Reply to Common Sense letter mocks a lady authorship debate
A satirical defense of women against a critique in Common Sense, recounting a Scarborough assembly where ladies planned to write an answer to a libel. The piece defends female intellect, mocks male editors, and praises Mr. Common Sense for his sharpness and alleged misreadings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cato
Socrates
Greece
Scarborough
Universal Sperator
Common
Wink
Perton
Port News From Gravesend and Distant Ports
A list of ships arriving or passing Gravesend and the Downs on September 17 with origins including Norway Santa Cruz Stockholm Archangel Dunkirk Amsterdam Bremen Carelstroon Rotterdam Holland Calais Ostend Petersbourg and other ports. Names include London, Barbary, Queen Anne, Diamond, and Mary among numerous vessels and captains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eal
Downs
Gravesend
London
Paterson
John
Caton
Humphry
Perry
Mary
Lawrence
Willis
Herring
Baker
Norway
Unity
Steenson
Santa Cruz
Hannah
Pain
Stockholm
Rotterdam
Matilda
Wild
Holland
Gilby
Jemima
Clariburt
Calais
Elizabeth
Golinsby
Ostend
Antwerp
Wetherer
Middlebourg
Industry
Knowler
Petersbourg
Address to London Citizens on Convention Petition and Loyalty
A letter urges Londoners to defend their liberties after a controversial convention vote. It accuses a city merchant of subverting the common cause and lists the need to remove the man who backed the convention, urging unanimity in future action to preserve national expectations and local rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pailiaipine
London
Peron
Defeat of Imperialists and Peace Prospects Amid Global Turmoil
A London letter surveys Ottoman peace diplomacy, Imperial measures, and Allied setbacks. It notes Munich’s army and a Franco-British naval pull, plus Haddock capturing ships near Cadiz and concerns over Levant ships under British colors. Trade items, pestilent pricing, and local incidents are listed, while Vienna broadcasts a formal peace declaration and Neuperg's contested authority in Belgrade and Temeswar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Pancrova
Belgade
Ruffia
Munich
Gibraltar
Haddock
Groyne
Cadiz
London Gazette
Vienna
Russia
Count Neuperg
Belgrade
Banhat
Temeswar
Neuperg
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Common Sense
Port News
Citizens of
Ferrol
Marcos Cafola
Eraly
Levant
Maud
Altergate Street
East-India Company
Warren
Ely
Newbury
Berks
Cross
Milbank
Westminster
Westminter
Richard Merrin
Newgate
Horn
Gortenbourg
Jamaica
Portugal
Ireland
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