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Vast Atlantic migration and odd vegetable omen noted
The piece reports ships from Rotterdam bringing Palatines and Saltzburghers to Philadelphia, with estimates of 6,000 this summer, and mentions ongoing emigration to America and land development in Pensylvania. It also narrates a New York marvel where a radish root appears to grow as a child’s hand, sparking magistrate inquiry, plus a royal salute of local gentry like Sir Richard Grosvenor and other notices from Eaton Hall and Buckingham Market.
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Berlin
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Morris
Rotterdam
Philiadelphia
Downes
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Pensylania
New York
Eaton Halk
Cheshire
Richard Grosvenor
Chester
Thomas Grosvenor
Leghorn
Cadiz
Oran