Wednesday and Thursday Posts Abroad Affairs 1780s
Fragmentary notes report plague death tolls and recovery in Paris with 94 000 nearby fatalities across five months. European consul commerce and retreat noted as ships prepare to reinforce Cherbourg works and English orders shift settlements away from coast. Amsterdam officials regain duties after clashes, with Prussian troops occupying Leyden Gate to restore order, while Burghers stay armed to defend peace.
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Paris
France
Brest
Cherburg
Paimbocuff
Roscant
M. de de Motte Piquet
Amsterdam
Holland
Leyden
Deke
Brunswick
Otober
Duke of Brunswick
Dordrecht
Rotterdam
Bute
Haarlem
Duke of
Mons. de Haaren
M. Daniel Jacobus Banter
Franciscus Gualtherus Blok
Jan de Witt
M. Adriaan van Zeerberg
M. Pieter Leonard van de Kasteele
Haerlem
M. Engelbert Francois, van Berkel
M. Carel Wouter Villcher
M. Ludovicus Timon de Kempenaar
London War Preparations Loom Over Holland and Poland
London dispatches report Parliament’s prorogation to November and a surge of war preparations. Sir James Harris uncovers a network of perfidy between Dutch patriots and French interests. News notes include Rhine actions, Spanish war talk, a Russian frigate duel, and a purse of 300000 pounds in a linen goods swindle. The Duke of York’s residence purchase is arranged near the Horse Guards, and a river Thames colliery operated by women is seen amid ongoing unrest.
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London
Westminster
Eden
Paris
West Indies
Marquis de Verac
James Harris
Great Britain
Holland
Poland
Turkey
Mathews
Spain
France
Madrid
Cherson
Sebastopolis
Crimea
Earl of Mansfield
Brodie Hepworth
Nore
Lord Amherst
Horse Guards
Harry Featherflonchaugh
Duke of York
Hebe
Brett
Brestwater
Thornborough
Admiralty
Spithead
Mons. le Comte
Madame le Comteffe ‘de B
Windsor
Thames
Amazons
Hereford
Charles Philpots
Bromyard
Worcestershire
John Wight
Soria
Elizabeth Phillpots
Remarkable family tale and civic pageantry at a Wiltshire town
A fragmented 18th century notice details a family held in prison together for various offences, a mayoral election in Batu, and a grand procession from the town hall to the Abbey led by the Mayor and officials. It notes a sermon by Rev Dr Phillott, praise of the late mayor, and mentions several obituaries and weddings across Westminster and Wiltshire.
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Batu
Leonard Coward
Elec
Abel Moysey
Grammar S School
Charity School
Phillott
Muller C. Phillott
Phillote
Lasofee
Bayercurrs
John Crook
Brewer’s Yard
Cannon-row
Westminster
Thomas Livin
Holborn
Haberdasher
Johns Dawe
Plymouth-duck
Mercer
Herman Zurhard
Thamies-ton
Merchan
Henry Vinderbulch
Mary-le-bonesheet
Lewis Lambert
The
Strand
Thomas Phillips
Tholmas Philips
Robert Honeyborn
Bowling-cret-lane
Clerkenwell
Edward Edwards
Windimill-street
Chapman
Agron Miller
Chester
Crivener
George Atkinson
Templetowerby
Westmoreland
Maraten
Williamson
Basingstoke
Mary Jackson
Jackson
Farnham
John Fisher
Southampton Buildings
Bloombury
Milts Campbell
Rob, Campbell
Creed Place
Clocestershire
James Boydell
Mills Rutland
Horningsham
Longheat
Wilts
Simon Jude Cole
Lord Wittount
Thomas Matthews
Edinburgh
Joseph Webb
Countess of
Shaftesbury
Devizes
Grubbe
Hunt Grubbe
West Lavington
Elliot
Staple Athton
Nicholl
Tredington
Worcestershire
Mir. Olmsley
Three Tuns Wavern
Fetter-lane
Amsterdam Surrender Echoes Across Europe in 1738
London reports the Prussian capture of Amsterdam and the escape of anti Stadtholder burghers. French influence wanes as the Hague notes the city’s fall and warns of future political shifts. Rodney improves, four warships are commissioned under Trollope, and crowd actions at the Tower Whar reveal tension over impressment. A July 15 1779 incident features the Lord High Chancellor pressed in Long Acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Amsterdam
van Berkel
Holland
France
Holand
Cave
Trincomale
States General
Court of Versailles
Lord Rodney
Trollope
Great-Britain
Long-Acre
James
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Masons
Corn-street
Bristol
Melius
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Cornrest
Richard Hire
St. Michael’s Hills
Samueln
Tsostas
Broad-Mead
Pnauits of . George and Co
Tensu's-Mead
Lang-Day
Lear
Somerset
Robert Reed- Well
Cox
Wrington
Thomas Andrewes
Thomas Naish
Lamern Tay
St. Thomas-street
Borough Walls
John Fargus
Cuile- Ditch
Cuba
Longman
Broderip
F Whyllidts
John Young
Clare
Young
Philadelphia-ilreec
Fust Brothers
Samuel Smire
Publc
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ChamBerLai
Worrall, Town-Clerd
New Roman Court
Stranple
His Majesty’s Treasury
Lincoln's Inn
Stamp Office
North Britain
Northumberlan
Cumberland
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