Proclamation and City of London petitions in 1775 turmoil
A lengthy summary of political unrest and official proclamations from July 1775 includes Dunmore’s Virginia actions, London Livery responses to royal measures, debates on petitions to the Throne, impeachments proposed for advisors, and the public handling of America’s war effects. It covers protests, printed resolutions, and motions for accountability alongside reports from Paris and London courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiilliamsburgh
Williamsburgh
Virginia
Boston
I . Duxgor
Livery of
London
St. James’s
Sheriff Plomer
City of London
Lord Hertford
House of Comneus
America
Remebancer
Bali
Aldernen
British Empire
Vlajetty
Paris
St. Bartholomeuw
Jn ‘Ints
Montreal
Carleton
Guildhall
New-York
Commune Council
Humphries
Guilshall
Walter Humphries
Congress
Walter Humpaetes
Arrivals at Ports Include Diverse Vessels and Origins
The list details ships arriving at Dover, Lymington, Newfoundland, and Britain from Nantucket, St. Maloes, Jamaica, Honduras, Virginia, and Maryland. Notable names include Thomas and Sally Barret from St. Maloes, and Hunter Ritchie from Honduras. Other entries cite Beaver Coffin from Nantucket and Polty Clements from Bristol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smymay
Brewter
Philadelphia
London
Giverson
Bital
Agen
Powell
Liverpool
Newnham
Hotkins
His Majesty
Young -Jerkin
Hendrick
Nichols
Groningen
Love
Milner
Srecein
Dover
Beaver
Coffin
Nantucket
Lymington
Thomas
Sally
Barret
St. Maloes
Weymouths
West-In@an
Sunton
Jamaica
Newfoundland
Polty
Clements
Penelope
Heighington
Bristol
Hunter
Ritchie
Honduras
Mimerway Walker
Virginia
Union
Maryland
Petition for New Ministers and Liberty Foundations
Petitioners urge the king to dismiss current ministers and advisers and dissolve Parliament. They condemn persecution of American brethren, accuse misrepresentation and a false crisis, and call for ministers committed to the constitution to secure general liberty and restore public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Unclear historical crime notices and incidents fragment
Fragmentary OCR from a historical newspaper lists various crimes accidents and events. It mentions a prisoner delay a counterfeit note Frances Mercer a shopkeeper in St Martins court private boy goods and a court counterfeit, a murder by a window observer in Southwark, a tobacconist fatal injury at Oxford Street, a lethal blow in Thames Street a four story fall killing a child, multiple marriages deaths and a list of names and places including Mortyn Witham Maynard and Shippens campbells amid scattered dates and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kew Palace
Lord Sandwich
Portmouth
Plymouth
Sergeant Glynn
St. James’s
Newgate
Perreau
Bow Freet
John Fielding
Vherest
William Barker
Thomas Berridge
Berridge
Joseph Clarke
Cat Po
Laprice
Frances Mercer
St. Martin’s Court
Mr. Green
Benbiph-Rted
Southwark
Thames
Hazap
Shire-lane
Charles Bro Moltyn
Pyerk Mortyn
Talacre
Firstshire
Mie
BS Witham
Witliam Witham-of- Che
Mary le Bonile
Ahverton
Mortimer-free
Rai
Orlian Lovee
Stanford
Ongar
Essex
Nachaniel Lancaster
Anith
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Johnson
Pani
Roy
Ager
Troade
Robert “Wood
Bee
Palmyra
Balbec
T. Payne
P. Elmifly
Serand
Pricy G
Church of England
David
William Nicholls
Medalle
West
Mr. Garrick
Laurence Sterne
Rabelais
Sayabove
The
Press
T. Greenidugi
Chemst
Ludgate
F. Neaeb
Medicind
St. Paul’s Church-vard
Headon
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