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Newspaper
Edinburgh Chronicle
Location
Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 24, 1759
Page
2
Verse from the Edinburgh Chronicle commemorates General Wolfe and national pride. It lauds Wolfe’s battlefield prowess, his piercing gaze, and the nation’s mourning. The poem casts him as Britannia’s darling son and a martyr whose deeds will be remembered in future ages.
A devotional elegy on the death of a child, mourning by a bereaved speaker who reflects on sin, salvation, and the hereafter. The verse invokes heaven, Jesus, and parental love, portraying the infant as an angel in God’s care and urging acceptance, forgiveness, and faith to unite with the divine.
A fragmented 18th century verse and prose fragment list praises for British triumphs in 1759 including Cape Breton and Niagara. It also notes six inscriptions from London illuminations praising victory and contains political intrigue between Madame Pompadour, Belleisle, Bernis, Richelieu, Contades, and Montcalm over influence and invasion plans.
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