Royal Request Details from 1840 Niger Expedition
Documents show Captain Tucker's 1840 despatch from Fernando Po describing King Denny of the Gaboon River accepting gifts from the Queen of England. The king asks for a lavish wardrobe and chairs and indicates a wish for trade, while Lord John Russell supposedly agreed to cover his “nakedness” with gifts if he abolishes the slave trade.
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Niger
Peteeee
Tucker
Fernando Po
Admiralty
King Denny
Gaboon River
Manly
England
Denny
King Denny Town
John Russell
Royal Pensioners two kings visit on quarter day
Two foreign kings visited London on a Saturday that coincided with quarter day. Both receive large English pensions, and their trip is connected to this financial arrangement, as reflected in the Punch cartoon commentary.
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Royal Pensioners
London
England
Punch
Silk portraits of nobility in silk weave exhibit
A silk portrait of the Duchess of Kent was presented by a committee of silk weavers to promote British silk manufacture. A similar black and white silk portrait of the Duke of Wellington is finished and awaiting presentation, framed with royal insignia. A portrait of the Queen Dowager is in progress for eventual submission to her Majesty.
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Duke OF Wellington
Duchess of Kent
Important Notice for Suitors in Chancery
An official notice posted in the Chancery court outlines the way out for suitors long wandering in the court. The item, quoted as The way out, appears to urge timely action and resolution of pending matters.
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Chancery
Census tale and Hungarian garden notes in one issue
A Louisville census report describes a man 56 with 38 children from three marriages and a wife in a state of expectancy. The piece then details a Hungary garden at Pest near Godolo praised for its beauty and a notable dairy with Swiss cows and a distinctive cross-shaped layout.
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Malthusians
Louisville
Kentuckian
Hungary
Godolo
Pest
England
Grassalkovich
Godelo
Poget
Transylvania
Extraordinary Child Lifts 22Lb Weight in Llanwinio Parish
In Llanwinio a remarkably strong 18 month old named Sampson reportedly lifted a 22 pound weight with ease. The item lists other items including Shakespeare autographs offered by Punch with a bid as low as £145. A jury trial at Red Lion Square proceeds with a partial jury and a case Hodson v Ridley heard in the same session. A Jamaica bound ship carries three thousand weight of Sea Island seed cotton from St Andrew parish as the island eyes potential profits and renewed cultivation.
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Llanwinio
Sampson
Sheriff's Court
Red Lion Square
Kennedy
Mountain
Thomas
Lucas
Hodson
Ridley
Jamaica
Sea Island
Aranjuez Pen
St. Andrew
Ourgues
Liverpool Albion
Gooseberry Fool and A Strange June Weather Tale
A 1791June sketch reports a sudden weather shift from 75 to 25 degrees within days, frost covering Kent and Surrey hills, ice thick as a shilling. It mixes with verses praising gooseberry fool, describing Julylike warmth and a chorus extolling the dish amid rustic humor.
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Kent
Surrey
Repeal agitation spreads through New York meetings
The Irish repeal movement gains momentum in New York with four major meetings led by ex governor Seward urging peaceful, constitutional action. Funds collected reach about 1,070 dollars with further totals anticipated across Atlantic cities, while speakers warn of possible war with England and push for American influence in aiding Ireland.
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Seward
Ireland
Owever
John Doyle
Webb
Congress
Canada
M‘carron
France
Scotland
J. A. Barber
Sons of
Erin
Free America
Old Ireland
Stokes
England
John Griffin
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
United States
Tyler
The
Mercury
Philadelphia Repeal Association
Oregon
Senate
Daniel O'Connell
O'Connell
John Hancock
Porter
Pennsylvania
Brisbane
Great Britain
Chronicle
Universal SurreacE meeting and Cobden rally at Maidstone
Report of two public meetings in England with prominent figures. The Complete Suffrage Association tea at White Conduit House honored with thanks to Sharman Crawford. A Kentish farmers gathering on Penenden heath featured Cobden, Villiers, and impassioned calls to repeal the corn laws.
