Price Droves Bread Famine Fears as Supplies Arrive
Dispatches describe urgent measures to curb famine by importing corn from Thoulon and deploying 10 warships and 4 frigates to the Levant. Allied councils at Lisle and treaties with Br etalle reveal fear of renewed conflict, while private letters from Brussels note troop pay and forage delays. News from ports records privateering, naval movements, and convocation of clergy.
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Pomerania
France
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Menin
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Neptune
London
Roger Goodcheap
Leghorn
Countess of Diepe
Portland
Stolen Watches Offer Reward in Ads from 1709
An advertisement notes a coach house item for sale and urges inquiries at Mr. Watsons in Dawson Street. It also details a December 23 1709 theft from Francis Obre of Clantilew Ardmagh, naming two watches with distinctive features, two keys, a steel pendulum, a seal, and Obre’s coat of arms. A reward of 3 guineas is offered for information leading to recovery.
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Francis Obre
Roth Jones
Dublin
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