Edinburgh salutes Capt Gilchrist and notes regional trade strides
Glasgow magistrates honor Capt Gilchrist of the Southampton for his service guarding trade and granting him freedom of the city. Reports from Renfrewshire show wheat crops improving, and Greenock notes vessels with spirits and dispatches arriving from Barbadoes and Petersburg. Dispatches allegedly criticize a West Indies naval officer amid French seizures. Edinburgh also lists upcoming visits of Chevalier Taylor and several arrivals at Leith and Greenock ports, with ships bringing hemp timber wine salt and sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilchrist
Southampton
Glasgow
West Country
Renfrewshire
Greenock
Lochryan
Janet Wherry
Tender
Stewart
Isle of Man
Port Glasgow
Barbadoes
London
West Indies
Advertisements for 1759 Chronicle in Kelso bookshop sale
Public notices urge creditors of John Cairns to send demands and debtors to pay promptly. The ad lists priced book collections including English plays by Voltaire Dryden and Farquhar, a memoir on war by Saxe, military histories, a Scots Gardener's Director, a new English Dictionary, and new maps of Germany America Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cairns
Kelso
Walter
Dickson
Harpe
Cairns
Donaldson
Marshal Saxe
Coper
Price
Germany
England
Candidus
M. Voltaire
Wanted at 4 percent against Martinmas next
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAME invites applications for loans totaling L 8 000 and L 3 000 on two heritable securities and L 3 000 and L 2 000 on different personal securities. If personal securities cannot be consolidated into one bond, two bonds may be used. Old Bank Close, Edinburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinmas
Alexander Cunninghame
Old Bank Close
Edinburgh
Lands and Barony of Ednam to be Sold in Edinburgh
By adjournment and voluntary roup the whole Lands and Barony of Ednam, valued at L. 560 610 yearly rent and offered at L. 15 690, lie near Kelso, Berwick, and Eyemouth. The estate includes a 165 fire-room house, rents paid, and easy terms. Details at Alex Cunningham in Edinburgh for private purchase inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Edinburgh
Ednam
Kelso
Berwick
Eyemouth
Alexander Cunningham
Sinnet
Old Bank-Clore
To be SOLD Otters Ore at Caillanchill
Fragmentary notice describes ore sale near Caillanchill with vague quantity and fixed price. no clear dates or parties identifiable in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caillanchill
Tonerkerthin
Local garbled notice near the College and Exchange
Fragmentary OCR text mentions a shop, entry to the Exchange, the College, and names or terms that are unclear. No coherent event or person details present to summarize a clear news item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gavin Amlon
Fons de Roux
Parricg Nelly
Joan Rerp
SterpLand J. Bar
Sybetuw
Exchange
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Taylor
Europe
Graham
Robert, Ranken
Petersburg
Jolly Bachelor
Buchanan
Lisben
Sophia Charlotta
Galmon
Dantzick
Three Sisters
Lanz
Nevis
Leith
Margaret
Habel
Orrock
Bristol
Dun
Hamburgh
Spiite
Henry
Janet
Wood
Perth
Friends
Rhymer
Christian Sands
Nancy
Walker
Dundee
Isabel
Dougal
Easdale
Alexander Donaldson
Mahomet
Impostor
Voltaire
China
Damascus
Hughes
Lillo
Don Sebastian
Portugal
Dryden
Theodosius
Lee
Henry V
Hill
Oroonoko
Southern
Moliere
Vanbrugh
Farquhar
Harry Wildair
Shakespear
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