Torture by pitch cap and taunting in irish unrest
The account describes brutal punishments inflicted by soldiers during unrest in Ireland. Victims, often called croppies, were seized and branded with heated caps, ears burned or cut, hair ripped out, and noses injured. Women suffered insults and dress desecration as royal troops silent or enabled these acts.
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Prom Plownden
Ireland
Philadelphia
Il ‘Laughlin
F Graves
San Lazl Foman
North
Cork
European Wars and the Folly of Endless Treaties
A reviewer notes that despite centuries of peace treaties in Europe the peoples remain persistently at war. Agreements are made with care and solemn ratification yet premeditated reprisals and mutual accusations spark new conflicts, yielding thousands of casualties before new accords restore a fragile halt.
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Europe
Mitakes
Fondanen
Destructive Gale Off Florida Coast Reported
Captain Burner of East Florida reports a severe gale hit the Florida coast on September 15. St Augustine houses blown down ships driven ashore Shorey Pier demolished Cape Romain vessel abandoned compare with 1804 gale. A Philadelphia ship from Havana with a cargo of sopar driven ashore and a brig hauled into St Marys.
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Burner
East Florida
Florida
St. Augustine
Bunker
Cape Romain
Philadelphia
Havanna
St. Mary’s
Sps Couriers
Ambitious Bonaparte plots rise while Louisiana joys Independence
A Augusta Louisiana celebration details a public dinner at Bonhomme near St. Louis with Richard Cavik E%q as President and Seth Emmons as Vice President. Toasts urge Congress action, territorial rights, education, and a strong republican future for Louisiana and the Missouri region. Reports warn of Franco-British tensions and property sales in Baldwin County with substantial land prices. Dated notes include obituaries and an alert about an enslaved girl Sally missing near Augusta.
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Louisiana
Bonhomme
St. Louis
Missouri
Meff
Richard Cavik
Seth Emmons
Toatts
Thomas Jefferson
U.S
George
United States
America
Americ Rapers
Roth
Lou- Tana
Tree of Liberty
Fair Daughters of
Philanthrophy
Baldwin
Milledgeville
Milledgeville Intelligencer
Ten Dollars Reward for RAN-AWAY from Augusta
Ten dollars reward offered for a runaway enslaved man described as about twenty five years old, five six or seven, yellow complexion, plain English, country marks of a half moon on each temple, formerly wore a broadcloth coat. He fled July 26 from a plantation near Augusta. Reward upon delivery or jail, Rodham Tulloss. October.
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Augusta
Ack
Rodham Tulloss
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