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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 26, 1769
Page
2
A long mixed narrative includes Fresnoys letter defending the Society of Artists of Great Britain, Jersey disturbances, comet sightings with crude instruments, military movements between Russia and the Ottomans, papal episode in Naples, African coast hostilities, and social notices of marriages and deaths. The item lists ships arrival and departure across British ports, with brief personal notices and local commerce details.
In London on October 24 a gathering of Free-men at the Mille Hall in High Street elected Sir James Cotter as chair. He announced that petitioning the King is a right of the subject and that laws protect such action. About 200 hands were raised for petitioning, none against. a prepared petition was read, with cheers. Sir James thanked Cotter and expressed loyalty and fidelity to the public and private concerns raised.
A fragment from a London advertisement promotes a “Tenetian Window Blinds” and a new invention table for games, sold by William Deering and others in Great Newport Street and nearby venues. The text also touts a supposed cure by a physician with claims of safety and secrecy, listing multiple shops and addresses in London where medicines are sold.
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