Observatories in Armagh and Irish duels dominate May news
A report from Ireland notes the Armagh Observatory funded by the Lord Primate, with a professor salary and staff support. Mayo sees three private duels during the election, one badly wounding Counsellor Dunnlson. Convicts sent to Barbuda and Antigua commit thefts, while Canada’s constitution undergoes a two‑government plan. Roya l Navy updates include ships fitted for sea and new commands, plus robberies and a he adline of ship casualties and a London murder attempt.
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Mayo
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B—ngh
D—nn—l
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Bart
Barbuda
Antigua
Virginia
Dublin
Handel fragment notes Wednesday date entry
From Handel. On Wednesday the 26th Db aA TD or is recorded in the page fragment. The text shows ledger style dating with unclear abbreviations and no clear event description.
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Handel
Shipping News Item Hard Winds At Downs And Gravesend
Dead May 12 wind N E blows hard. Re match in the Downs the Cockatrice cutter Wor tefer and Earl Talbot East Indiamen Sea Wymph Donnison for Stockholm. Gravesend May 12 Passed by Aid Storm brothers Walker Hannah Ripley Apollo Adamson Thomas Alice Gill James Attie Spring Ellerby Mary Hanson Venus Modd George Morrison from Memel Jane Bishop from Dun kirk Berwick Clark from Hamburgh Unity Butler Baring Borenson from Norway.
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Memel
Jane
Bishop
Dunkirk
Berwick
Clark
Hamburgh
Unity
Butler
Baring
Borenson
Norway
London Royal Events Nudge Behind Closed Doors
Yesterday at St James s palace a drawing room drew a large crowd then royal family returned to bake to Queen s house for dinner. Duke of Leeds and Sir Charles Gould briefed the King on a captain of engineers court martial for returning from duty without leave. Earl Howe received the hand kiss as he takes command of the grand fleet with Levison Gower and Roger Curtis appointed in key posts. Lord Howe hoists flag in Queen Charlotte and Hood and Pigot receive Mediterranean and West Indies commands. Forty ships of the line now in commission. The Duke of Clarence toasted war as inevitable and a Plantagenet echo hints at military resolve.
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Lord Hood
Mediterranean
Admiral Pigot
West Indies
Admiral Barrington
History from Creation in Three Books by W Williams
April 40 1790 publication lists a thick quarto by W Williams formerly of St John’s Cambridge. It covers Creation and Eden, Babel, postdiluvian chronology, Egyptian history, and the Titan War with notes on Ham Japhet Shem, ark remnants in America, and early letters. printed at Chichester by Seagrave for subscribers at fourteen shillings. Available also from J Bew in London.
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Acobs
Chichester
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J. Bew
Auction at the Elephant Doncaster for Deceased Mrs Neale Estate
Public sale at Doncaster Yorkshire by auction on June 1st at Five in the afternoon of the house and outbuildings of Joan Neale, deceased, with adjoining meadow, paddock, and a pew in Doncaster Church. Lots include furniture, freehold property, and a carriage-way to Laithgate. Purchases possible with appraised prices. details from John Martindale, Collard, and Brooke.
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