This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fragments of 18th Century War News and Notices
Dispatches report Army actions near Catalonia and a Queen’s Bench murder case verdict. London notes list naval commands, trials, and public appointments as ships arrive from Zant and Cephalonia. Merchant ads promote tonics, a plaster line, and a new voyage book with maps and charts.
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London
Dixey, Windsor
Ash
James Ruffel
John Leake
Deal
Queen’s Bench-Bar
Westminster
Bewdley
William Lord Cheyne
Newhaven
Bristel
Lythum
Beven
South-Seas
East-Indies
Cape of Good Hope
Puna
Guiaquil
Acapulco
Alexander Selkirk
California
Guam
East Indies
South America
South-Sea
Woddes Rogins
Duke
Bristol
A. Bell
Bernard. Lintott
Horn
Parker
Philips
Exchange
Mount
Tower-hill
Tracey
London-Bridge
Witch of
Watherne
Jane Wenham
Hertford
Florence Newton
M. Hales
F. Bragge
A.B. Lace
Petehhoutfe
Cambridge
T Sr. Dunstan‘s
Fleet
Ireet