21 Aug 1739
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 21, 1739
Page
1
Belgrade under Turkish siege described with civilian evacuations and fortifications. Reports from Hamburg and Madrid discuss Spanish manifesto aims and Russian moves across the Niefer, with Tartar depredations in Podolia and Moldavia. naval dispatches note Lord George Graham fire ship deployment and Lewes race results.
At the city and county sessions in Norwich three persons were capitally convicted but reprieved. One man faced death for cutting warp while two others were convicted for mare theft and house-breaking. four received transportation. Port news reports several arrivals including Mary Chaffers from Dantzick and ships from Jamaica and Leghorn, with deal and Downs ship movements and numerous vessels from Petersbourg, Norway, and Hamburg.
A compact OCR readout lists prices and yields for South Sea stocks and annuities, Bank circulation and premiums, Royal Exchange Assurance quotations, African and India securities, and various bonds and loans. It appears as ledger-like figures with fractional shillings and percent notes, including lottery tickers.
This fragment notes merchants and others who may possess letters of marque or reprisals for privateers against the King of Spain and his subjects across his realms. The language reflects a historical colonial maritime policy and eligibility for private warfare.
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