Prohibition on British ships exporting war materiel proclaimed
The States General issue a six month ban on export of ammunition gunpowder guns and shot on ships belonging to Britain within their dominions. Violators face confiscation and a thousand guilders fine. The proclamation commands officials to publish and enforce it across all jurisdictions.
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States-General
States- General
United Provinces
Great Britain
College of Admiralty
Bradtholder
Admiralty
G. van Hirdenerger
H. Facer
Turin
Duke of
Chablais
Madame Mariana
Paris
Morrocan King Abandons Planned Assault After Counsel
From Madrid dated March 7, John Sherlock reports the Moroccan king convened generals and sages on February 11 to discuss a general assault but abandoned it due to danger. Melilla defends, yet Penon de Velez struggles needing fascines from Malaga and Marseilles. London offers mediation to resolve the Turin Venice ceremonial dispute.
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Holland
Madrid
John Sherlock
Melille
Morocco
Penon de Velez
Malaga
Bologna
Mares Ir
London
Turin
Republick
Venice
Trial of John Bolton for Murder of Elizabeth Rainbow
On Monday morning at seven the Bulmer man faced a nine hour trial at York for the murder of his apprentice Elizabeth Rainbow. The jury found him guilty on circumstantial evidence and sentenced him to death. He was to be executed at S gourn near the city with his body given for dissection, but early that
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John Bol On
Ireland
West-riding
Bulmer
Foundling Hospital
Ackworth
Apor Ar
Elizabeth
Rainbow
Ms. Bolton
Mr. Bolton
Nathaniel Cholmtey
Mousham
Mary
Bolton
Veleman
York
Mena
Country-News
Alarce
John Bolton
Castle-Howard
Elizabeth Rainbow
Ile
Sgourn
Furgeons
County Hospital
James Caudell
Ball
Briswell
Robinson
William Selwyn
Bedford-row
Bath
John Taylor
Birmingham
Ormskirk
Lacashire
W. Brighouse
Hayes
Leicester-fields
James Brunton
Bungay
Suffolk
King'’s-head
St. Peter of Mancroft
Sty
Norwich
Charles Kay
Jen
Anse
David Campbell
Edmund Clegg
Manchester
Lancashire
1Uik-Manufacturers and Partners
Crompton’s
Joseph Eland
Sunderland
Durham
Trative
Guildhal's
London
James Wilkinson
Leeds
Yorkshire
Mary Cooke
Benjamin Skutt the Younger
Wardour Street
Soho
Middlesex
Fragmented Readable Snippet of Local News Names and Places
An OCR damaged text fragment lists numerous unclear names and places, mentioning entities like Francis Campion Grenoa Mathes Youge Kove Hogoron and a mix of scattered surnames such as Sally Jones Bacon Robbins Bristol Unity Gaver St Rotts Cadiz Ferra and Providence Tani ry vem Lesh. The passage reads as a noisy assortment of names, affiliations, and possible event references with no clear narrative or focal point.
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Ani
Dumnica
Bland
Danoy
Voelania de
ApRiva
Eman
Jetty
Francis
Cheaver Tis Hogoron
G.golian Fog Oper
PlenNi Mfarcutt
Dros
Sally
Jones
Sinegai
Ana Eigebeca
Bacon
Wai Gist
Cadiz
Ferra
Robbins
Bristols
Unity
Gaver
Pade
St Rotts
Saster
Ik Wd
Rast
Noue Cotett
Paris Exile for the Princes and a Paris Duel Report
Extract from a letter from Paris notes the King plans to dispense with the Princes of the Blood from the Queen's apartment where they dined weekly amid reports they refused the first visit to Archduke Maximilian of Austria in Paris. A Naples letter reports a duel between an English gentleman of distinction and an Italian nobleman, the Italian slain and the Englishman badly wounded with five stab wounds. Admiralty orders several ships to be outfitted. Capt Burnet Abercromby leaves for India with Lord Pigot and officers. The Unity, from Philadelphia, reaches Bristol with February 22 papers. A Beulah cargo owner meeting in New York decides to return goods per Congress. Various appointments and crimes follow, including drownings, a warehouse fire, a fatal assault, coin counterfeiting, highway robbery, and a murder with robbing at Portugal Court. Births and deaths noted along with bankruptcies and final dividends.
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Paris
Princes of the Blood
Maximilian of
Audra
Naples
Admiralty Office
Burnet Abercromby
Grenville East Indiaman
Lord Pigot
Con
India
Unity
Glover
Philadelphia
Bristol
New York
Beulah
Ruffell
New-York
London
Congress
James Ely
Lord Chamberlain
George Wilmot
John Lepard, Bart
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
Conway
Lower Deptford
Ifferson
Portugal Court
Spitalfields
John Barnfather
John Cox
Elgrs
Litchfield-street
Yarmouth
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Sir Joseph Mawbey, Bart
Inis
Assizes
Kingston
Putney
Joseph
Wimbledon
Bury St. Edmund’s
Suffolk
Robert Creswell
Sam
Dorchester Electors Thank Anthony Chapman Patriot
A Dorchester public notice from March 1776 records 118 electors and inhabitants giving thanks to Anthony Chapman for a patriotic speech or action deemed a tribute to his memory. They express hope to oppose influences perceived as threatening to rights and the kingdom’s constitution.
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Dorchester
Anthony Chapman
Efys
Frith
Tus
Devon Blundell’s Grammar School Mastership Vacancy
Vacancy at Blundell's Grammar School Tiverton due to Rev Mr Acheton’s health. Salary 3 shillings per year. School, gardener's house, and gardens on quarry hill, with rates paid by trustees. Applicants invited from prominent Devon families and gentry, with deadlines and endowment details.
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Devon
Blundell
Tiverton
Acheton
Miafummier
Manter
Wall Afb
Aiiris T Hem
Cves
Warwiex
Breégewater
Semerte
Teta Due
Bart
Crewty
Rich Crediton
John Durtze
Jenna Alerts
Picker
Rich Exeter
Gwynn Big
Rich Chard
Somerset
Sowerier
Exeter
Hettercombe
Thomas Parr
Coombe
Onion
Deven
Roe Drese
Fog
Gronce
Peter Leavis
Vivercon
Desen
Lavtrel
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J. Furman
Inner Temple
Berkshire
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