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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 20, 1775
Page
3
On May 23 the British ship Alarm anchored in, landing the Commander to meet the Dey. He delivered a letter from the Grand Signior urging peace between Regency and England. The Dey sent a reply and asked for a new Consul. the visit pleased both sides. The Alarm sailed to Port Mahon later that day.
In Edinburgh on May 17 at Redbraes in the county Major General Henry Campbell of Boquhan married Miss Mary Crawfurd eldest daughter of Sir Hew Crawfurd of Jordan-hill Bart. The report lists other society notices and ship arrivals, including several named vessels and passengers traveling to and from major ports.
Extract from The Hague letter notes Amsterdam merchants complain of new Prussian duties on Dutch vessels at Wesel. States General instruct Berlin ambassador to seek audience and demand redress. Other items report Austrian enrollers in Colophia, Vienna dispatch, Polish-Hungarian camp terms, shipyard unrest at Chatham, a Kent England cricket match, royal births and deaths, and bettings on lotteries.
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