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Universal Surreace
Complete Suffrage Association
White Conduit House
Pentonville
Joseph Sturge
Hindley
M.P
Sharman Crawford
Bowring
Crawford
Cobden
Pevenden Htath
Thomas White
Galding
Obden
Capt. Atcherly
J. Osborn
Maldon
C. P. Villiers
Col. Thompson
Beacon
Ahnera
George Swainson
Osburn
Villiers
Oxrorp
Everett
Nox-Piacers
P. Wynter
V.C
Edward Everett
United States
Court of Great Britain
Convocation
University of Oxford
Church of Christ
Oxford Herald
Paul Parnell
St. John’s College
Messrs. Marshall
Brasenose
James Collins
Baliol College
Council of Scotland
Free Presbyterians of Scotland
Exeter Hall
Marquis of
Breadalbane
Mr. Grey
Cunningham
Beecham
Free Church of Scotland
Bunting
Fox Maule
Commissions signed by lord lieutenant for Hertford and others
The London gazette records commissions appointing deputy lieutenants and officers across Hertford Stafford Wilt Oxford Edinburgh and Clackmannan areas including Sir James Flower William Woodhouse the Hon Richard Cavendish Viscount Lewisham and Edward Wright among others with promotions captains majors cornets adjutants surgeons and chaplains, plus related court and insolvency notices and bankruptcies.
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Hertford
James, Flower, Bart
William Herbert Woodhouse
Stafford
Richard Cavendish
King’s Own Regiment of
Staffordshire
William Walter Legge
Viscount
Lewisham
County of
Wilts
Royal Regular Militia
Frederick Henry Paul Methuen
Kinnier
Ui Oxford
Oren
Oxfordshire
Edward, Wright
Cornet
Whippy
Archer Robert Tawney
Henry Tawney
Edinburgh
North Mid
Msmorandum
Dorset Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry
Dorset Regiment of Yeomanry
Desigeen
Samart Dane
J. Chappell
Sheffield
J. Harris
Newark upon-Trent
F. Herring
Terrington St. Clement
E. Lowe
Gopsall
J. Charlton
Cecilcourt
St. Martin's-lane
T. Johnson
Chichester-place
Gray's-inn-road
General Smith
J. Dixon
Hampstead-road
S. Cawley
Warrington
J. Tyson
J. Walkden
Blackburn
J. Stott
Rochdale
H. Bake
Manchester
J. Franks
J. Buist
Hercules Buildings
Lambeth
T. Walker
East Retford
Nottinghamshire
J. Will
J. W. Walmsley
Iama
Llanelly
Carmarthenshire
Chancery-lane
W. Faulconbridge
Warner-street
Kent-road
H. Leahy
Philadelphia-terrace
T. Bimmack
Wolverhampton
G. C. Smith
Baurgh
Yorkshire
B. Beaumont
Batley
J. Howard
Newport
Monmouthshire
A. Benjamin
Leman-street
Goodman's-fields
J. Garside
Almenbury
J. J. Dransfield
Cradley
Worcestershire
J. Dow
Romford
Baker
P. Gwyn
Neath
Glamorganshire
E. Carr
Norwich
Ublican
S. Dewhurst
Lancaster
Sawyer
J.C Pooley
Peldon
Isex
W. Mann
Birstal
G. Blacking
Exeter
E. de Neuville
R. Naylor
York
C. Hawksley
T. Smith
Keighley
H. Cockbury
Gillingham
Kent
J. Dangerfield
Bridge-row
Pimlico
J.H. Powell
Greenwich
W. Smith
Carey-street
Lincoln's Inn Fields
J. Wright
Bradford
Gracechurch-street
W. Burton
Cambridge
Draper
E. Adams
Blenheim-street
New Bond-street
J. Lock
Northampton
Robins and Williams
London-wall
W. C. Knight
Great Suffolk
Southwark
F. Lock
Three-crown
Endergon
Ryton
Durham
Wood Merchant
G. Walit
Liverpool
Banker
H. Johnstone
Sheeld
W. Peate
Shrewsbury
R. R. Walker
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G. Lee
Leeds
Woolstapler
J. Whitfield
Tooleystreet
J. Morgan
Woodside
Cheshire
Calcutta
W. Y. Norton
Bloxwish
J. Grist
New Brentford
J. P. Starling
Blakeney
Norfolk
W. Southam
Walsall
R. Burgess
Tunstall
R. Taylor
W. and
J. Shawcross
S. J. Gausgen
Moor
Rockport
C. J
Aly
C. Honey
Little
A. Fraser
Trellek
Terrace
Hanover-square
W. Aslett
Stirk, Greenwood, and Co
Halifax
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Ripley
Derbyshire
J. Linton and Co
Selby
Cochran and Son
High-Street
Shadwell
Babb
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Devonshire
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Orkshire
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Edgware-road
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UPI
Thames-street
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May
