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Newspaper
Edinburgh Chronicle
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 08, 1759
Page
8
The Edinburgh Chronicle reprints verse urging defense against invasion with martial imagery. It praises Britons to arms and mocks French foes, urging unity and resistance with lines about beef and beer, liberty, and English valor.
Letters from Breslaw and the Sound of the asth paft describe Prussian maneuvers cutting off Soltikof and Daun, Ziethen at Friedland, and garrison takeovers. News also notes several ships captured or wrecked near Riga, Courland, Vigo, and Bristol as British vessels report Atlantic storms and convoy displacements.
October 10 1759 Edinburgh Customhouse advertises readiness to pay and discharge corn debentures due within three months on or before the third instant as announced by the Receiver General of His Majesty's Custom.
The Edinburgh Society appeals for donations to sustain its premium program that encourages arts, manufacture, and agriculture in Scotland. Contributions to Treasurer Adam Fairholme in Edinburgh will be gratefully recorded. five guinea subscribers may direct their support to any useful art or branch of manufacture.
Notice announces the sale of Nineteen Tons of whale oil from this year’s catch at Dunbar. Interested buyers may contact Alexander Morrison, Clerk to the Whale Fishery Company, for further particulars.
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