Atlantic storm devastates Virginia Maryland coast damage and losses
Reports describe a July hurricane causing seven feet of tidal rise at Alexandria and substantial flooding in Baltimore. Property losses reach 40 000 to 50 000 pounds with ships and warehouses damaged or stranded. Tobacco and farm produce suffer, while homes and quays suffer through Hobbs Hole and Back River areas. Several vessels drift near towns as crews are lost or presumed dead.
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Thamipton
Filichurch
Almsbury
Greenland
Portugueze
Europe
Nostra Signiera Do Mares E Sam Severins
Antonio Joze da Cruze Costa
A&t
Ireland
Messrs. Prescotts and Co
Biddulph and Cox
House of Ladbroke
Virginia
Maryland
Alexandria
Baltimore
Cape Henry
Back River
Hobb’s Hole
Three gentlemen end their lives after public office theft
In Dublin on September 20, a member of parliament and two other gentlemen who held public office took their own lives last week. The incident is linked to removing religious restraints and the belief that strong minds fail without restraint. The note emphasizes despair over social alcohol expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irelan
Dublin
Royal Well at Chelt enham and county notices amid royal plans
From Cheltenham to Salisbury and beyond the period news reports royal plans at Chelt enham for a palace site near Fauconberg Lodge. The Welton Bays hill waters resemble the old Spa. Lord Bathurst visits Salisbury and samples a wool comb pot. A Beaminstet orchard could yield a second apple crop. A Painswick Sunday School anniversary notes moral progress and funds as 200 children join services. A Robbery near Huntley Road leaves Farmer Bluett robbed. Five guineas offered for capture. The Abbey at Limerick reports a lightning strike caused major damage to Captain Crowe’s ship off the Old Head of Kinsale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheltenham
Welton Bays Hill
Fauconberg Lodge
Salisbury
Lord Bathurst
Gloucestershire
Beaminstet
Dorset
Grocester
Painswick
Thomas Stock
Peter Il. v
Bluett
Peyton
Bluete
LiveRnvoot
Abbey
T. Crowe
Barbadoes
Kinsale
Extraordinary duel in Hyde Park ends in death of two nobles
A manuscript tale recounts a late monarch era duel between a Duke of B and Lord B- at Hyde Park. The armed encounter lasts across nearly the entire morning, ending with both fatalities after intense hand to hand combat and a fatal wound to the duke and a mortal injury to Lord B-.
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Goodwin
Henry
Duke of B
Hyde Park
Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia announced in 1788
An advertisement extols Howard's New Royal Cyclopaedia, a lavish three‑volume universal dictionary of arts and sciences, with engraved copper plates, new typography, and weekly numbers. It claims superiority over rivals, lists editors, and urges public orders at Hatton Garden, London.
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Denny
Edmund Fry and Co
Prince of Wales
Artisis
Noble
George Selby Howard
Upper Seymour Street
Portman Square
London
Jeux Bertelworth
Naval Academy
Chelsea
Henry Bosnet
Felix Ltonehouse
D. D
Windsor
Alex. Hogg
King’s Arms
Paternoiler Row
Great Britain
Howard
Royal Cyclopedia
Cyclopedia
Scotland
Europe
Upper Seymour-street
Portman-Square
ITI
Meafia Peths
Dr James's Analeptic Pills Advocated for Stomach Ailments
An 18th century advertisement touts Dr James s Analeptic Pills as best for stomach and bowel disorders and bilious headaches. It claims safety, ease, and longevity benefits from the inventor s use, with endorsements from multiple London and Bristol vendors and a notice against counterfeits with the Newbery name engraved on each package.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anthony's
Francis Newbery
St. Paul’s
Cheapside
London
Newbery
Stamp Office
Rudhall and Co
E. Shiercliffe
W. Browne
W. Bulgin
J. Norton
H. Brown
Wells and Arthur
S.and
J. Fitchen
T. Mills
W. Pine
S. Bonner
J. Lloyd
E. Palmer
M. Thompson
Bristel
Mr. Newbery
Dr. James
James
Franwers Newsery
St. Paul's
Cheaphoe
Loncon
Lis House
J. Rudhall & Co
E. Shierclif
W.bulgin
William Browne
Wells
Arthur
William Pine
Tr. Mills
Bristol
FL Newbery
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Country News
Lord B
O’lee
St. James’s Street
Iit
Feial
Mons. Des Barreux
Hns
R. Deerhurst
Baistoc Key
Apelley
Grand Circle of the Ants and Sciences
Hatton-Garden
Hudson
Hattan-Gareden
Hodson
Radhail and Co
Small-street
Brown
Quay-freet
Cruttwell
Bath
Collins
Sarum
Cambridge Hospital
Cole
Upwell
Norfolk
Jos. Hunt
Fordingbridge
Hants
Cambridge
Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Nature’s Assistant
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