Memorial Letter To Lord Guilford From An English Woman
A Geneva Evening Post fragment quotes a plea from an English woman seeking the patronage of the Right Honorable Lord Guilford. She expresses reverence and prays for blessing, while noting illness and instructing she leaves the memorial in trustworthy hands. Other items report Baltic and Eastern affairs with Swedish naval movements and Russian diplomacy, including drought impacting Danube operations and a proposed Polish provincial reform.
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Geneva Evening Post
Guildford
Tee
Petitioning English Lords to End Humble Grief at Court
An English woman appeals to peers to address private sorrows tied to church subscription. She cites a relative who died after regretting taking Anglican Articles, urges mercy and relief for a favorite son, and pleads that the cause be weighed at the bar with the hope of divine blessing and justice.
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Church of England
Thane
Mails from Holland and Flanders Arrive. Genoa OKs Seamen to France
This day reports arrivals from Holland and Flanders. Genoa proclaims seamen may join French service. Corsica orders 5008 men to Toulon. Marseilles bakes biscuit for the fleet while no French ships depart. Duke de Chartres seeks royal consent to serve aboard Toulon fleet, refused.
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Genoa
France
Corsica
Toulon
Paris
Marseilles
Duke de Chartres
Parliament Discusses East India Loans and Company Wages
In the Upper Assembly the Welch Judicature bill amendments report was agreed, private madhomes bill read a second time and committed. Debate covered provisions on East India Company loan terms, dividends, and government relief, with resolutions noted as guardians of public interests. Ship wages and related petitions were debated. a committee inquiry was considered but rejected. Reports from Paris and Petersburg, naval orders, and various local notices follow.
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Southampton
House of Commons
Lord North
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India
Douglas
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Buhr
Frmittee
House
Hook Norton
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Sheffield
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Janus
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Mao
Madrid
Toulon
Europe
Magden
Rapahannock River
Maryland
Bona
Itica
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