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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 11
Date: October 1902 - January 1903Reference: WF/E/03/11 (Copy, part 2)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 11
Date: October 1902 - January 1903Reference: WF/E/03/11 (Copy, part 1)Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Archives and manuscripts
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Burroughs Wellcome & Co, Private Letter Book 11
Date: October 1902 - January 1903Reference: WF/E/03/11Part of: Wellcome Foundation Ltd- Books
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Positively the last night By Permission of the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor and the Worshipful the Mayor. Mr. Kean having been particularly desired by several Gentlemen of the University to give his Lounge for One Evening more, takes the liberty of informing them, and the University at large, that he purposes giving it this Evening, Monday, December 13, 1790, At the Town Hall, Mr. Kean, From the Theatres Royal Drury Lane, Covent Garden, Hay Market, Bath, Bristol, &c. and an Honorary Member of the Anacreontic Society, London, who has distinguished himself in the most eminent Manner in that convivial and elegant Circle, and before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, at Brighton, In three parts, will give his Evening Lounge; consisting of Imitations, Theatrical and Senatorial. Part I. Shift's introduction to Sir Wm. Wealthy, from the Minor. Friar Laurence - - - - - Mr. Hull Romeo - - - - - - - - - Mr. Wroughton Iago - - - - - - - - - The late Mr. Henderson Reparation - - - - - - - Messrs. Lee Lewis & Banister, jun. Piere - - - - - - - - - Mr. Bensley And Crochet and Quaver, a Delineation of two eminent Music Venders in London, with Additons; After which Mr. Kean will give a favourite Irish Song, called Paddy Bull's Expedition. Part II. Harlequin's Invasion - - - Mr. Waldron Romeo - - - - - - - - - Mr. Holman Bon Ton - - - - - - - - Mr. King Robin, in the Waterman - - - Mr. Lamash Alexander the Great - - Late Mr. Barry And Smirk, after the Manner of a well-known Auctioneer in London. Part III. Admirl Bnbow (a Song) - - - After the Manner of a Common Sailor. Hamlet - - - - - - - - Mr. Kemble Grave Digger - - - - - - Mr. Quick Charles, in the School for Scandal, Messrs. Smith and Kemble The Author - - - - - - The late Mr. Foote Richard Coeur de Lion - - Mr. Banister, sen. In the Course of the Evening Mr. Kean will give an Imitation of George Saville Carey, In his Dialogue between Foote and Weston. To conclude with a Senatorial Dialogue Between Two Luminaries of St. Stephen's Chapel. To begin at Eight O'Clock precisely. - Admittance, Two Shillings.
Kean, Moses, -1792.Date: 1790]- Books
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Mr. Lloyd, Merchant, at the Corner of Nassau-Street and King's-Street, St. Anns, doth and will continue to sell the following French and other Wines, viz. l. s. d. Burgundy, per Dozen - - - - - 1 18 0 Chateau Margeau Claret, per Dozen - 1 17 0 Letour Claret, per Dozen - - - - 1 17 0 Muscate White Wine, per Dozen - - 1 10 0 Bourdeaux Claret, per Dozen - - - 1 10 0 Vidona Madeira from the West Indies, per Dozen - - - - - - 0 18 0 Red Port, per Gallon - - - - - 0 05 6 Mountain, per Gallon - - - - 0 04 8 White Lisbon, per Gallon - - - - 0 05 0 Sherry, per Gallon - - - - - 0 05 6 Old Palm Sack, per Gallon - - - - 0 08 0 Annadea, per Gallon - - - - - 0 05 0 Canary, per Gallon - - - - - 0 06 0 White Port, per Gallon - - - - 0 04 8 At the above Prices, for Ready-Money only; Casks, Bottles and Hampers always ready, to be paid for or returned.
Lloyd, Mr., merchant (Thomas).Date: 1760?]