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Scottish notices and ships arrivals in mid 1759
The Edinburgh Chronicle notes Wolfe's expedition against Quebec with 15 000 defenders and 350 cannon, depictions of ship arrivals from Clyde ports to Virginia Jamaica and Bergen, and Stromness wrecks. It records weddings at Stitchill, deaths at Carnwath, and the coronation anniversary. Also details Whitsunday farm leases at Foulden and a stamp duty law on retail liquor with penalties and informant rewards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfe
Que‘pec
Stitchill
John Blall
Danglass
Bart
Madie Pringle
Robert Pringle
Lord Aberdour
Earl of Morton
Curvalier Taylor
Clyde
Bolling
Douglas
St Christophers
Philadelphia
Binning
Colquhoun
Barbadoes
Albany
Crawford
Virginia
Jenny
Macarty
Jamaica
Ameson
Montgomery
Stromness
Nancy
Brown
Glasgow
Hamburg
Earl of Holdernesle
Wallace
Sarah
Boston
Smith
Amsterdam
Success
Cordiner
Belfast
Bergen
Good Intent
Easdale
Leith
Henderson
Highlands
Cromarty
Prince Rupert
Fowler
Spurrel
Hudsons Bay
London
Hull
Liverpool
Greenock
Unicorn
Johan Chrisian
Gothenburg
Friendship
Hattie
Waterford
Barrington
Mackindy
St Kitts
St George
Edin
Kingdom of Great Britain