Treaty of Utrecht praised as steady guide for Britain
A correspondent defends the Utrecht settlement as a lasting salve for state blunders, arguing it enabled Britain to justify foreign policy for 28 years. The letter touts Hanoverian alliance benefits, Protestant unity, and close ties with Denmark, Prussia, Russia, and other powers, while warning domestic incendiaries threaten these gains.
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Mr. Freeman
Booth
Anne
Hanover
Great Britain
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Britain
Europe
Denmark
Empire
George
Switzerland
Prussia
France
House of Bourbon
Portugal
Russia
Pope
Fire at Navan and brutal murder near Baltin glass
Letter from Navan reports 21 houses burned in Navan last Saturday after a candle near tow in a thatched cellar. In Catherlough county a young man seeking lodging at Baltin glass was refused a bed, pursued by assailants, murdered with hatchet, robbed, and his body later found partly eaten by vermin.
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Dublin
Navan
Catherlough
Baltinglass
Port News arrives with ships from Lisbon to Oporto and Cork
Port News May 28 notes arrivals and sailings of ships from Lisbon, Oporto, Philadelphia, St Kitts, Dunkirk, and other ports. Vessels include the Industry Knowler, Bonetta Chamberlain, Susannah Bradshaw, William and Robert Ross, and Tonton Maggee. Multiple ships depart or pass by Gravesend and various Porés.
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St. Anne
Rambott
Dunkirk
Spence
Iaws
Carthagena
Oporto
Industry
Knowler
Bonetta
Chamberlain
Susannah
Bradshaw
Betty
Friend
Rysbrack
Dernford
Smith
Preston
Hallam
London
Hamble
Dormer
London News Briefs from May 1741 Seaboard Crime and Finance
Reports detail a careless shot hitting a trap at Traitors Bridge and a lighterman drowning near St Mary Overies Wharf. Bonetta sloop seized at Oporto with iron and military stores for Spain. Speedwell taken to Vigo. Imports from Oporto Lisbon Holland and Pennsylvania. exports to the Sound and Calais. Stock and bond quotes, insurance and copper prices. Public notices urge Sussex election representation and Westminster voter subscription. Military dispatches outline regiments, artillery embarkation, and bridge-house leases along with local obituaries and property leases.
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Traytors
St. Mary Overy’s
Oporto
Spain
Wilson
Ireland
Vigo
Lisbon
Holland
Penylvania
Sound
Calais
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Earl of Pembroke
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Honeywood
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