Damaging Storm Strikes Dublin Area Fishes and Homes Lost
Dublin reports on the seventeenth a severe storm causing heavy losses including several fishing boats and crews, plunging many families into distress. Kilkenny notes a morning gale with rain, wrecking Patrick Whelan’s farm buildings at Kilmacar four miles away and killing him, his wife, and four children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AN. D
Dublin
Kilkenny
Patrick Whelan
Kilmacar
Brifh
Labrador
Newfoundland
Mary
St. John’s
Hambourg
Holyhead
Edward Eliot
St. German’s
County of Cornwall
John Molesworth
Eliot
Latt Beiale
Judge Gould
Hythe
Kene
Watkins
Star-court
Chancery Lane
Booth
Sun-freet
Bishopsgate-street
Baldwin
Sadler
Kentfret
Southwark
Deptford
Ickney
Yeéherda
Bow-street
Sir John Fielding
Bealing
Prince Orloff
Covent-garden
Ezekiel Miller
Aid Theatre
John Corker
King’s Bench
Temple
Nag’s Head
Orangecourt
Leicesterfields
London
John Fielding
Newgate
Gallery collapse at Sunderland Methodist meeting prompts panic
At a Sunderland Methodist Society room event on Sunday 22, a crowd feared gallery failure causing a rush for exits. women and children screamed as galleries reportedly gave way, windows broke and people fell among benches. One young woman died and several were bruised amid chaotic evacuation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
Methodist Society
Sunderland
Arrivals and Trade Vessels at London and Bristol Ports
Ships report wind and sailing conditions as Arethuseon takes on Betsey Humpreys Blef fing’s and others for Newcastle while Swift Lante remains in service. Charming Nancy Deverton passes by from Boston Charity Stockman Frederick Louisa Clarke Lottery Weatherill from Norway. Maryland arrivals include Wren Woot from London Pentagorees and others. Bristol sees N S del Rosatio Antunanc from Bilbao.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drar
Majesty
Arethuseon
Betsey
Humpreys
Bleffing
Ineseafs
Longbottom
Blffing
Cockerill
Newcastle
Swift
Lante
Gaavessemsp
Nancy
Deverton
Bostop
Charity
Stockman
Frederick- Louisa
Clarke
Lottery
Weatherill
Norway
Maryland
Wren
Woot
London
Pentagorees Abbas Pasket
Kennedy
Abbhot
LONDON NEWS AND VIRGINIA PETITION HIGHLIGHTS
Reports from St James’s note a Chapter of the Thistle filling a vacancy for the Marquis of Lothian with Lord Galway elected. Virginia residents petition the Convention defending loyalty but seeking asylum to avoid aiding attackers. Various alerts follow: Major Rogers seizes Michillemacanach fortress, Indian treaty near Albany yields neutrality, and news of wind damage, shipwrecks, and court cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of the Thistle
St. James’s
Marquis of Lothian
Lord Galway
Great Britain
Virginia
Great Briain
Britain
America
Major Rogers
Michillemacanach
Philadelphia
Albany
Mata
Malta
Four crucibles and tools used in coining foundry
Fragmented report notes items including crucibles and tools used in coining were found or listed. It mentions Northumberland and a shop in Hardwick, with references to Sir John Cullum of Hardwick and a merchant from Hamburgh. Obituaries note deaths of John Heysheim and Matthew Pearce, a builder from Covent Garden, aged 77.
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Lewis
Athiey
Bury
Edmond
Callum
Fister
Sir John Cullum
Hardwick
Mary-la-boone
John Heysheim
Hamburgh
Matthew. Pearce
Coventsparden
John Fill
Baltwin
Paternotter-row
Ridtey
James
Tireet
Lane
Troeman
Mo. Gon
Strard
Mawes and Co
Charity annuities offered for blind in England in 1775
Notice reports that the Governors of CERIA'S Hospital in London will appoint a committee to grant annual pounds ten to eligible blind individuals. Applicants must meet strict age and residency rules, and provide detailed personal histories. Petitions accepted at the Hospital counting-house daily from November 1 to 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars William
Heber
Ington
CERIA
Hofpiel
London
Id Hosgital
Daid Ghirsty
Great-Britain
England
Berwick Upon
Weho
N. B
Jos
Eyre
Lottery Advertisement With Historical Prize Draws and Prices
A damaged historical lottery fragment describes advance sales for Fickets Shares and Chances at London offices led by Mr. Molesworth. It lists prize structures including 2000 pounds and multiple capital prizes, referencing past lotteries and draws beginning on the 13th, with details of shares and chances pricing and distribution.
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Holborn
Fiset Street
King Street
Cheapside
London
Bork
Lottery
Fragmented Political Rhetoric on American Authority and Liberty
A long antiquated diatribe discusses why Parliament’s authority extends to the colonies and how colonial resistance endangers British governance. It cites charters, argues unity against rebellion, condemns American influence on trade, and pleads readers to support restoring order and liberty under imperial rule. The writer appeals to a patrimonial audience to back measures against colonial autonomy.
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Tts
Julie
Sven
Englad
Sharin
Ee Aéts
Ameri
Rebeslion
America
Lester
T. Hever
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
France
North America
Massachusets Bay
J. Bew
Gervray
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