This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Thunder and Fire Cruise Through Historic England and Europe
A long excerpted chronicle recalls a 17th century trial for Amende Honorable at Notre Dame, executions, a thunderstorm at Douve damaging a castle and church bells, and a series of maritime plunderings near Havana and Rhodes. Reports from Constantinople, Paris, and London describe political moves, treaty approvals, and pirate captures, including the Bacchus, Runnet, and a Rhode Island sloop, with details on crews, loot, and threats. A London fire near Hackney closes the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of Notre Dame
Place de Gieve
Marchionels de Trefael
Douve
St. Peter
Abbevile
M. de Guay
Toulon
Dea
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Bashan
Baby-lon
Sophy
Persia
Hague
M.ce Val
M. van Hoey
France
Paris
Keese
Seville
London
Edinburg
Tastton
Abbey Court
Northampton
Jonathan Bucher
Letchborough
Linnen, &c
Brin
Rhode Island
Hubber
Rhodesland
Cape
Rogers
Wheatle
Porto Rico
Aleppo
Barrington
Hunter
Mocha
Bombay
East India Company
Mutton Field
Hackney