Fragments of a London Gazette Style Summary
The piece compiles diverse items: notes on political intrigue with Corsican references and a mystery about executioners ladders, naval cargo sales and a Belgrade report about Roman Ottoman borders, plus scattered civic notices, weather, charity drives, local crime, and theatre listings. Names include Yonge, Freulis, and Hépden with mentions of the Medway navigation project and Billingsgate oysters. The text mixes military, royal, and public notices with oblique personal references.
Gloucestershire Parishes raise funds amid winter hardships
Gloucester and Fan report substantial collections across parishes for relief of poor families amid seasonable distress. Ice blocked Newport and Careleon ferries, boats ferried travelers. a sheep roasted whole at Severn drew crowds. a Newcastle arrest for burglary near Bristol. a guinea race on the Tees at Barnard Castle won by a horse belonging to Robert Blakelock. a Bywell feast saw a large sheep roasted and fires, drinks, and revelry with attendees traveling the river by boat.
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Gloucester
Fan
Thomas Masters
Eig
Cirencester
Newport
Careleon
Monmouthshire
Severn
John Lee
King’s Weston Inn
Bristol
Newcastle
Barnardcastle
Robert Blakelock
Fenwick
Bywell
Guos
Arrival of ships under convoy to East India
P O RTS, COWES. A list of ships under convoy bound for Lisbon and Leghorn including Winchafter Pincell Princess of Wales Hoxton Montagu Freeman Lilly Townsend Drone 3 Tygrels Parsee Leghorn Doraniena Macray Viana with Dininuth Fan 20 arriving St Peter of Dane from Seville to London Dest Fans 27. Ghatham Man of War Sévéral remains at the downs awaiting westward voyage with wind W by S.
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RT -New
Cowes
Riaby
Lisbon
Winchafter
Pincell
Princess of Wales
Hoxton
Montagu
Freeman
East-India
Lilly
Townsend
Parsee
Macray
Viana
Dirininuth
St. Peter of Dane
Kirk
Seville
London
Downs
Letter from Paris Reports Uncertain Peace Talks and Aggressive Measures
London dispatch dated February 27 notes in barbaric spelling that Queen Videmann has labored to breach negotiations and force a further conflict. The letter mentions Corsicans and families, with reports of mounting tensions and strategic moves amid ongoing exchanges.
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London
Pariz
Proposals for Printing a 17th Century State Papers Collection
This item announces subscription proposals for printing a vast compilation of English state papers from 1628 to the Restoration of King Charles I. Includes letters by Thursog Fleetwood Lord Fanciberg and others, translations, and an index. Lists many booksellers and locations for subscriptions and requests original state papers from £638 to the Restoration to be contributed.
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Thurlge
Ors Oliver
Richard Cromwell
Bentick
Charles I
John Lord Somers
England
Joseph Jekylly Knelare
Rolls
Thursog
Fleetwood
Lord Fancinberg
William’ Lockhart
France
A. Ainley Cooper
Thomas Clarges
Monk
Earl of
Bath
Clements
Oxon
Thurlbourne
Cambridge
Hildyard
York
Bryson
Fletcher, Gylen
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Beth
Mr. Yonge
Fennell
S - Rogers
Lisa
How
Douglas
Robert Frefulis
Paragoe
Truro
Cornwall
Y Medway
Maidstone
Funbridge
Mora
Mora Died At Her House:in Conduit- Sirest
Honsamine
Mary Forbes
Eat Forbes
Worth- Britain
Spe
Grofherbs Érton
Cacia Sach
Richard Lawas
Essex
Middlesex
Frois
Woolwich
Thither
Billingsgace
Eminem
Dillia
Shadwell
St. George’s
Pat
MG Hughes
Theatre Royal
Covent’ Garden
Dovsie Gallant
Perseus
Andromeda
Boaden
Annie Scutti
India
Cali
Austin Empire
Petersbourg
WE Peter
Russia
John
Moarrey
Fleet Street
Fown
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