Newspapers Across the World in 18th Century Times
A German paper in Portugal issues French news sparingly while Madrid Hamburg and London items are allowed. A weekly Chinese gazette reports only national events with harsh penalties for false intel. Delhi Persian papers recount absurd state tales. British readers lament scant East Indies newspapers amid military anecdotes and dramatic siege memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Madrid
Hamburgh
London
China
Delhi
Mogul
East-Indies
Desperate French Army Faces Hunger and Desertion
An anecdote from a French paper recalls General Lefevre's six month ordeal amid extreme privation. His troops, nearly naked, suffered famine and barbarous exposure while Austrian shelling raged. Lefevre urged duty, facing mutiny, with a pistol at his chest, as soldiers finally halted desertion and fought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Satiatk
Lefevre
Lefevre Thare
Books in stock list with prices and editions
A long catalog of books and editions available at the office, including Shakespeare works, Gillies Austadle, Annual Register, Charnock Naval Biography, and many others with prices in pounds shillings and pence. Entries cover medical, religious, travel, poetry, history, and dictionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fornson
Stevens
Gillies
Court of
Sweden
Charnock
Bittney
Metastasia
Bertholiet
Macfarlane
George
Ferriar
Corficay
Lauderdate
Baston
Scandinavia
Drydale
Brith’ Garden
Benham
Brunswick
Briffot
de Non
Sicily
Malta
Derhiam
Daubeny
Robinson
Doclington
Duncan
Fordyce
Hutchinson
Biographia Medica
Gisborne
Genli
Gerard
Allen
State of
Vermont
Bell
Duppa
Gooch
Andrew
Foot
Hunter
Gill
Meng
Panzani
Whitaker
Hannibal
Smith
Croker
Cottle
Mioreton
S. Westee
Scavorinus
Warton
Milton
Witcocke
Paine
Bridow
Buchan
Pyle
Ui Plowden
Duke of Richmond
Los
Tenche
Lurner
Gray
D. Ryan
Huill
Ite
Nelton
Nisbet
Nodin
Tomkin
Berchtold
Lord la Letters
Douglas
Reynold
Garth
Herder
M‘cormick
Edmund Burke
Roberson
Elizabeth West
Gracey
Collough
Nichollon
Ferguson
Bolingbroke
Helvetius
Ainsworth
Boyer
Ianco
Senieca
Gs. Foffe
Walkingame
Dilworth
Emily of
Halden
Melbourne
Eva
Jaune
Oule
Mirandola
Rose Mount Castle
Clermont
Jaquelina of
Hainauly
Negroes Wanted for Work on Rice Plantations Near Georgetown
Advertises for enslaved laborers to work in rice plantations a few miles from Georgetown with generous wages and a possible advance, promising sound treatment and care if sick. Applications to the subscriber, dated November 7.
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Georgetown
Wall
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