Murder and trials in Galway and Tuam tale unfolds
Ireland. Dublin October 3 report details the Bodkin murder case with confessions of Dom inick Lynch and claims of a nurse shepherd and a child’s death. Redmond Burke captured. Bodkin’s alleged motives and a string of killings tied to a grim family tragedy. Parliament and fires in Limerick noted. News of military arrivals and a dean’s death.
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John Bodkin
Lord Athenry
Oliver
Redmond Burke
Clonevadge
Tuam
Dominick Lynch
Ripp
Dominick
Sis
Bodkin
Dublin
Limrick
Cork
Blakeney
Guize
Scotland
St. Clair
Peter Maturin
Killalla
Edinburgh News Briefs from Hope Town House Wedding and Carthagena Letter
Reports include the marriage of Thomas Lord Erskine to Lady Charlotte Hope at Hope Town House, a death of William Brodie in Scotland after a horse fall, and a Spanish letter intercepted by Gibraltar detailing losses after Cartagena. Elections in Edinburgh proceed with Lord Provost George Halyburton and council members named, while a sermon critiques tyrants and urges obedience to God.
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Edinburgh
Thomas’ Lord Erskine
Hopetoun House
Carthagena
Haddock
Gibraltar
Emanuel de la Rosavia
Guardian of
Mequinez
Cadiz
Indies
Spain
Don Philip
Italy
Europe
Alexander Webster
George Halyburton
Lord Provott
John Couts
John Wilson
Mark Sadilands
Robert Baillie
Thomas Crokat
David Inglis
Webster
William Curtis Returned From Transportation
Brisol notes that last Monday William Curtis was committed to Newgate for returning from transportation before his sentence ended. He was condemned to hang at Gloucester about two years ago for robbing Alexander Andrew, a packer in Scorchman, but was reprieved and transported for 14 years. Andrew is now a...
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Newgate
Curtis
Tom
Andrew
Secur
Clapt
Persom
Durdham Down
Jos
Brisol
William Curtis
Gloucester
Alexander Andrew
Port News: Sloops and Merchants Sail From London to Americas
Sailors report many ships departing London for New York Jamaica Antigua Maryland and Cork with winds calm or variable. Vessels like Gosport Judith Minabilly and Fanny Higginson, plus Mary Read King George and others undertake outbound passages while several arrivals occur at Boston Newfoundland Cork Dublin and Dover with multiple brigantines and merchant ships observed along the coast.
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Cowes
His
Gos Port
New-York
Judith
Bradshaw
Minabilly
Blake
Fanny
Higginson
Jamaica
William
Mary
Huntford
Antigua
Read
Maryland
King George
Bradford
Carolina
Themas
Jones
Cork
London
Warington
Faro
Dover
N.S. de Concordia
Rebeiro
Lisbon
Dove
Lamsden
North Bergen
Pearse
Exon
Philip
Granger
Hull
Charming Betty
Broad
Plymouth
Five
Richards
Falmouth
John
Eliza
Ovet
Phillis
Brancker
Brighthelmstone
Robert
Bredinton
Sunderland
St. Vallery
Anne
Elizabeth
Walker
Newcastle
Portsmouth
Harrington
Cropton
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Ireland
Otober
Country News
Poyts
Boston
Delight
Seaflower
Unity
Bristol
Newfoundland
Windsor
Virgin
the Mermaid
Ditto
Eleanor
Murphey
St. Kitt’s
Six Brothers
M‘laughlen
Montferrat
Ranger
Reeves
Philadelphia
Deveral
Oporto
Liverpool
John Norris
St. Hellen
Tower Wharf
Fartham
County of Essex
Bendith
Heigham Bench
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