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!
Muddle of war news and local incidents from Yorks and beyond
The dispatch reports deaths from smallpox in Yorkshire and a dying daughter, a Derby election with Lord Viscount Duncannon declared winner, privateer actions off Portugal and Spain, and ships from Bristol and Cork attacked or defended at sea. It notes a fire at Southam Warwickshire and Admiral Haddock’s squadron movements, plus various appointments in the royal administration and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas and Mary
Beaty
Bristol
Lisbon
Sc. Sebastian’s
Duke of Cumberland
Moore
Cork
Jamaica
Pilgrim
St. Sebastians
New Kent
Cole
Virginia
Bilboa
Byrne
Bowyer
Somerset
Dover
Haddock
Toulon
House of Peers
Paris Alamain
Francfort
Elector College
Hungary
Sardinia
Ealy
France
Germany
Flanders
Hague
A de Ferelon
Holland
Halleod
Anxice
Andy
Republick
Whitehall
Fflard
Guernsey
Cornet
Francis Marques Montandre
Peregrine Duke
Atcaster and
Kesteven
England
Lincoln
Edward Earl of Derby
County of
Lancaster
John Bing
Sutherland
Hland
Newfoundland
America
Placentia
Bank of England
Charcer
Oporto
London
Werecarce
Edwards
Mata
St. Julian’s Bay
Gibraltar
Spithead
Brown
Matthews
Capt. Roberts
Navy
Admiral' Cavendiffé
Admiral Haddock
Gommiand
Mediterranean
Portsmouth
Mediterraneam
Eail
Stair