Female Legislation in England Urged by Printer
A letter from Fox the Printer in the Middlesex Journal argues that women should be admitted to public offices and military commands. It envisions female governance post Parliament, questions male dominance, and suggests clothes swaps and dignity labels to deter male candidates. Dated Holborn, Sept. 9, 1772.
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England
Humaury
Tate
L— C
Senate
Great Britain
London
Johnson
Bailey
Dyche
Fenning
Wales
J. Seally
Bridgewater-square
W. Goldsmith
John Sterling
To the Printer of the Middlesex Journal
A reader in Shoe-lane Fleet Street recalls a small gathering with friends last Tuesday evening to share a cheerful gas on an occasion. The letter notes the printer of the Middlesex Journal and expresses belief the paper will relay a creditable fact about the event.
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Shoe-lane
Fleetstreet
A. Squiges
Half Moor
Dulwich
County of
Surry
Thomas Collett
Hemel Hempsted
Hertfordshire
A. Squires
Black Horse and Swan
Blackman Street
Southwark
P. Wicks
Water-Lane
Fleet-street
Eak
Embassy to Vienna and Prussian siege described
Postscript notes Sir Robert Murray Keith setting out as ambassador to Vienna replacing Lord Stormont while General Stutterheim's forces at Elbing bombard the gate. Reports on Vienna, Belgrade, and Servia, East India Company finances, and galloping inflation. A violent French storm and a record rain in Languedoc cause floods, destroying a bridge and church, with towns cut off.
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St. Mary’s Gate
Danube
Vienna
Belgrade
East-India Company
England
The
East India Company
Earl of Chatham
Hayes
Burton Pynsent
Lord Camden
Diipatch
Lord North
L. N
la Borde
Snellis
Verberie
France
Languedoc
Chaffenac
la Tour
Chambonas
Printers and Booksellers rally against Wilkes and Townsend
The piece rails at printers, booksellers, and stationers who opposed Wilkes and Townsend, calling them two legged vultures and praising Wilkes for liberating the press. It notes accusations of corrupt votes, ministerial plots, and bribes to secure votes, while remarking on port price fears, a plan to boost Billingsgate fish premiums, and local notices from Deptford and Rotherhithe.
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Wilkes
Townsend
Havock
St. Thomas’s Hospital
St. Paul’s
Havanna
Albemarle
Bluecoat
Halifax
Shakespear
Billingsgate
Joseph. Downes Keapey
Uttoxeter
Stafford
Capt. Jones
Bombay
Battel
Sussex
Rotherhithe
Allison
Green Dragon
Deptford
Prince of Wales
Duke of Gloucester
Duke of Cumberland
Norfolk
Somerset
Cleveland
Richmond
England
Frederic Barlow
Burton
T. Evans
Great-Britain
Ireland
Wnb
Poem on Six Ladies Bathing and The New Statue
CorresponDENTS note new poem titled The Lines of the New Statue and the six ladies bathing verse received for publication. The item hints at literary offerings and upcoming content in the next issue.
Theatrical bills from Drury Lane and Covent Garden
Yesterday at Drury Lane Alexander the Great with The Mayor of Garratt and The Grecian Daughter with The Old Maid. Covent Garden presented The Stratagem with Mother Shipton and this evening Jane Shore with Comus altered from Milton.
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Drury-Lane
Alexander the Great
Garratt
Old Maid
Covent-Garden
Mother Shipton
Jane Shore
Comus
Milton
Stocks Reported At One O Clock Today
Stock figures listed include Bank Stock and South Sea shares with various lot numbers and fractions. Old and New South Sea Annuities show differences in price, dividend status, and classifications. Bonds and government bills appear with quoted percentages and maturities, including Navy and Victualling Bills and Long Ann Tickets.
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South Sea
India
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Fox
Middlesex Journal
Ieee
Eaget
Public Advertiser
Gazetteer
Public Ledger
Morning Chronicle
MipplEsex Journal
Tam
Tuomas Kina
Holborn
Stationers Hall
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