14 Feb 1738
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 14, 1738
Page
1
Reports from the Isle of Cows near St Domingo recount a brutal hurricane lifting Fort St Louis, destroying towns and ships, drowning several, and flattening sugar cane and cotton. Windy seas also devastate nearby islands while rain and thunder burn magazines and ships.
From Madrid a Fan reports a courier reached London via Lisbon to Paris with letters for Mr. Keene. Tales from Bologna Naples and Vienna describe a planned royal interview at St Germano, rising armaments, and the Corsican supply of arms. Updates note a 2s in the pound land tax, bishopric appointments, and local deaths and robberies.
The Anniversary meeting of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel to Foreign Parts will be held at the Pewtery-Room of St Mary le Bow Cheapside on Friday Feb 17 at nine in the forenoon with a sermon by the Bishop of Bangor Prayers at eleven. A person about 25 seeks to invest two thousand pounds for an annuity on the buyer’s life and invites inquiries at Mr John Dovey Clement’s Inn.
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