09 Jul 1741
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 09, 1741
Page
1
The latest mail from France details ongoing efforts by the Pope to urge peace in Europe, with Naples noting naval provisions ready at port. Reports from Milan, Mecklenbourg, and Rome describe troop levies, fortifications, and diplomatic messaging, while Marseille letters warn of plague in Algiers and anticipated military councils in Paris.
Whitehaven reports arrivals including the Brothers Dixon from Maryland and vessels Love and Pearl from Virginia. Falmouth notes King George and Prince Frederick Packers for Lisbon, Plymouth hosts Has tings from Liverpool, and Mary Richards to Amsterdam. Weymouth lists ships from Newcastle and London. Cowes records arrivals from Carolina and departures for Amsterdam and Philadelphia. Gravesend notes outward-bound ships and usuaI traffic. New England Galley reaches Hartlepool from New England.
London dated July 13 reports the Marshal de Belle-Isle arriving at Versailles from Frankfurt on the 16th. Ministers met in council. Sardinian ambassador learned of Queen of Sardinia's death. Neptune arrives at Port Orient from China. British forces bound for the Spanish West Indies totaled 14,563 with heavy losses en route to Carthagena and since. Officers seek furloughs for camp duties at Col chiestér. Ships Planter Friendship Experiment and Happy Jenner hired for Port Mahon provisions. Jamaica reports the prize from Captain Knowles condemned and shared. Mr Pritchard, a wealthy Tilington resident, dies at Well-Row.
Obituaries note Capt Wincomb died, John Robinson jailed for highway robberies in Surrey and Middlesex, Anne Frances imprisoned for stamping unlicensed news. Trade entries show silk, wine, Tron from Gottenbourg, gold coin exports, tea, and shipping figures. Financials list stock prices, annuities, bank notes, and various securities. Fire insurance and coal contract notices from the Royal Exchange area dated June and July 1741.
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