Sale of Plymouth cargoes from Le Mars prize ship
An advertisement for a Plymouth sale of goods from the Le Mars French prize taken by Colchester includes 205 hogsheads, 26 barrels, 69 tierces, 17 barrels of various items, 114 bags, 6 mattress beds, and more, with delivery at Plymouth and viewing by George Winne and Vaughan and Son. Also lists coffee per sundry ships, and a catalog available at Cannon Street. Also promotes Britannica reference works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garraway
Cornhill
Plymouth
le Mars
St. Domingo
Mjefty
Colchester
Robert Roddam
George Winne
Benjamin Vaughan
Lawrence Poultney Lane
Cannon Street
Ben
Vaughan and Son
Atgarraway
Exchange- Alley
Herman Dircksen
St. Eustatia
Roebuck
Buisson
Robbery of Portsmouth Mail Near Kensington Pits
General Post Office reports a mail robbery between two and three am near Kensington Gravel Pits. A 5 feet 8 inch to 6 foot man on a large brown gelding, wearing a blue frock coat, is sought. Rewards total 200 pounds plus the Parliament reward for apprehension, with a gracious pardon for Discoverers upon conviction. Officers urge notices of any notes or drafts sent by Portsmouth mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post-Office
Post Bay
Portmouth
Kensington
Portsmouth
George Shelvocke
N. B
Navy Navy Office Stores Tender Dates Readied March Next
The Principal Officers and Commissioners of his Majesty s Navy announce they will meet bidders at eleven o clock each morning to submit proposals for stores. Items include tron hemp country tar Dantzic plank Prussia deals Norway goods Riga matts with dates from March 5 to March 21 next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Office
His Majesty’s Navy
Norway
Riga
Steve Oster
His Majesty's Navy
Deptford
Complete Tables of Measures for Tradesmen
The advertisement offers ready tables of measures for masons bricklayers carpenters joiners plasterers painters and pavours. It notes contents are scalable to any piece and lists sellers Heath and Wing at Exeter Exchange Strand Bristow bookseller near the Great Toy Shop St Paul’s Churchyard and Ethring ton at York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowitch
Messrs
Heath
Radical cure for Hemorrhoids by Mr Mathews in Holborn
An 18th century health notice extols Mathews surgeon and midwife of Brook Street Holborn offering a radical cure for internal and external piles. It condemns common treatments as futile, promotes a new method claimed to safefully eradicate the disorder, and invites letters or visits for confidential advice with prices for liniment and internal remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mathews
Brookstreet
Holborn
Turner
Ste Fabjeé
Morton
Bes
Liew
Brook-freet
London
England
This Month a will be publishd Beautifully printed on a new Letter
A notice announces a forthcoming publication described as a large octavo volume. It promises careful printing, illustration with copper engravings, and aims to attract readers interested in a refined edition.
Modern Practice of Physic in Two Volumes
This Day is publish'd where may be had in Two Volumes Oravo Price 8s The Modern Practice of Physic improved by H Boerhaave and G H man physicians to the King of Prussia Translated Aphorisms of the former with Swieten's Commentaries and parts of Hoffman's Works to supply the Doctrine and complete the whole Practice of Physic By R James M D
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oravo
H. Boerhaave
G. H Man
King
Prussia
van Swieten
Hoffman
Boerhaave
R. James
M.D
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pizoscrata Britannica
B. Martin
M. Cooper
Paternoster Row
J. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church Yard
S. Crowder and Co
London Bridge
B. Collins
Salisbury
J. Cake
W. Frederick
Bath
Fleet-Areet
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Watson
Brunton
Straughan
É&C
Lloyd’s
Lombard-Street
Elenor
New-England
Dublin
Rathford
Edward Cahill
Threaiivedie Street
Mark Hudson
Laurence Pountney Lane
Genoa
Leghorn
Karen
Mathia
Hence
Henry Blomart
Domingo Sugar
West Indies
Woodbridge's and Co
St. Duristan's Hill
Peter Fearon
Nicholas-lane
Lloyd’s Coffee-House
Iron Gate Wharf
Cotto
and Willliam Norton
Fontenelle
Gogart
Great Britain
Europe
Gans
Whigg
Sidney and Lock
Carthage
W. Faden
Fleet- Street
Bridewell
Bethlehem
Harmacopgia Universalis
Edinburgh
S. Crowder
London-Bridge
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