Expulsion report as two flight shocks hit town
A news fragment notes two flight shocks felt in the town on Monday evening. It mentions the brig Mary in Government service capturing a mail vessel bound for Samuel with two commissioners and a colonel aboard. It also references Rigaud’s creation and officers in command, Aug 19. An alert from Barbudos reports a captured ship from Brazil with specie and 606 boxes of sugar, and word of Dutch warships from Surinam to be sent to Honduras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Daprhgiaké
Wetiearn
Port An
Pringe
Mary
Rigaud
Fomne
Sauthan
Brazil
Barbadoes
Arid
Surinam
Texel
Falmouth
Honduras
Voxaceti
Amserdais
J. Pail
Feng
Bnetith
Ile of Nrallee
Canton
Novika
China
Fra
Etna
Vesuvius
Lenig
Tlabdt
Fragmentary 18th Century Naval Dispatches From Portsmouth
The report details Capt. Trotlop and the Durcu iFiser sighting 18 leagues westward near Texel. It includes Admiralty orders, observations of a French frigate Repub Legive and Baltic fleet activity, a new floating machine, and odd weather and maritime notes from Bayonne to Stirling, with violent disturbances in Waterford and a capital conviction case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Ion
Texel
Admiralty
Portfrouth
Riews
Portsmouth
Chiis
France
Door Graham
Perdita
Zens
Ihemott Hagar
Davisy
Adle
Putney
Swicefire
Public Letters on Yellow Fever in Philadelphia 1797
The Philadelphia Gazette excerpt from August 14 1797 records letters between Thomas Mifflin Governor of Pennsylvania and Dr John Redman of the College of Physicians. It notes an alarm over yellow fever near Penn street and reports twelve deaths and calls for medical guidance to avert calamity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia Gazette
Philadelphia
Penn. Street
College of Physicians
Mifflir
John Radmnane Pola
Collége of Physicians of
Hoxgur
Penn-freet
Sam
J. RepMaw
Thomas Mifflin
Commonwealth of Pennsyvania
Edinburgh Trial and Fire Incident Report in Gallowgate
Court proceedings opened for Robert Lillie Kerr Glasgow James Brcharason and Elizabeth Wilfor over mobbing on August 13 at Eccles as Patwickshire Deputy Lieutenants prepared militia. A large fire damaged a shop in Gallowgate Girgow but was contained. a maid saved by a noise and a falling wardrobe while the family escaped through windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lillie
Christopher Kerr
Peter Glasgow
James’ Brcharason
Elizabeth Wilfor
Becleg
Berwickshire
Eccles
Patwickshire
Dames
Stamp Distributors Scrutiny and Legal Prisons Report
The report discusses proposals to pay a salary to stamp distributors based on distribution value rather than a fixed percent, amid fears of large private gains and calls for reform. It notes several recipients earning substantial annual nets from stamps and demands thorough investigation into revenue-related emoluments and jobbing. It also covers late sessions where individuals faced penalties for counterfeit currency and various petty theft cases, with details of sentences and security requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Surry
James Reddys
Fega
Brewer
Fulford
Avinan
Hoult
Frangis
Bedford
Goa
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Sunederland
Hartlepool
Lynn
Scarborough
Dunkirk
Haglith
Nore
Genttleman
Rotterdam
Bayonne
Reirn
Alpe
Republic
Annales
Politiques & ‘Littercries
Paris
Board of Trade
Burt
Iperson
Isle
Royal ‘Artillery
Hythe
Lanacy
Hudson
London
Waterford
Newtown
Tallow
Mr. Nason
Brest
Shi
Hayikig
Amaire
Stirling
Statland
Déaby
Feers Bray
Andy Dering
Fafeph Butler
Fohn
Wiliam
Anthony
Salas
Soha Falk
Cuckers
Jane Hill
Amsterdam
Edinburgh
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