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Election in Lincoln City and Admiralty Actions Highlight News
Readable extracts describe Lincoln election where Sir John Tyrwhitt wins with 257 votes to 221 amid citizen integrity and no bribery, plus Admiralty hiring fifty disabled seamen for Greenwich Hospital and plans to admit 173 more. Also noted are suspensions of Customs officers, a Thames bridge commission, a Sodomitical charges case, a drowning incident, a Swedish mission, a deserter to be shot, and royal gifts and treasury appointments.
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Lincoln
Ibn Adanson
Bart
House of Lords
Charles Advifom
London
Sir Fubn Tyrwhite
Stainfeild
Sir John Teri
Mr. Monson
Fobn
Church of England
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Greenwich Hospital
Customs
Thames
Fulham
Putney
Forthwich
Randolph Knipe
Edward Finch
Sweden
Tressay
Richmond
John Athyert
Col
Skelton
3D Regiment of Foot-Guards
Flyde Park
Robert Walpole
Duke
the Treasury
Mr. Fox
Plymouthn