MDDM18: Flower-de-Luce

[Dave Monroe]

"Dixon, as a Needle man anxious to obtain the latest
Magnetick Intelligence of the Region that awaits them,
Rumors reaching him of a Coffee-House frequented by
those with an interest in the Magnetick, however it be
manifested, shows up one night at The Flower-de-Luce,
in Locust-Street." (M&D, Ch. 30, p. 298)

I don't get much of a chance to wander around in the
P-List archives, but every so often I stumble across
something whilst attempting to save myself some typing
(here, some retyping, see above).  E.g., from one Erik
Pohl ...

688.5-6 Flower de Luce 

Look for Dixon's Flower-de-Luce on this one:
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/speccol/2221/17/013/html/0000.html

A Magnetickal Term?

We have the flower:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/i/iripse09.html
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It is also called the Flower de Luce, or Fleur de Lys,
being the origin of the heraldic emblem of the Kings
of France....

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We have tobacco:
http://www.tmcl.demon.co.uk/loveland/maritime.htm
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Flower de Luce

It appears that Jeremy Loveland had an interest in
some tobacco brought home from Virginia in 1636 or
1637. He also adventured some goods which had been
transported to Virginia on the outward journey.

Like the story of the Revenge which follows, the
Flower de Luce could be considered less than 'fit for
purpose'. Henry Hedley of Limehouse, sailor
(40) told the Court [PRO. HCA.13/53, folio 323]:

     The Flower de Luce about a month or five weeks
after her departure from England proved to be very
leaky .... 

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Could this be it?

http://www.ul.cs.cmu.edu/gutenberg/etext96/inbio10.txt
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The artisans of the Middle Ages were very skilful in
the use of the lathe [...].  English mechanics seem
early to have distinguished themselves as improvers of
the lathe; and in Moxon's 'Treatise on Turning,'
published in 1680, we find Mr. Thomas Oldfield, at the
sign of the Flower-de-Luce, near the Savoy in the
Strand ...

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http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=9805&msg=27125&sort=date

Apparently, I've been doing things the hard way ...  


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