Portrait of Queen Matilda of Denmark at Zell
A reader's letter discusses the late Queen Matilda of Denmark, praising her dignity and virtues shown in exile at Zell. It recounts her gentleness, learning, and charitable manner, noting her death, funeral, and a Hanover court monument proposal. The piece blends admiration with reflection on wartime policy and colonial tension.
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Matilda
Denmark
Copenhagen
Zell
Europe
Hanover
Zeil
Masic
Philip the Fifth
Victor Amadeus
Zealand
Madame d
Prince Royal
Leyfer
Mott. de Lichtenstein
Court of
Dukes of
Bourdaloue
Henrietta
Orleans
States of Lunenburg
Duchy of Lunenburg
Great Britain
Heaven
Hell
Thomas Greene
Westminster Hall
Mary Queen of Scots
Walter Raleigh
Francis Bacon
Mervin
Audrey
Giles Broadway
Lawrence Fitz Patrick
R. Snagg
Taxation of Jamaica debated in colonial era council record
Editor letters recount how during George II’s reign Jamaica faced disputes over funding. The Jamaica Assembly resisted grants, prompting legal advice from Philip Yorke on levy rights. If Jamaica remained conquered, the king could tax inhabitants. if treated as a colony, taxes required island Assembly or Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George the Second
Jamaica
Philip Yorke
Lord Hardwicke
Barke
Brite Lane
Fleet-fireet
Eldred or The British Freeholder at Theatre Royal Haymarket
The Editor notes the tragedy Eldred or The British Freeholder at Theatre Royal Haymarket. Remus defeats Hengist’s Saxons and invites Edwina to Brennus and her marriage. Edwina secretly weds Elidure, heir to Eldred, leading Lochrin and Brennus to plot seizure of the old peasant. Elidure rescues, Brennus is slain, Lochrin commits suicide.
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Eldred
Theatre Royal
Haymarket
Remus
Hengist
Wales
Lochrin
Edwina
Brennus
Elidure
Cambrian Forces
Phrenzy
Elidare
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Francis Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
London
Price
Potanp
Contaaing
T Qayne
St. Martin’s
Poland
Benjamin Stillingeleet
J. Dodsley
Pall-mall
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York-ieer
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T. Payne
Mews Arate
Ottawa
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Cyprus
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W. Nicoll
St. Paul's Church-yad
Canis
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Long-Acre
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