Siege of Oczakow Ordered by Grand Signor
From Leghorn Nov 9 reports the Grand Signor orders immediate siege of Oczakow with 30 000 men led by Count Bonneval. Troops move from Bendér, artillery and provisions ferried to Mezakow. Officers sworn to obedience under threat of death. News also notes Candahar resistance to Kouli Kan and Turkish Imperial advances in Walachia.
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Bathaw
Bendér
Oczakow
Octakow
Bonneval
Arriv
Bender
Bashaw
Mezakow
Octakon
Leghorn
Pott
Smyrna
Persia
Candahar
Thamas Kouli’Kan
Thamas Kouli Kan
Kouli Kan
Porte
Vienna
Hungary
Walachia
Krajova
Issu
Ghilani
Vasques
Nif_fa
Philippi
Transilvania
Count Seckendorff
Khevenhuller
Palfi
Harrach
Daun
Count de Wellzegg
Port News With Arrivals and Sailings
Port. News reports outbound ships including Elizabeth Cake for Diep St. Patrick Hester for Portsmouth Charming Sully Fisher for Jamaica Roehampton Tobin for St Christopher’s Genoa Muse for the Straits London Merchant Hill for Ireland Buck Wilcox for Leg Horn. Arriv’d Gibraltar Archer from Seville Sears from Malaga wind west by north.
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Deal
Elizabeth
Hester
Portsmouth
Charming Sully
Fisher
Jamaica
Tobin
St. Christopher’s
Muse
Streights
London
Hill
Ireland
Buck
Wilcox
Gibraltar
Archer
Seville
Sears
Malaga
Wind W
Sby
Election Resolution at Farringdon Within In 1737
On November 22 1737 MR Selwin after a poll declares no further scrutiny and hopes to end resentments. The message thanks inhabitants for their zeal during the election and pledges harmony and loyalty from the sender to the community of Farringdon Within.
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Arringdon
M R. Selwin
Farringdon
Gramore
Géntienjen
Frontiers News From Ukraine and Hungary Reports
London letters note large Tartars invasions along the Ukraine frontiers with plundered towns and many prisoners. Vienna plans casting artillery for Hungary while Turkish forces retreat to winter quarters. Petersbourg reports suggest Oczakow may be besieged, but predictions doubt success due to strong defenses and provisions.
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Bialacerkiew
Ukrain
Cafan
Slabada
Garrle
Nieper
Krylow
Siecz
Prague
Vienna
Hungary
Count Philippi
Imperial
Servia
Bosnia
Petersbourg
Poland
Oczakow
Continental War Watch and Navy Appointments
Hambourg reports busy preparations as Sweden troops rise to 68 warships and 10,000 seamen kept in pay. Danish fleet to enlarge. French Genoese aid questioned. Corsica notes deputations to French commissary Ploux. Royal family deaths and naval notices accompany prize draws and ship appointments at the Admiralty.
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Hambourg
Sweden
Denmark
Corsica
M.‘Ploux
High Water at London Bridge Noon Time
London Bridge area records high water at noon on a clear day. Water levels peaked minutes after 12 tearing through barriers as residents monitored the Thames. Authorities issued warnings while crews prepared flood defenses and stood by for possible further rises.
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London Bridge
Market report on South Sea stocks and related notes
Yesterday South Sea Stock stood at 100 1 qr with South Sea Annuities at 110 r half. Bank and Royal Exchange prices featured various securities including Three per Cent Annuities 106 1 Sth, African vs English Copper 215s, and Emperor's Loan 1113 qrs. Numerous items such as Lottery Tickets, Exchequer Orders, and Stamp duties were listed with assorted premiums and prices across multiple instruments.
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South Sea
Endia
Royal Exchange Assurance
London
Sas. Prem
India
Uxchequer
Prem
Dicto
Gentlemen of Baliol College Invited to Dinner at Ponzac’s
Gentlemen educated at Baliol College in Oxford are urged to dine with fellow-colleagues on Friday next at Ponzac's near Catherine's Bay. Send names and five shillings subscription so provisions can be arranged. Dinner served at three.
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Waintcote
Charles Cartwright
Preston
Lancashire
Gilbert Pickering
Deceas
Dover
Simon Lion
Phoenix
Fanthaw
Jamaica
Board of Admiralty
Teddyman
Phanix
Lion
Plymouth
Nicholas Trevanion
Krt
His Majesty’s Navy
Broadstreet
William Chadwick
Chadwick
Worley
Hertfordshire
Princess Royal
Duncomb Backwell
Prince of Orange
Charles Hudson
China
Anglesea
Willits Studhelm
Bombay
Gravesend
Walton Upon Thames
Surrey
Mr. Lyme
Liecestershire
TFE
Baliol College
SS Oxford
Sc. Catherine’s Bay
Ponzac’s
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Holland
Choczim
Phillippi
Marquess de Mirepoix
France
Arzives
M.de'l’Eang
Constantinople
Modena
Elizabeth Marten
Ratcliff Highway
Parish of
St. George
Middlesex
James Marten
Brewers and Partners
Caslle Society
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