Will of the late Chropher Nicholson and Irish political salvo
The fragmentary will of Christopher Nicholson of Meath bequeaths bonds to Sir Edward Newnham for his parliamentary service amid a climate of oppression. It condemns corrupt ministers and exalts religious liberty. A Limerick recruitment premium offers half a guinea each for the first 200 able men enlisting with Major Boyle Roche for royal service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dustin
Chropher Nicholson
Councy of
Meath
Edward Newnham
City of
Dublin
Gustavus Lambert
Beaupaie
Sir Edward Newenham
God
Satan
Limerick
Boyle Roche
Murder in Coleman's land ends in coroner verdict
August 31 last night Carthy of Coleman's land tried to strangle his wife. Her aunt Mary gan intervened to stop the attack and was killed by a billhook. Carthy was arrested and held at North Gaol. The coroner's inquest returned a verdict of wilful murder.
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Irelan
Corke
Carthy
Coleman
Mary |Gan
North Gaol
Inquestat Spratton After Orchard Robbery Death
Reports from Northampstor Sept 11 recount an inquest into a man who died after a fall while fleeing from four companions during an attempted orchard robbery at Mrs Flavel’s in Spratton. The jury returned accidental death. Other items describe a severe storm in Winchester and a late-night street robbery near Chelmsford. In Orford a lightning storm killed five horses near Windroth, with other injuries.
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Northampstor
Spratton
Mrr
Flavel
Winchester
Chelmsford
Clare Napzuner
Mountnefling
Orford
Windroth
Gloucestershire
Burford
Oxfordshire
Cherwell
Lis
Arrivals and Sailings Reported at Dublin and Caribbean Ports
HMS Arethusa and several Dutch ships appear in listings of sailings and arrivals. Vessels include the Martha, Cowail, Friend ship, Young, and Live-Oak Poncan with departures for Faro and Rotten. Arrivals at Dublin include Milham Johnson from Virginia and Catharine Scallon from Antigua among others.
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Duat
S. W
Martha
Cowail
Grenada
Young
S. Vincent's
Arethusa
Poncan
Faro
Manners Perkin
Rotten
Gravesenod
Unclear passenger list from diverse ports and ships
A fragmented OCR shows names of passengers and origins across ships and ports including Malaga Providence Han fon Atund:, St Ube's Lisbon Mary land Plymouth and others. It lists vessel names like Lady Agatha Phillipina and Duke of Leintzer with various passenger surnames and home ports in a jumble of misspellings and garbled entries.
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Corke
St. Paul
Tinmouth
Judd
Jane
Cunningham
Archangel
London News Roundup of War News and Local Scuffles
Dispatches from the Secretary of State on Madrid post Great Seal. Boston reports Castle William destroyed and troops heading to New York. Rhode Island rebels vow to burn every house if British troops winter there. Earthquakes felt at Oxford and Evesham. hops prices listed. Robberies, assaults, and a sharp sharp-witted scam by a female sharper exposed. Local fairs, marriages, deaths, and assorted notices fill the city pages.
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London
Madrid
Secretary of State
Boston
Castle William
Bolton
New York
Gage
Botton
Rhode Island
Britain
Norfelt
Virginia
America
Jamaica
West India Islands
Cork
Lisbon
Tapus
William Harvey
Harvey
Evesham
Worcestershire
Rudd
Newgate
Mills
Picklehorsing-stairs
Dama
Poultry-compter
Devonshire House
Piccadilly
John Sherwood
John Sweeney
Seamen Riots at Liverpool End in Bloodshed and Clashes
Postscript from Liverpool dated Sept 6 1773 recounts a sailors revolt over pay aboard the Derby to Africa. Fifty three or more seamen gathered 1020 or more joined in attacks, prison breaks and dock blockades. The mayor promised relief but violence escalated with windows broken and five killed, many wounded. ships and markets were looted as armed crowds occupied the Exchange and surrounding streets.
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Derby
Africa
Nir
Ng Ontaid
Lancaster
Mra
Las O
Strates
É&C
Coe
Cary
Guinea
Purr
Baihfs
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St. Patrick’s
William Cradock
Kilmore
Francis Corbet
Archbithor
John Golt
Glandelaghy
St. Nicholas
Corbet
Tookey
Drury-lane
Savergay
Old-street
Clerkenweil Bridewell
Bates
Mell
iAarshall
Bell
Shoreditch
Marshall
Iiz
New Prison
Clerkenn
Surry Side
Black-friars-bridge
Bridewell
Bow-street
W. Addington
Chancery-lane
Tuefés
Alex. Dot
Lord Fife
Careston
Scotland
Tosus
George Skene
Ilness
Wandsworth
Carry
John Paget
Ilamburgh
Richards
Hicks’s Hall
Page
Goswell-street
James Poulsom
Awbery
Winchester College
Stratfield Sea
Stratheia Turges
The
London Gazette
Middlesex
Surry
Hertford
Bedford
Cambridge
Huntingdon
Northampton
Rutland
Leicester
Nottingham
Stafford
Salop
Worcester
Warwick
Gloucester
Ils
Bucks
Co ST. A
Suffolk
Norfok
Lincoln
York
Durham
Northumberland
Cumberland
Westmorland
Lancashtre
Cheshire
Monmouth
Somerset
Devon
Cornwall
Dorset
Hampshire
Sussex
Kens
South Wales
Authority of Parliament
William Cooke
General Evening Post
Liverpool
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