Elusive politics and society notes from a forgotten era
A fragmented set of political letters discuss voting procedures and warnings to a mayoral candidate, then pivot to social critique. The writer critiques livery servants, mocks fashion and wax figures in German courts, and laments decorum as women drive phaetons and men parade with exaggerated styles, urging restraint and propriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Rs Ftr
Conenaa
Sieet Ite Rand
Gemediz
Leas
Wilkes
Bishopsgate
Aldermen
Barnard
Beckford
Crosby
Germany
Christendom
Pantheon
R——y
Resignations and political shifts noted at St James's
Friday report details Gen Conway resigning as Lieutenant General of the Ordnance after attending the levee at St James's. It notes intended succession, royal ceremonies altered, a bishop visiting town, and varied diplomatic dispatches from Copenhagen to Dublin, with incidents of theft and courtly intrigues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway
St. James’s
Ordnance
Luttrell
Webb
8Th Regiment of Foot
Lord Harcourt
Ireland
Copenhagen
Frederick
Genoa
Poland
Dublin
Earl of
Dean Bourke
Leighlin
Fernes
Kildare
Meath
Thames
Horsley-down
Shoreditch
Sheriffs of
London
Apothecaries Company
Earl of Lichfield
University of Oxford
Radcliffe
Hilltreet
Lady Lichfield
Justice Ashurst
James Dashwood
Oxford
St. John’s College
Oxfordshire
East India affairs inquiry letters from Nabob to Verelft
Extracted letters dated 4 July 1768 reveal Shujah u l Dowla detailing actions and responses about Bolts and Meer Mushallah. The Nabob says he has fully conveyed circumstances to Rajah Pursud Roy, writing frankly without omission or deviousness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meer Madulllah
Bulwantfing
Bolts
Calcutta
Maharage Miller
Brimha Maharage Miffer
Gonythamdass
Gomattahs
Cogee Rafael
Rafael
Murshedabad
Gomarrah
Barker
Bahadur
Nabob Shujah Ul Dowla
Harper
Mulk Bahader
Gogee
Gregore Cojamaul
Cogee
Johannes Padre Rafael
Bengal
Ispahan
Persia
India
England
East-India Company
Bulwandling
Fort William
Verelit
Patna
Verelft
Meer Mushallah
Rajah
Pursud Roy
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the Public Ledger
R. Swords
John Waraker
Waraker
Tax the Morning Chronicle
Country News
Gosport
Centaur
Canterbury
York
Our Castle
Hart Jacobs
Stephen Moor
Edward Brown
John Walker
Thomas Bromby
Ann
Wm. Gray
Bertram and Co
King’s Arms Yard
Leeds
Miss Marshall
House of Commons
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