Freeman Letter Warns of Peace Trade Offs and Army Status
A fragment from a letter suggests danger in seeking peace that allows continued tyranny. The writer warns against extremes and absurdities, noting opposition to a standing army at session start and efforts to keep it independent by session end. The call centers on guiding principles by interest, addressed to Llam STR as a new ally.
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Llam
R. Freeman
London extracts from Eastbourne mail include shipwrecks and trials
Extrat of a Letter from East Bourn in Sussex dated the 9th Infant reports the Golden Pippin with Southam cider found wrecked on Beachy Head with one dead man aboard and no crew. The Greyhound from Alicant lost in bad weather with only one boy saved. Jamaica letters note ships arriving safely and several London-bound vessels listing many names. Prisoners tried at the Old Bailey with two capitally convicted for theft. others given transportation or acquitted. Deaths include Mrs Bird and Lady Lansdown. a duel in Hyde Park injures a serjeant. A con artist and a testy scene in Bride Street ends with theft of money. His Majesty’s funds to pay regiments and levies described. Market quotes and official notices from York Buildings and the Admiralty announce seamen to report aboard the Dunkirk.
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East Bourn
Sussex
Esterday
Beachy-head
Ambrose Taylor
Southam Cyder
Dartmouth
Harrison
Alicant
London
Afbent
Jamaica
Prince of Orange
Plater
Mary
Paxton
Morrant
Higgins
Recovery
Lawer
Ann
Sandeford
Wilson
Whitehaven
Liverpool
Sarah
Wingfield
Jatala
New York
Mills
St. Martin’s- Jane
Mary Owen
Clutty
Highgate
Hanover Square
Lady Lansdown
Foot Guards
Hyde Park
Brablin
Bride-street
Secret Instructions of the Fesuits and a Bookseller’s Dilemma
An 18th century catalog excerpt discusses a Latin English edition titled The Secret Instructions of the Fesuits. It recounts Fesuits pressing a bookseller in Amsterdam to return the work after purchase, the refusal, and the Society’s decision to buy the edition. It lists further works and a 1733 Irish House of Commons report on seized papers, with multiple volumes and sermons by prominent clerics.
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Felen Schipper
Amsterdam
Antwerp
Holland
van Eyke
Schipper
Bookfelter
Churchof England
Butstrode
MacCarthy
RaBay
Jose ¥H Naye
Corke
House of Commons of Ireland
William Surarock
Deana
St. Paul’s
Woolfton
W.stevensons
D.D. V
NicHols
Mdf
Rymer
Cambridge
Wiker
Berriman
Wheatley
Merchant ‘Taylors Schééi
Wail Fron
Ion
Jerusalem
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Faye
South Sea
York
India
Royal AL
Admiralty Office
Admiralty
Dunkirk
Burchett
Popgry
Popih
Oporto
Portt
Imate
Romith
Henry Stephens
Malden
Surry
Winchester
James, John
Paul Knapten
Crown
Ludgate-street
Rome
Price
England
Wales