European Dispatches Illuminate War Front Moves
Disturbing dispatches from Stockholm to Paris describe embargos, troop movements, and naval activity as the Atlantic theaters shift. Messages cite the French embassy, a Russian court stance, Austrian fortifications, and muttered plans for fortified defense along the Rhine with notes on counterfeiters and plague rumors affecting garrisons. The tone records ongoing strategic signaling, near-daily changes, and the looming shadow of broader conflict across Europe.
Port News Highlights From Aug Arrivals And Departures
Bristol and Gravesend report arrivals from Hamburg Dunkirk andStockholm with ships including the Elchaar Mary and Margaret and the Providence. Multiple vessels arrive or sail for the River Thames and Virginia with captains Tweedy Dun kin Bond Foster and Harwood aboard various galleys and merchants.
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Bristol
Denison
Hambourg
Deal
Elchaar
Levant
Priddie
Wid N. W
Gravesend
Tweedy
Dunkirk
Dunkin
Dantzicke
Flanders
Calanfay
Ostend
Bourn
Maryland
Ridley
Webser
Danizick
Ees
Argiv
Virginia
Dragon
Harwood
London
Obituaries and Duties Report from 1742 Exise Events
A brief extract notes a rise in excise duties on candles and soap from midsummer 1742, with several obituaries. Cornelis Pitts of Wiltshire, a yearly estate owner and friend to the poor, died at his home. Mr Hill, a renowned clock case maker, died in London. Miss Edwards, a wealthy widow connected to the New River Water Works, died at Mall. Customs officers with dragoons seized about 2000 weight of tea at Brighton, later delivered to the Customhouse.
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Tait Week
Saitsbury
Wittshire
Cornelis Pitts
Acon Ly
Iaft
Long Lane
West Smithfield
Hill
England
Williams
Excisé
Pal Mall
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