Strange helmet lottery hangs prisoners in an English tale
An excerpt from an English history describes a Dutch captors helmet lottery where 24 prisoners drew lots with eight marked by a gibbet and 16 blanks. Those with blanks were freed, while others faced immediate execution. A Spanish prisoner wept, a brave Englishman offered gold to swap, and a dramatic, fatal cast of fortune followed as the narrative highlights fate and fortune in early modern warfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farsi Lsserlainig
Bisak
Setheir
England
John Barclay
Euphornia Lusinius
Washington County Wool and Farm Prosperity Debate
A fragment from a 19th century column discusses Washington County Pennsylvania wool and farm prosperity. It highlights crop values, prices at 55 per pound and total value around 360,000 dollars, praising agricultural enterprise while critiquing foreign manufacturing reliance and state policy debates. It notes tensions with France and comments on diplomatic prudence and national dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Panosylvania
Pecarytrenie
Dreadful tornado hits Piscataway and New Brunswick
From the New York Evening Star June 20. A violent tornado swept over Piscataway two miles from New Brunswick at about 5 pm, leveling houses and causing injuries. It moved toward New Brunswick with Grand Falls in that city, destroying and injuring around 150 houses in Liberty, Richmond, and Schureman areas. Several deaths reported, including a widow named Van Arsdle, a man named Henry Boorsem, and a boy named Bayard. The New Bedford Mercury reports further quake effects at sea near Chile, noting ship damage and changed water depths, with sailors observing a significant earthquake impact on sea life and port ruins. Additional items note academic appointments at Princeton Theological Seminary and political commentary on Democrats and Federalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Harriet
Guard
Wymattee
Siena
Neoms
Capt. Uerd
Mrs. Guard
Whymatice
New York Gazette
New Brunswick
Amwell
Ringgold's
Staten Island
Rossville
Middlebush
John French
Tiehanes
David Dunn
J. G. Seoul
Theophilus Holkham
James Fisher
Abraham Blauwell
Prevont
Tunis Silcocks
New Brunswick Times
Albany
Church Street
B. Myer
Deare
M'Clelland
John Croes
L. Kirkpatrick
Henry
Baird
Blackpais
George-street
Liberty
Schureman
New Streets
Nelson
Bunet-street
Schuramen
Bennet Street
Thos
Nicholas i
Ean
Fae
Denham
New
George Streets
Wharfah Urnel
Bea
Abedstead
Schureman Street
Burnet Street
Janeway
Wooda
James ‘Ts Dunn
Rying
Joel Randal
Piscataway
Episcopal Church
Thomas W. Harper
New York
Piscatawsy
Rose Street
Perth Amboy
Princeton
N. York Evening Star
Piscat
Richmond
Sehureman
van Arsdle
Henry Boorsem
Phipmhan
Navy
Yeairest
Bayard
Bedford Mercury
Capisin ‘Townsend
Nile
New Bedford
Chili
Tatcahuapa
T. Etates
Cotton
Ship Lo
Englishman's Valuation of His Life in Wartime Times
A fragmented English notice reflects on personal valuation amid party clashes and hostilities. The text references Belgium and Spanish contexts, hinting at wartime assessments of life and liberty during conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester County
George Wolf
Wall
Jackson Party
Feder
van Buren
de Witt Clinton
Madison
Sig
Fnium
Neers Cantary
Coin Beldien
Bpanis
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Adams Sentinel and
General Advertiser
Jae
U. S. Gaz
Medical and Surgical Journal
Dedham
Old Bailey
Almé
N. S. Journal of Commerce
Tertoone
Parsons
Slater
Donald Esgearach
Donald
Sweden
Bernadotte
John Fielding
Galicia
Poland
George Tyszkiewica
Vienna
Lariski
Ossolinski
Leopol
Austria
Nicholas
Mitkowki
Drohojowski
Harrison
Norton
Otis D. Stewart
Ly. Chamberlayne
Hasiely
Theresa
France
Paris
Erbakera
Fancias
Boston Journal
Newark Sentinel
John Breckenridge
Theological Seminary At
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
J. Addison Alexander
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