Letter on American rights and Parliament powers debated
A fragmentary letter from Edinburgh discusses colonial grievances with Britain, arguing for trial by jury, parliamentary authority, and proportional governance. It critiques colonial defiance, tea destruction, and the Quebec act, urging prudent reform and continued imperial control. Also, extracts note Jamaica slave treatment and a Paris nursing tale of revival from near-death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iqugfioh Dui Pyke
Jécifla
Quebec
Ameo
England
Great-Britain
Levellar
Momus
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Kelly
Cumberland
Signora Bastardini
Pantheon
A. Clericgl -Chas Raéter
Morofus
Apollo
Tate
Samuel Wesley
Dr. Atterbury
Rochester
Richardson and
Harrowing account of cruel punishment by cabaret master
A narrator recalls brutal whipping and blood as punishment, describing the scene with graphic details of implemented abuse, wounds dressed by a surgeon, and the victims crying out while the narrator insists on overseeing the process, condemning the cruelty. The passage laments the inhuman toil and justifies the narrator's grim involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chaife
Kedes
Maffey
Etiquette of Lambeth Dinners by Archbishops of Canterbury
The old custom at Lambeth Palace after dinners involved guests being invited to a withdrawing room for toasts, while others joined chaplains for tobacco and coffee. Archbishop Potter altered this, and Archbishop Secker later reformed etiquette by treating guests as equals and hosting cheerful, discursive meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vibe
Canterbury
Lambeth
Potter
Secker
Palace of
England
Fragmented remark on respiration and burying victims
An OCR fragment discusses causes of asphyxia and the impossibility of restoring breathing once the respiratory organs fail. It notes the ease with which victims may have fallen to burial after a precipitating event and hints at finality of death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva Evenine Post
Mons. Janin
Paris
Nupfe
M. Janin
Janinadds
Henepdowbladee
Ares
The
Law
Lawyer’s Magazine
King's
His Majesty’s Law-Printers
Kearfly
Sevjeents-inn
Fleet-street
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DITOR
Britain
Continental Congress
Lagan Ee Dalida Jouer
Brest
Resaea
Brisafe
Pram
Pierefore
Alsdy
Greatitain
America
Gary
Scott
Edinburgh
Jamaica
Hugh Farmer
G. ‘Robinson
Paternofter
O’ Marshall
J. Bew
Paternolter-law
Kennedy
W. Bayley
Cockspur -Street
A. Rothwell
Civet
New Bond
T. Greencugti
King’s Arms
Poite
Nore
Ludgatehill
London
Price Ag
Cockspur Street
New Hondeslrees
M. Purdie
Bath
Chyaitt
King's Bench
T. Greenough
Dia
Liidyateetill
Ee Ny Snr
Rom Balam of
Tolesa
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