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Snuff Patentee at Church Street Spital Fields
An advertisement for Thomas Smith offers medicinal snuff and pills amid claims of curing numerous ailments including leprosy and scurvy. Prices range from one guinea to modest pence in various packages. The item is followed by detailed transcriptions of royal Coronation news from Deal to York with festive honors, ship salutes, and a procession, describing celebrations and pageantry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Smith
Church
Deal
Wind S
Spithead
Sheerness
Calvert
Chatham
Dorking
Surry
Light Horse
York
Corporation, &c
Girondale
Dowager of Wales
House of Lords
Westminster Abbey
Prince William Henry
Prince Henry Frederick
Louisa Annie
Frederick William
Caroline Matilda
Chester
Chichester
Chapel Royal and
Cher
Westminster
Bihop
Rochester
Litchfield