Turbulent Atlantic News from 1776 Amid War and Fraud
Extracted notes recount naval actions near Newfoundland and the Caribbean, privateer captures, and troop movements with totals for Howe, Clinton, and others. Also reports on pirate-like fraud schemes tied to Dr James’s Powder, a Jamaica execution, a Kew highway robbery, and a bankrupt’s Fleet prison detention case.
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Accident near Haddington shocks Edinburgh readers
From Haddington comes news of a melancholy accident Friday night near the hat ity area. A boy sent to fetch his gun to shoot fowls met an acquaintance, recalled a childish dispute, and fired the loaded pistol into the other youth's bowels. The incident is described with caution as a tragic misfire.
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