Notable Scottish captain Glass and the Earl of Sandwich tragedy
The life of John Glass of Dundee, 1725 birth, surgeon turned privateer captain, battles with French and Spanish forces, multiple captures, and a dramatic mutiny death aboard the Earl of Sandwich in 1765 after a plotted aboard murder by four crew members. His wife and daughter later joined him in England, ending a stormy career at sea.
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Perlesotae
John Glass
Dundee
London
Brazils
Guinea
Dodeley
Canary Islands
Spain
Glass
Antilles
Indies
Wei
Bal of
Etyroi
Johandwich
Farl
Hillaborough
Gower
Trade and Sons
Tralysia
Canaries
Thames
England
Cochrane
George Gidley
Cook
Peter ‘McKulie
Andrew Zekerman
Hollander
Richard H. Quintin
Glasa
Ireland
Peter McKulie
Gilabe
Am’kylie
Ze“Kerman
Court of King's Bench recounts death sentence in 17th century case
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a trial at the Court of King’s Bench in Dublin with a guilty verdict. The accused were sentenced to death and executed on October 10 in the year 17. The text shows garbled phrases but indicates a formal execution outcome.
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Court of King’s Bench
Dub- Ha
Ingly
Empress Elizabeth of Russia and Her Harsh Reign
The article recounts Empress Elizabeth of Russia promising no capital punishment yet presiding over a reign marked by brutal prison conditions and public tortures. It notes the execution of two court ladies, Bestuchef and Lapookin, with knout strokes and tongue removal, plus banishment to Siberia, and criticizes the empress for barbarous orders amid her beauty and rank.
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Emprééa
Elisabeth
Russia
Peter the Great
Elizabeth
Bestuchef
Lapookin
St. Petersburg
Siberia
Lapovkin
Lablache’s Night of Fear Ends with White Hair
Terrible moment when Lablache, at Naples San Carlo, faints as a flying stage mechanism jams. A machinist is suspended above the singer’s head but is saved. Lablache awakens to find his hair changed from raven black to snowy white.
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Lablache
Jupiter
San Carlo
Naples
Leblache
Words of Wisdom on Self Forge and Temptation
A fragmented critique on self shaping over dreaming into character, disputing sin and temptation. It compares confidence in a barking dog to a buzzing bee and reflects on poverty, pain, and the value of resilience over ease. The text distorts statements about study, hearts, and ruction, with references to Pearls and pagodas.
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al Salas
Fragmentary 19th Century Journal Snippet With Irregular Dialogues
A highly fragmented OCR sample shows scattered phrases about prisons, convicts, and odd anecdotes including a "hand-organ man," a torpedo invention, and a court scene with a judge. It references the Cincinnati Breakfast Table, printing offices, and a ferry crossing, alongside numeric totals and population figures.
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Matt
Cincinnati
Robinsor
Cros
Carolins River
Great
Britain
United States
Ein
New York City
Beone
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