France
Spain
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Queenborough
Ordnance Service
Conway
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Charles Frederic