War News From Europe and Asia in Early 18th Century Reports
Letters from Warsaw and Paris describe mounting war talk between Ruffia and the Porte, with Rufian forces reportedly returning from Riga toward the Niester and ongoing turmoil in Poland. Oglou refuses Constantinople summons, courting local elites as potential chief. Stef interactions hint at broader geopolitics and possible large-scale mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porte
Ruffia
Riga
Niester
Otranto
Marchig
Smyrna
Cara Osman Oglou
Constantinople
Agas
Bacas
Natalia
Turcomania
Iwutis
Aly Bey
Chick Daher
Natalia Oe
Paris
Warsaw
Poland
Dort
Rotterdam
Toulon
Petersburgh
Russia
Finland
Mediterranean
Patrick Gilflon Guilty Of Wreck Robbery Near Giants Causeway
The court found Patrick Gilflon guilty today for robbing the wreck of the ship Elizabeth, which lay wrecked on the rocks near the Giants Causeway in a recent incident. The jury delivered a guilty verdict after testimony regarding the maritime disaster and subsequent looting.
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IR EL A
Gari Gergis
Patrick Gilflon
Giants Cauley
Burford woman survives fall after long illness in London gaol and more
Reading and Liverpool notices describe Elizabeth Hathaway of Burford who leaped from a garret during a fit, walked twenty yards afterward, and recovered with a dislocated shoulder. Other items report Dormer being charged with murder near Oxford, escapes from Lancaster gaol, and varied court and theatre news.
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Reading
Our
Stephiens
Richard Danmes
Oxford
Aneasow
Wytham
Liverpool
Hentry
Holland
Robert Grocer
John Alley
Lancaster
Hénery Holland
Bolton
Chowbent
Arrivals and Departures From Atlantic Vessels
A scrambled list details ships departing for Maryland Carolina Antigua and Lancaster with crews named Hood Cummins Lander Ellen Fielmes and more. It also notes arrivals from Oporto Hamburgh Rotterlam Naples Smyrna Norway Jamaica Malaga Spain Trieste and Alicant, plus multiple ports including Jamaica Dominica Georgia and North Carolina with various captains and vessels.
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Diat
S.W
Swift
Lante
Nancy
Coulson
Maryland
Commodore Hood
Cummins
Carolina
Margaret
Rebecca
Lander
Antigua
Ellen
Fielmes
Lancaster
Kingston
Burcham
Oporto
Gravesean
Lacy Elizabbeth
Brunswick
Hamburgh
Spratt
Taylor
Rotterlam
Lion
Ogeir
Naples
Anglicana
Hughes
Ffrom Smyrna
Fox
Garrett
Elizabeth
Addison
Johanna
Neroudy
Zint
Malaga
Strong
Scom
Sevile
Patience
Chesterton
Norway
Calay
Rockatt
Jamaica
Grage
Spain
Rhoda
Butcher
Trieste
Raby
Harrigan
Ana
Griffin
Soervil
Misorca
William
Smallwood
Alicant
Esiondthip
Tail
No Continental War Expected During Lord North’s Administration
The writer asserts there will be no continental war in Lord North’s tenure, claiming the drain on English blood and treasure is closed. The hope is that no one will reopen it even for Haniver’s preservation, signed by Bob Short.
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Amsterdam
John Barnard
Constantinople
Baron Thott
Europe
Asia
England
France
Burough
Newport
Isle of Wight
John Eames
St. John
Duke of Cumberland
Covent-garden Theatre
Earl of Warwick
Piazza
St. Paul, Maes
Montferrat
Bay of Honduras
Ratan
Susannah
Mencasile
Beachy Head
Newmarket
Bir
Gregorys
General Evening Post
Lord North
Haniver
Bob Short
Willian Simpson
NBL
Burley
Famie
Coventry
Kenilworth
Warwick
John Bury
Walford
Cannon-street
Birmingham
Claridge
Gray’s-inn
London
Paynt
Eese N
L. Davisy
Royal Society
Bagatelle
Ats Gtorage Cad
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Pursday
Apete
Yesteriday
St. James's
Ofiger
Lamdoth
Swiferland
T Hey
Chancery-lane
Covent-garden
Sir John Fielding
New Prison
Deptford
Newgate
Mansion House
Holborn
Richard Phillips
Upper Brook-street
Elizabeth Clifton
New Burlington-street
Smythson
Islington
Eggleston
James Philpot
Hudson
Lowington
Datchet
Windsor
Thomas Needham
Egelderton
Lord Kilmurry
Foot Guards
Henry Itherwood
Ayliffe Street
Goodman's-fields
Miles
Tit
Welliam-Clegger
Canterbury
Hayes
Martinyde, Esq
Hertfordshire
Tammore
Scotland
Robert Grant
Miliken
William Napier
Culchurch
Park-street
Grosvyenor Square
Robert Savage
George Page
Child
Temple-bar
Adams
Peetreet
Southampton-street
Thomas Singleton
Samuel Wilton
David
Christ
Paul
J. Buckland
Paternofter-row
J. Robson
New Bond-street
W. Harris
St. Paul's Church-yard
Gardner
Gracechurch-street
Portugal
William Leybourn
J. and
F. Rivingtoft
L. Hawes and Co W., Johnston
TF. Gaffen
FT. Longman
B. Law
E. and
C. Dil
Northamptonshire
Douge
Fitudte
Little
Houghton
Brafield
Northampton
Little- Houghton and
Little-Houghton
Peter Roberta
Guildshall
Smyth
Nithiamorton
Sagmundham
County of Suffolk
Suffolk
Ipswich
Yarmouth
Alderburgh
Samuel Kilderbeg
Glamorganshire
Limwotney
Cowbridge
Bridgend
Bristol Channel
Vale of Glamorgan
Camden
Garden of Wales
Dash
Bath
Gloucester
Franklin
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