London Gazette fires in Moscow and other cities report heavy damage
From Moscow news arrives of a fire destroying upwards of one thousand houses in the city with continued blazes at Costrom and Chabackfar. It is hoped Kestrom linen manufactories remain saved. St Famers notes the King grants James Birnie of Broomhill license to take and use the Hamilton name and arms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Petersburgh
Moscow
James Birnie
Broomhill
Benark
Hamilton
Rumors of a looming clash among European powers
Reports from Warsaw and various capitals discuss a potential rupture between the German Emperor and the Porte. Austrian troop movements toward Volhynia and Transylvania intensify speculation of impending hostilities on Turkish frontiers. In Stockholm the king curtails audiences to Wednesdays amid complaints of alms seekers. Dispatches from Dantzig and Amsterdam note mediation efforts and port and commerce terms. Jean de Golowkin mediation yields no joy. Privates from Batavia report Java peace after a treaty between the Batavia Company and Balemboeangers. Versailles notes Duchess de Coffe's frugality and generous wardrobe provisions for the Dauphiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Germany
Constantinople
Turku
Volhynia
Transilvania
Moldavia
Stockholm
Fiamburg
Dantzick
Count de Golowkin
Ruffia
Vistula
M. Vanderburgh
Samarang
Java
Batt“ydia Company
Balemboeangers
Balers
Balembocang
Versailley
Duchess de Coffe
Arrivals and vessels listed in coastal notice
A jagged list of ships arriving or sailing dated July with vessels from Jamaica Ireland Portugal and other ports. Names include Stagg Saunders Beghorn Lord Dartmouth Price and Charming Lilly among others and arrivals at Portsmouth Dover and other ports with outbound and inbound ships from multiple nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dear
Wind W
Essex
Curling
Jamaica
John
Bates
Liverpoole
Remain
Stagg
Saunders
Beghorn
Lord Dartmouth
Price
Séneral
Swit
Lante
Gravesend
Passadby the & Lesolution
Wal- Ber
Petersburgh
Martha, Brown
Frond Ne‘sry
Carolina Poket
White
South Carolina
Charming Sally
Rew
Friendship
Tupper
Arid
Begleworth
Friend
Covernsey
St. Michael
Moorey
Dublin
Ware
Charming Lilly
Turner
Honduras
Portsmouth
Strandmagen
Lonafeir
Norway
Kennedy
Waterford
Liberty
Bebe
Havre
Dover
Nariy
Barron
Virging
Juno
Cabor
Blelaza
Natile
Gibraltar
Providence
M'Donald
Crawford
M'bean
Cariz
London to Tobaco ships and European notices 1772
A lengthy colonial and European news digest lists ship origins from Dublin Hull Teneriffe and Jamaica with residents returning to London. It covers military actions including a Turkish Russian clash near Babahdag and the capture of Candia, plus naval movements and trade notes from Leghorn and Bengal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayres
Molly Packet
Johnson
Constantinople
Babahdag
Leghorn
Fune
Marseilles
Candia
Las
Hague
Wirtemberg
Saxe-Gotha
Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Haff-Indies
Bengal
Meffink
Macbeth
Lambert
Fleetwood
Mills
Vincent
London
Vauxhall
Drury-lane
Paris
Ranelagh
Seine
England
Boaz
Weymouth
Duke of Kingston
Guibinall
Mark-lane
Freehold estate at Oving Bucks in 1774 auction notice
An auction notice for freehold estate at Oving in Buckinghamshire, about five and a half acres of meadow and pasture, held by Thomas Flowers of Lanebrough, under a seven year lease begun 1767, with viewing arrangements via Mr Flowers and local contacts. The broad advertisement also promotes a royal paper edition on voyages to the southern hemisphere, featuring engravings by renowned artists and maps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aylesbury
Lady-day
Winslow
Buckingham
Flowers
Allen and Agkinia
Elezderly
Cipriani
Bartollozzi
Booker
Woollet
Isken
Commodore Byron
Wallis
Garteret
Captain Cook
Admiralt
Joseph Banks
Jon HN
Hawkesworth
LE. D. Fierarn
Sarahan
T.gidel
Strand
Streichts of Magellan
T. Cadcdf
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Woolwich
Royal Regiment, of Artillery
Bank of England
Smithfield Market
P—h
Hargravé
Pho
Sabina
Denning
Dartmouth
Battersea
Surry
King’s Bench
Guildhall
Glasgow
James‘Bowmin
Calder
William Watson
London-Bridge
Lombard-street
Haymarket
Jos
William Heaton
Hatton-garden
Lane
Bloomsbury-square
Io Gorge Nares
Wardour-street
Sghio
Jane “Collins
Holles-street
Hanover-square
William
Lepree
Berkley- Square
Richard Murdon
Shi
Old Bailey
Rhue
Queen
Edward Roberts
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
Mariner
Custom
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Atetorney
William Cuthbert
Newcastle
Joseph Lodge
City of
Yok
Hag ‘Ber
York
Attoreney
Timothy Mortimer
Alexander Watts
Boranch
Southwark
Thomas Banks
Green-street
St. George
Jessante
Wincenea Ter Buthe
Middlesex
Hertford
Bedford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rutland
Leicester
Nottingham
Derby
Statford
Salop
Worcester
Warwick
Gloucester
Wilts
Berks
Oxford
Bucks
Uupen
Co ST
Suffolk
Lincoln
Durham
Northumberland
Cumberland
Ern Wettingrland
Lancasfe
Cheshire
Monmouth
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hanpithey
Jane TQ
North Wales
Scotland
Baston
William Cooke
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