Orphan aid and European diplomacy from Dutch to Genoa
A mail from Holland reports Empress orders to found a Mount of Piety and immediate admission of twenty merchant orphans for clothing nourishment and commerce education in the Empire. Leghorn notes the Duke restoring Marquis Llano as Prime Minister of the foreign department. Florence Gazette reports Genoa treaty with Madrid and Versailles allowing troops through the Republic and warehouses to be erected.
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Tefethterday
Holland
Merchats
Empress Bag
Vienna
Leghorn
Parma
Marquis de Llano
Foreign Department
Florence
Republic of Genoa
Madrid
Versaillés
Italy
Republic
Executions and Navy Dockyard Fraud Reported
Hertford records a young man of about twenty named William Paffell hanged for poisoning apple dumplings with arsenic after a rejected bribe. Portmouth also notes the Dockyard scandal with the Dock Clerk and four clerks dismissed for malpractices amid London Navy Board inquiries.
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Hertford
William
Paffell
Bromfield
Aty
Arfenic
Portndiith
Glerk
Higself
Corpmilsingers
Navy
Ff London
Allises
Festerday
Arrivals and港 Duties in the Downs and Ports
Mar 19 sailing reports show ships like Carolina Packet and Jamaica-bound vessels in the Downs and at river ports. arrivals include Unity at Waterford, Amphitrite at Pool, and St. Andrew at New England. royal appointment of Sir Basil Keith as Captain General of Jamaica noted along with parliamentary bills on Leeds Liverpool navigations and a museum disposal plan.
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Dear
Marc
Carolina Packet
White
Carolina
Charlotte
Cork
Elizabeth
Luck
Virginia
Success
Dunn
Dublin
Sipton
Ron
Morgan
Jamaica
Downs
Maken
His Majesty
Racehorse
Wilcox
Willams
Chester
Ipswich
Castle
Friendship
Eroft
Maryland
Gravesenp
Grayford
P. Peter
Arms Nelson
UW Fauhis
Parience
Hanlon
Pame
Noreata
Unity
Owens
Waterford
Portsmouth
Amphitrite
Haramond
Ditto
Pool
Race
Young
New-York
Newry
Grenvile Bay
Cledand
London
St. Andrew
Shores
New-England
Rockingham
Jones
Witherden
Gold Coast
Cadiz
True-Blus
P Well
Africa
Dominica
Whitehall
Basil Keith
Iland
Japnica
Trelawny
Bart
Richmond
The
Leeds
Liverpool
Greengcke
House of Copinions
Mandfattery of
Lincis
Henry Busby
Berlina
Peter Beckford
Morpeth
Louisa Pitt
George *Pitt
Tate
Turin
Dover
Robert Hales
Greatél
Hue
Philip
Windsor
Maria ‘Rice
George Rice
Scotland-yard
Turner
Marlborough
Tho
Hanforth
Soie
Stith
Smithfield
Mead
Extifée
Clark
St. John's-street
HIESE
W. Bayley
J. Grofygnor
Angeland & Ee
Linen manufactories decline threaten home industry petition
The text reports petitions from Darlington and other northern counties in Durham and York urging protection for linen manufacture against foreign imports. The petitions ask Parliament to pass laws to encourage home made linens. Also included are extracts about Caribbean war news, Genoa’s road plans, Vienna events, social news, and local incidents and notices.
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Darlington
Durham
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
Italy
Republic of Genoa
France
Spain
Lombardy
Antibes
Liguria
Toulon
Marseilles
Paris
Prince de’ Rohan
Viennia
Vienna
Poland
Prussia
Poniatowski
Dalrymple
Fairweather
Liverpool
Africa
Isle of May
Barbadoes
Eleanor of Bristol
Bennet
Aldborough
Hawker
Gleadhill
Knightforidge
Bowstreet
Baywater
Lincoln Afhires
Jervas
Scowfield
John Peacock
Thames-Progor
William Tomlinson
Thomas Barrett Seeks Town Election Honor With Humble Appeal
The letter presents a candidate’s formal request for public support in Dover. Barrett pledges to honor the trust of the mayor and commonalty, express gratitude for consideration, and commit to faithful service to the town and country if elected. The style mirrors 18th or early modern civic correspondence.
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Jarate
Partiof
Dover
Thail
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Marenez
St. Vincent's
Desig
Samuel Paterson
Effet-street
Strand
Middl Fex
Hook Feler
Aril
Guildhall
James Doves
Rochester
Kent
Atte
Constable
Abchurch-lane
Arthur Kempland
Lambeth-mafh
Surry
Chapmen
Fussen
Amos Loughgad
Yarm
Yorkshire
Maen-draper
Potthouse
Varm
Richard Raybould
Peter-freet
Bibliopfeate
Gistidhall
Wiliam Ream
Newton
Isle of Ely
Cambridgeshire
Dealer and
Chapman
Vine
St. Peters
Jean Lewin
Lambeth
Lendomen
Moses Alexsuden
Teoley-freet
Southwark
Surryz
Coil
Peter Fraters Murice de Court
Askilery-lane
Blythoplea Ecstreety Middlesex
Robert Faucist
Fargham
Surty
Farnkona
James Lewis Triquett
Mason’s Court
Whitechagels
Digt den
Winchester
Lette
Hiertford
Bedford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rutland
Gloucester
Wilts
Ee Besks
Aexford
Omens
My Banks
James
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Lincoln
York
Northumberland
Cumberland
Westmorland
Lancashre
Cheshire
Monmouth
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hampshire
Sussex
Kents
North
Wales
South Wales
William. Cooke
Thomas Barrett
Wischester
Alresford
Southampton
Norton
Stockton
Robert
Stokton
Low Countries
Ypres
Spa
England
Robert Fogg
Bond-street
Lowey Grosvenor Treet
Grosvenor
M.B
Lord Grosvenor
Burton and Peart
Lincoln’s-inn Old- Buildings
Bath
Bagatelle
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