Woman accused of hoarding corn and tossing it into the Seine
Report from Pont de Vaux says a woman bought enormous corn stocks, possibly over three million, and cast the grain into the Seine. Villagers attempted to bring her to the Town Hall Committee, but the rioting crowd killed her before she could be questioned, preventing any discovery of the crime's source.
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Foreign Affairs
Paris
Pont de Vaux
Treffe
Ertat
Saohe
King grants Reverend Edward Bower Croft rectory in York
A royal appointment transfers the Croft rectory in York to Reverend Edward Bower following the death of Reverend Donor Henry Chaytor. The notice details other 18th century items including naval losses, legal judgments, and social anecdotes from London and national events.
Melancholy accidents and a Jamaica letter fragment
The page recounts a Cambridge tragedy where a student about 18 was fatally attacked while returning home, plus earlier sorrowful notes about a grieving husband and child. It also reports a Jamaica letter describing a dumb girl who suddenly speaks upon her father's death, and a Virginia extract noting tobacco crop forecasts.
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Cambridge
Robert Sloper
Sloper
Piozzi
Rory
Italy
Lord Rodney
Count de Gralle
Lord Romer
Ban
Atlas
Kingdon
Jamaica
Dau
Jacob Mendez Guntfa
Virginia
Liverpool
Preston
Sherborne Caflle
Dominica
Carribean
Earthquake Shocks Reported Near Camde and Edinburgh
A Friday entry notes a quake felt at Camde near Cueif with aftershocks and alarms. Residents fled homes as tremors shook towns, with reports of numerous unheard sounds following the initial shock. Subsequent quakes since August Las and November are described as persistent and violent. Nearby Edinburgh also logged a noise aligned with the event.
Extraordinary Convict Strong Will From Newgate to Woolwich
An aged six foot tall convict nicknamed Strong Will features among recent transportees to Botany Bay. He is described as remarkably float and feared by guards for strength. His past includes a fall farm near Hounslow ruined by a prosecution, later turning to poaching and plundering. He escaped Halks at Woolwich with others but was recaptured after a colleague prevented punishment. He allegedly defends women by breaking fingers when witnessing cruelty and endured frost on Hounslow Heath before final capture and transfer to Newgate.
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Newgate
Woolwich
Botany Bay
Hounslow
Halks
Trong
Sapene
Hounsiow Heath
Hammermith
Method of making POTATOE BARM for bread
Instructions describe a potato barm for baking bread using boiled potatoes, water, brown sugar, and fermentation, with quantities and resting times. It notes a two-month shelf life and yields one noggin per four quarts of flour, then cites endorsements of individuals and mentions venereal disease cures and sales of a remedy called Anse Bronpe.
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Dong
Retreat, massacres, and political turmoil reach Brussels
Reports from Brussels detail Dahlberg’s rout and a chaotic retreat by German mercenaries facing pursuit. Prince Anhalt-Deffau’s forces are noted in the bloody flank, with civilians and clergy reportedly affected by the unrest. Patriots consolidate, while Ghent and Bruges see intensified activity as Belgian Brabant and Flemish factions align against imperial governance. A proposed National Bank plan by M. Neckar is outlined, seeking 170 million in extra funds and a 20 year charter to stabilize finances.
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Ieee
Novi
Brussels
Dahlberg
Scheldt
Bender
Prince of
Anhalt-Deffau
Russia
Flanders
Brabant
Vilflingen
Dalton
Saxe-Teichen
de la Marck
van der Noot
Vienna
Ghent
Pass
M. Neckar
National Assembly
Caiffe ’Elcompte
France
Garantie Nationale
Caisse d’Escompte
Mr. Neckar
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London
Whitehale
Edward Bowerbank
Croft
County of
York
Chester
Henry Chaytor
White
Rampton
Merlrs
Robinson
Washington
Congress
Almerica
United States
Antelope
Seward Islands
Royal George
Spithead
Stoke’s Bay
His Majesty’s
Shields
Petrie
Samuel Hannay
Bart
Sam
Hannay
Seeveral
Mar
Parliament
Samuel
Lord Mansfield
Fakeny
Richardson
Ashhurst
Boller
Grofe
Griffon
Koeinsberg
Baltic
Mendoza
Tyne
Thomas Apreece
Lord Barrymore
St. Jamnes’square
Lord His Lordship
Esher
Surrey
Blymhill
Stafford
William
Elizabeth Parker
Rosseau
Martinica
St. Pierre
Martineque
Fort Royal
America
M. le
Hs Pal
Aix Parcon
Eoinpercon
Camde
Cueif
Counrie
N. W
Edinburgh
James Blackstone
All Souls
College, Oxford
Vinerian Foundation
Benjamin Lloyd
Southton
Flintfire
Anne Blakeway
Thomas Blakeway
Shrewsbury
J. Rupuaty
H. Brown
Quay-Street
Bristol
Crumwec
St. James’s Street
Batu
Tytrs
Worcester
Pearson and Rouxason
Birminngham
J. Harrop
Manchesterr
J. Fletcher
N.B
Bronpew
F Willis
Aerosttory
Bridge-street
Marseilles
F. Willis
X. Y
Bonners
Exchange
Vere Ali
Hornet
Maxse
Briffal
Hall
Sarah Matthews
Bys
Besh
Fisher
Jenkins and Rosser
Bath
Joseph Pore
Pope’s Head and Pelican Inn
St. Thomas-street
Brzfol
Stoke’s Croft
St. Paul
Robert Peach
RicHarb Hrin
Tyler
Old Park
Hueues
Anderdon
Stamp Office
Great Britain
T. Wood
Suspettor
Henry Shergeld
Sheathy Shergeld
Hugh Shergeld
Lombardttrest
Middlesex
Shergold
Coa
H. Shergold
State Lottery
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