Marloroug
Old Change
City
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Kingsgate-street
Holborn
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Watling Street
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Brighton
R. Walker
Ilmington
Warwickshire
Sharp, Roberts, and Co
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King's Lynn
van Bever
Renault
Old Bondstreet
Ladies’ Shoes
Boulton and Phillips
Hanley
Stoke upon-Trent
Mercers
Lewis and Watts
Atherstone
Petrie and Bent
Richescourt
Lime-street
Swift and Co
Audnam
Yoter and Carpenter
St. Thomas the Apostle
Fox and
Parkin
J. W. Tanners
Sheffrel Walmsley
W. Cooper
Light Dragoons
Earl Cathcart
K.T
Sth Regiment of Light Dragoons
Edward Seager
Alfred Haffenden
Rowles
Lord Alan Spencer Churchill
Haffenden
10Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
Henry Beauchamp Lygon
Marquis of London
Ohn Stewart Wood
Havelock
17Th Foot
Eric Mackay Clarke
Catain
Archase
Erskine
Rowland Bentinck Coda
Purchase
Clarke
John Bourke
Purc
Codd
29Th Foot
Charles Cyril Taylor
Canada
Robert Grcy Douglas
47Th Foot
Claremont Skrine
78Th Foot
Austen
57Th Foot
John Potter
Barlow
10Th Foot
David Morrow
Potter
60Th Foot
Charles Robert Benes M.D
Haugh Fraser
Foot
Hardress de Luttrell Saunderson
Osborn
Hardresse
Robert Holmes
Saunderson
John Wentworth Austen
Shrine
82D Foot
Charles Graves
3D West India Regiment
Forster
2D Foot
James George Hay
Atherley
94Th Foot
Lawrence Desborough
8D Foot
Kelly
Fs Foot
Edmonda Robert Richardson
Sall
18Th Light Dragoons
1St
West India Regiment
Edward Lewis Knight
Balantine
Francis Ellis
Knight
Robert Matthew Forster
Graves
Cape Mounted Riflemen
Robert Marshall Allan
Minto
Hasritan Starr
James Clephane Minto
Boyes
Enst Queade
William Henry
Ostheyren
Johan Fredrik Christian
Pembroke
Castlemartin
Edward Leach
Mansel
Wairratt
Charles Morton Ricketts Chamberlain
Worcester
Edward Smith
Doncaster
Charles Frederick Sparrow
High Court of Chancery
Great Britain
Henry Breex Next
Grocers’ Company
Rocers'hall
Falbourn
Cambridgeshire
Sudbury Trinity Chapel
Suffolk
Woodchester Baptist Chapel
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Moriah Calvinistic Chail
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J. Coats
St. John-street
Middlesex
E. Messum
Portsea
Southampton
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E. Turner
J. Ogden
Iron Founders
T. Mason
Stowford Mills
Harford
Devon
T. T. Squier
Dorchester
Carriers
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R. M. Bryant
Bristol
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J. E. Merchant
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J. Crallan
Sunderland
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J. M. B. Newrick
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Hagley
Uly
J.S. Walton
Northallerton
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T. Lloyd
Market Deeping
Cer
E. Robinson
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W. B. Wright
Peckham
E. V. Austin
Rotherhithe
Apothecary
Gartley
Golden Lane
St. Luke's
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A. Hay
Great Queen
Lincolnshire
Berryman and Cox
Penzance
Moseley and Dobbs
Latchford
Langton and Jones
Chesterfield
Smith and Knowles
Hepburn and Co
Lisle-street
Leicester Square
J. Heburn
Cadney and Botting
George Street
Portman Square
Airymen
Smith, Payne, and Smit
Lombard-street
Nottingham
A. Smith
Magniac
Jardine, and Co
Earbardotcot
O. Smith
Taylor and Potter
Philpot-lane
London
Joel and Marks
Acorn-street
Bishopsgate
W. Edwards and Co
Llangellen
Denbighshire
Reynolds and Lee
Garratt
Surrey
Hammer-street
Stephenson and Gaye
George-street
Bryanstone-square
Royal drawing room and navy uniform changes announced
Notice warns of a drawing room at St James's Palace on July 6 for Her Majesty's birthday and details new dress uniform patterns for Royal Navy officers. Uniform rules specify coats hats epaulettes and lace, with a deadline of June 30 1844 to abandon older patterns.
