Drowning in Sea at New Haven County News
Lewes August 23 On Tuesday afternoon Henry Colley grandson of the Rev Mr Colley of Piddinghoe was drowned while bathing in the sea at New Haven.
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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 24, 1775
Page
1
Lewes August 23 On Tuesday afternoon Henry Colley grandson of the Rev Mr Colley of Piddinghoe was drowned while bathing in the sea at New Haven.
Ship notices report arrivals and departures across multiple ports. Vessels such as the Rising Sun and Favourite pass by Gravesend while ships arrive in Liverpool, Cork, Boston, Dublin, Leghorn, and Barcema among others. Names include Fennel, Buhopbridge, Hutchins, Drummond, Kirkpatrick, and Haycroft among numerous captains and voyages from Jamaica, Newfoundland, Portugal, and the Baltic.
London reports a royal proclamation urging officers and subjects to aid in quelling rebellion in the colonies. It calls for disclosing treason, transmitting information to state authorities, and imposing penalties on traitors. News items follow on Boston, Gage, and Continental Congress reactions, plus maritime movements and local court notes. The piece blends official orders with letters from Boston and European commentary.
Freehold estate at Buntingford in Hertford county offered by private contract. Includes brick and thatched dwelling with barn, stable, coach-house, yard, garden, and adjoining close, plus an acre and a half meadow. Pleasant county location, 9 miles north of London by turnpike road. Suitable for a sporting gentleman. fox-hounds kept nearby. Hale Wortham, attorney, Royston. on behalf of Mr Gilby of Buntingford.
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