16 Oct 1744
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Newspaper
Daily Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1744
Page
1
Rome dispatch notes Tuscany neutrality denial, Austrian plans, and Lobkowitz council. Cites regency refusals, Italian forage, and expected marches to defend Lombardy while rumors of Polish court deals and reinforcements swirl. Also lists ships and ports active across Atlantic and European routes.
A fragmented notice recounts a visit by Ned Wexford and others to Musely Town with celebrations and property damage. It mentions streets, stained windows, and warnings of possible losses unless action is taken. Henry Fisher, noted merchant, died recently at his house in Eustice Street.
Plymouth 0812 ships arrived and departed with cargoes and crews. Finis Popty from a Crdize and Roterc Hewson from uernsey mention arrivals at Port Mahoss Weymouth and Portsmouth. Amelia Walker from Rewcattie taft and Williams from Southdinptot indicate continued timber loading for His Majesty's Yard in Plymouth.
On Sunday night an ambush led to a death as a clerk of the om toute was robbed. The King's Warehouse at the Custom-House reported the seizure of three hundred gallons of Holland Geneva on a vessel at Gravesend. The capture, said to be the greatest of its kind, involved privateers in the harbor along with several merchant ships. The privateers Le Conquetint ya large Dogoct and Le Solide, among others, are readied to sail with armed force and a flotilla, describing their hulls, armaments, and crews.
Fragmented OCR passage describes a New England built brigantine with six carriage guns and twelve swivels, plus a fleet of merchant ships ready to sail for the North Sea. It notes privateers to cruise, schedules for defense, and a reported tragedy revival at the New Theatre Haymarket along with stock and bank updates.
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