04 Aug 1744
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 04, 1744
Page
1
Dispatches describe ongoing war preparations across Prussia and Austria, with reports from Dantzick and Stralsund on military maneuvers and expected campaigns in Alsace and Piedmont. Notices detail Corsican allegiance shifts, Swedish naval readiness, and troop movements toward Metz and the Rhine.
The Phenix Man of War and Outward-bound Ships sail while Scarborough Hospital Ship departs for the River. Vessels Charming Molley and Durdly Man of War are noted with Kelly and others bound for Newfoundland. Arrivals at several ports include Bramer from Maryland and London-bound ships Elizabeth Howard Providence Stewart William Gill Crawforth Harrison.
In London a Treasury appointment emails Mr Stapleton as Searcher and Inspector of the Bristol Port customs replacing the late Mr Norris. A Lambeth Chapel wedding unites Rev. Jennings of Brazext Nose College Oxford with Miss Fanny Matthews of Richmond. Crisis and illness ripple through nobility, including the Duke of Chandos recovering from severe illness at Cannons. A stream of obituaries and notices mention ship actions, Dispensation to Ralph Skege, and various local events and deaths, with scattered references to antiquaries and commerce in Essex and Aldermanbury.
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