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St. James's Palace
Her Majesty
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Royal Navy
Srpnsy Henpeerr
War-Orrier
Regiment of Life Guards
Charles William Marquis of
Marriages and Deaths from Hanover Square and Beyond
Marriage notices include H Master Feilden to Caroline Mosley at Hanover Square and John Hamilton White to Alicia Daly with the Earl of Bantry relation. A notable Westminster wedding of Hon William Cowper MP and Miss Gurney is described with a large guest list and after ceremony breakfast. Deaths span Chester Street to Paris and Boulogne, noting Anna Lambton and other widows, a 100-year-old Dingwall man, and a remarkable Paris prison tale of the old Frenchman with the white beard.
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Hanover-square
Robert Liston
Constantinople
William Cowper
Hertford
Earl Cowper
Viscountess Palmerston
Miss Gurney
Daniel Gurney
Lynn
Earl of Iroll
St. James's Church
Westminster
Somerville Hay
Viscount
Viscountess
Palmerston
Countess of Erroll
Margaret Hay
Ashley
Melbourne
Jocelyn
Agnes Hay
Wemyss
Miss Ashley
Miss Ffolks
Hudson Gurney
St James's Square
Earl
Countess Cowper
Fordwick
Isabella Wemyss
Campden
Sydney
Elphinstone
George Lamb
Huskinson
Beauvale
Norreys
Robert Grosvenor
Norwich
Stanley
Miss Stanley
Brockett-hall, Herts
Chester-street
Grosvenor-place
Anna
Hedworth Lambton
Studland
Dorset
Edward
G. Bankes
Ballyconry
Catherine
Lord Clarina
John Stack
Windsor
Wm. Fairbridge
Express
St. Cross
Pickering
Rotherfield
Mary
John Dulock
Tunbridge Wells
R. Miles
Paris
John Carrol
Sir Parker Carrol
Port Royal
Jamaica
Poole Gubbins
R.N
H.M.S. Scylla
Dingwall
Scotland
John Mackenzie
Thatcher
Mount Pleasant
Newburgh
Alex. Bethune
Marlow
Lady Robinson
W. H. Robinson
Boulogne
Edmund
Edmund Lenthal Swifte
Her Majesty
Coblentz
Convent of the Carmelites
20Th Regiment
Antonio Alivera
Aosta
Piedmont
Patent Self Adjusting German Truss Recommended
The faculty endorses the patent self adjusting German truss for cure and relief of hernia. Leading professionals favor a truss that resists effectively without excess pressure and omits straps springs or pads. J Egg and Co. offer to secure any reducible rupture under their care from their manufactory at No 1 Piccadilly.
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J. Egg and CO
Piccadilly
Relief from torment by Lefay's Grande Pommade advertised
An advertisement touts Lefay's Grande Pommade as a rapid relief for Tic Douloureux gout and nerve pains after one application. It claims restoration from paralysis and rheumatism through rubbing, and lists prices for cases and post office orders. It also promotes related medical works and other tonics sold by multiple London and Birmingham vendors.
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Lefay
Louis
Mutron
Samuel Lamert
Bedford-street
Bedford-suare
London
Falkner-square
Manchester
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London Hospital Medical Society
Apothecaries' Hall
Fargate
Heffield
Davey
Broad-street
Bristol
Manchester Chronicle
la Mert
Wakefield Journal
Bolton
La'Mert
Stockport
La’Mert
Bedford-streat
Bedford-square
Faulkner-street
Jean Lefay
J.tirling
Whitechael
N.B
United Kingdom
R.and
L. Perry
Strange
Paternoster Row
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Purkis
Compton-street
Soho
Philips
Oxford-street
Jackson and Co
New Bond-street
J. Gordon
Leadenhall Street
Cattermole
Ratcliffe-highway
Strand
Blackshare-road
Dredge
Whitechapel High-street
Guest
Bull-street
Birmingham
Heaton and
Buckton Briggate
Leeds
Perry
Messrs
Messrs. Perry
Berners-Street
Great Charles-street
Easy-row
Messrs. Poy
N. B
C. J. Lucas & Co
Newman-street
Oxford Street
Brittain
Paternester-row
Gordon
Leadenhall-street
G. Mansell
King-street
Southwark
C. Westerton
Parkside
Knightsbridge
A. Phillips
Huett
High Holborn
J. Buckton
Briggate
J. Noble
Picaker Since
Hull
T. Lawler
Courier-office
St Ann's-square
H. Whitmore
Market Street
W. Howell
Dale-street
Liverpool
J. Howell
Waterloo Place
Church Street
W. Wood
High-street
J. Fry
Lucas
Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
J. J. Cunris
Messrs. Curtis
Old England
Essex and
Herts Mercury
Curtis
Curtiss
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho Square
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