President’s 1796 address to Congress on security and reform
President Washington delivers the annual message to Congress detailing policy on frontier peace with tribes, British and Spanish negotiations, naval needs, and national institutes. He urges a navy, promotes agriculture and education, and calls for military academies and a national university. He notes trade tensions with France and the goal of debt reduction, closing with a pledge for a lasting republic.
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Mediterranean
United States
Europe
Congress
Trial of the Undaunted duelists Ends Not Guilty
Reported verdict of not guilty after a Friday trial of Colonell Edward Stack Major Robert Gillespie and Capt John Burke for the killing of Major Shea. Evidence showed no provocation by the Colonel and attempts at reconciliation were made.
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Edward Stack
Robert Gillespie
John Burke
Shea
Third
Irish Brigade
Portzau-Prince
Cape
Nicholas
Fort Dauphin
Tortugas
Directory
Porteau-Paix
John Rabel
Port-au-Paix
St. Domingo
Toodl
Grand Court
Derbyshire Knight Chosen In Seat Shift Amid Royal News
Lord George Augustus Henry Cavenpisa was elected to fill the Derbyshire Knights of the Shire seat left by his deceased uncle Lord Joan Cavenpisa. Reports mention military figures offering service in Ireland as tensions rise with France. Private dragoons confess to Windsor footpad robberies and await further examination. a woman’s death is ruled lunacy. a man’s body is found at Temple Stairs.
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George Augustus Henry Cavenpisa
Knights of the Shire
County of
Derby
Joan Cavenpisa
Lzrcu
Lancashire Light Dragoons
Ireland
Cambridgeshire Regiment
Fencible
Apzanz
Scotland
11Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
London
Windsor
Bow Street
Breams
Chancery Lane
Temple Stairs
War Declared The Dey Of Averers Against Prussian Colors
The Dey of Averers has declared war on all vessels bearing Prussian colors. On Wednesday last died at her house in St James's Square Lady Marchioness Dr Grey Baronet Lucas of Credwell in Essex. Her Ladyship was granddaughter of the late Duke of Kent and mother of two daughters, Arabel Polwarth and Grantham. The Duke of York and officers visit Newmarket to view detachments learning Hungarian exercise at the broad ford from various regiments and fencible cavalry. The Palace has been prepared for the Duke of York. Awards and Brown of Hatton Garden police arrested William Chandler in Portsmouth on suspicion of Cow Cross riot involvement. remanded for further examination.
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Dey
Averers
St. James’square
Marchioness
Dr Grey
Oxtford Blues
Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Reg. Dragoon Guards
Inniskilling
Reg
Light Dragoons
18Th
Reg. Light Dragoons
Fencible Dragoons
Roxborough
Cornwall
Somerset
Essex
Warwick
Norfolk Rangers
Suffolk
Norfolk
Lincoln
Rutland
Huntingdon
Leicester
Hertford
Exexist State Lottery Draws Sixth Next Month Beginnings
The Exexist State Lottery begins drawing the sixth of next month. Tickets in all fractions from whole to sixteenth are offered at low terms. Hornsey and Co. advertise at 26 Cornhill opposite the Royal Exchange London with agents Mesfrs. Trewman and Sons Exeter and Mr. Thomas Billinze Liverpool. Orders from all parts of the Three Kingdoms are attended to faithfully and punctually as if the purchaser were present.
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Hornsey and Co
Corn«hill
Royal Exchange
London
Trewman and Sons
Exet.r
Marriages At St Clement s and County Homes
Yesterday at St Clement s John Jones a linen-draper of Cheapside wed Miss M Jones of the Strand A Caldecott of Stretton Hall Leicestershire married Miss Marriott of Cotesbach On Saturday Henry Cock junior of Bath Lane Cannon Street married Miss Green daughter of the late George Green of Banbury Oxfordshire
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St. Clement’s
John Jones
Cheapside
M. Jones
Strand
A. Caldecott
Stretton Hall
Leicestershire
Marriott
Mournful Notices and Military Honours in Colchester Barracks
Obituary notices record the death of Milner Perkins Adjutant of the North Yorketers in Colchester Barracks with full military honours. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs. N. Boscawin, Mrs. Elizabeth Townly, Mrs. H. Kenworthy, and John Lucie Blackman, with brief biographical details. A late 18th century financial listing appears, including government securities and bank annuities, concluding with a reference to lottery tickets and per cent stock figures.
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Milner Perkins
North Yorketers
Colchester
Crosbie
N. Boscawin
D. Boscawin
Lord Falmouth
Southampton
Edward Kimpton
Walworth
Elizabeth Townly
Coe A
H. Kenworthy
Craven-street
John Lucie Blackman
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Oober
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Fast
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Natches
Aranjuez
Natchez
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Tripoli
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