Promotions and arrivals in war office notices and ports
From the London Gazette the War Office announces promotions in various regiments including the 2nd Troop of Horse Guards and several Foot Guards with ranks from Major to Ensign. Reports describe Dorpat in Livonia burned, and Paris and Neaucaffles news about Protestant marriage deliberations. Cargo and passenger arrivals and sailings are listed for numerous ports and ships, with several vessels arriving at and departing from Atlantic and European harbors. The week includes ship movements to Gibraltar, Mahon, Jamaica, Quebec, and New York, plus numerous town and river arrivals in Portsmouth, Dover, and Malaga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wind S. W
Betty
Jackson
Nancy
Tominson
Jamaica
Prince of Wales
Furneaux
Quebec
William and
Iliabth
Wicat
Exeter
Pott
Johnton
New- York
GaavEesenn
Joseph End
John
Collins
Bay of Roses
Success
Dorothy
Rockwood
Garland
Parrot
Memel
Fanny
Sinclair
Jamaiga
James
Walker
Onega
Lloyd
Hodgson
Riga
Portsmouth
M‘renzie
Georgia
Corke
Hope
Robinson
New York
Munster
Reed
Bourdeault
Dover
George
Trenbam
Malaga
Anson
Moore
Mice
Eagle
Ayton
Kegham
Wile
London
New-York
Jane
Fabella
Workman
Larne
Grenada
Prainee
Coe
Liverpool
Hannah
Cassady
Philadelphia
Admiralty actions and colonial dispatches reported
Dispatches reach Lord Dartmouth from Guy Carleton via the Prince of Wales. Admiralty holds a full board and orders officers on half pay to full pay and into immediate commissions. Philadelphia extract notes Congress adjournment and a petition to the King for reconciliation with the colonies. Governor Penn active, to embark tomorrow on the Barbadoes packet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Lorer
Philadelphia
Penn
Barbadoes
Pirates, naval dispatches, and trade notes in Dublin and London
Long excerpt reports Captain Welch bound for Bristol amid hopes of a safe voyage and reconciliation with Britain, while Abe Hope and Robinson carry dispatches from New York to London. It notes a ship with four pirates captured after murder, dockyard incidents in Portsmouth and Chatham, marines to embark on a frigate, wage stand tied to shipwrights, local resignations, a West India widow’s marriage to a slave, seizures at a coffee-house, pauper fraud arrests, a sailor’s death, births and obituaries, and bankruptcy filings in Wakefield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Hope
Robinson
New-York
London
Dublin
Holmés
Georgia
Portmouth
Chatham
Admiralty Office
M‘kenzie
the Nore
America
Syren
Daey
Uttom-House
Sampson Wright
Thomas Treflove
Newgate
John Guflet
Wilmet
London Hospital
William Jolliffe
Hampshire
Thomas Stallard
Bartholomew-Close
Kitty Wildman
West-Smithfield
Portsmouth
Cobenel Boifrond
Marines
Liffon-green
Paddington
Bliss
Surry Street
the Strand
Hammond
John Campbell
Cuthion
Spitalfields
Agchia
The Waiting Maid and the Gallant Times Excerpt
A catalog entry extols a scandalous two volume set and its spicy contents. It promises open depictions of noble libertines and their paramours, claiming truth and no calumny to challenge the portrayal. The prose notes fashionable amours among rank and fashion, with a royal courtly backdrop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Pope
Thia
Magagine
Bankruptcy notices and names of creditors and addresses
Certificates to be filed in bankruptcy proceedings list John Hepson and others, with addresses in St Jobo and London. Notice requires surrender or action by September 5, including a George Wall case and enlarged estate details, with dates August 27 and venues such as Geildhall London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlowell
John Hepson
Atria
Feepi
Bielander Batensk
Ko She Parith
St‘ Jobo
Wapphire
George Wall
Wribbengally
Hinen
Ren
Ue Geildhall
London
Wragby
Weaghy
Haintén
Lowth
William Coleing
Brhop
Durham
Tyne
Thomas Lloyd
Holbor-court
Gray’s-Inn
N.B
Lancaster
John Capsick
Caton
Wrilliam Hinde
BS Ee Ees
Alvingham
Tese
Cher
Ae Pals
Inde Pd
Norh
Aed
Lincoln
Michaelmas
Hutoft
Alfard
Black
Harlow
Bex
Cofftehouse
Temple-bar
Au@ion
Jobe Smith
Way and Son
George Inn
Aylesbury
Leas
Bourh
Meninsea
Mei
Elkins
Smith
Leabourn
Leightom-Buzzird
Oxdén
Buckin
Balers
Patcy
X. Benes
Alto
inSeesds
AU CT
Southampton
County
Howse
Rolygon
Clofe
York
Southampraya
Hughes
Growad
Millbrooke
Losthampton
Spie
Capyhold
Bitterncomwich
Pitt
Hill Farm
Itchin
Robert Taylor
Mr. Lejeune
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Gazette
War Office
Ang
ECOND
Horse Guards
Walter Fletcher Gafon
Ad Reg
Light Dragoons
Francis Edward Gwynne
Robert Trewren
Tho. Leigh
Tho. Dodd
Cerney
William Boyce
Hoot Gaards
Philip Sherrard
Lancelot Baugh
William Styles
William Tryon
Gee ‘Hotham
Charles Talbot
Phipps
Gurey
Foot Guards
James Craufurd
Sir Fracals ‘Garr Clarke
Robert Venables Hinde
2D Rég. Foot
Bernard Shaw
Biedour
Hovrann
Mitda
Dorpat
Livonia
Paris
General Assembly
Thir Cletpy
Toulouse
Arsyria
Stade
Gibraltar
Mahon
England
Bankrup
Thomas Smyth
Wakefield
Yorkshire
Elephant and Cattle
John Bradford
Lee
Raye
Solio
Chelsea
Peer Hob
Captain
Dyiper
Xarrignar
Gampardes
Reg
Foot
Peter Sharpless
Dragoon Guards
Thomad Lewes
Palmer, Dragone
John Huntingtons
James Waugh
Peter Hood
Robert Haywood
Ditto
Joshua Graham
John Buckley
Daniel Beddges
Joseph Barrow
Andrew Bent
Dennis Keily
John Burrough
Andrew Hunter
James Roston
Lee Ditto
Michael Forrest
John’ Hayes
Richardson
John Norrice
John Hamilton
Peter Turner
Thomas Morton
Lemuel Smith
Ithe
Thomas Veary
Neto
William Hoole
Abraham Garside
Pitts
James Purney
Peter Parkinson
John Maxwell
Ditty Latham
John Ogden
Henry Ball
Hugh Gurnall
Isaac Hout
James Riebey
James Holland
John Dickinson
William Claridge
John Kay
Alexander M‘kenzie
William Wilson
Pensioners
Draper
John Phillips
Thomas Dawson
Bitto
William Milton
Thomas
Orden
Dragons
Jonathan Farnworth
John Reland
Joe Hutt
Henry Kelshaw
Dito
Peter Westhead
James Robinson
Huff
Samuel Hitchcock
William Podewath
George Vincent
Robert Fowler
William Bickerton
Ralph Dodd
Richard Saymore
Ames Scofield
ichard’Bee- Ditto
Ralph Cooke
Ditts
Josith Griaithaw
Thomas Redferry
Dites
William Vaugry
Betterworth
D ‘Sta
Wilmer Doye
Dita
James Lo
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