Victory announced as Cairo falls to Anglo Turkish forces
London reports official accounts of an Anglo Turkish army victory near Cairo leading to the city’s surrender. Park and Tower guns fired to announce the news. A gazette extraordinary will publish full details. Letters from the Cape of Good Hope and St Helena reach England via the Colomboana frigate with May 26 dates. About 8900 troops from Bombay cooperate with British forces in Egypt.
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London
Hamburgh Mail
Cairo
Capes of Good Hop
St. Helena
England
Office
Bombay
Egypt
Fall of Cairo Reported as British Turkish Victory
Constantinople reports Cairo surrendered to British and Turkish forces on June 20 after heavy fighting. Republicans suffered over 2600 casualties as Turks, aided by British troops, repelled dissidents and seized control. Grand Vizier entered Cairo on the 22nd and plans advance on Alexandria with 36,000 men.
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Constantinople
Cairo
Hatébidlon
Alexandria
Grand Fignier
Pacha
J. Hutchinson
Lord Keith
French Troops Advance Toward Invasion of England
Report from Brussels on August 9 notes French divisions 24th 25th and 26th marching for Dunkirk and Boulogne with 600 horse chauffeurs 605 hussars 200 horse artillery and three companies of foot artillery plus three battalions of light infantry and a large supply trail to join the grand army destined for the invasion of England.
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Brusseld
Higust
Dunkirk
Boulogne
England
Alarm on the Dutch coast as British cruisers press
Reports from Holland and Belgium warn of widespread alarm along the coast due to rising British cruiser activity. They note stalled talks between England and France, the French demand for Gibraltar, and Portuguese defenses at Porto Ferrara. The French siege with 8000 troops on July 26 failed, amid fever and high casualties.
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Hamburgh
Holland
Belgium
England
France
Gibraltar
Porto Ferrara
Flood at Jane's Falls Drenches Baltimore Mills Area
In Baltimore on September 5 the water of Jane's Falls rose severely around 8 o'clock causing flooding along the east side of the Market area. Water reportedly stood about seven feet above normal after an initial four foot column, with debris from damaged framing and machinery threatening nearby mills. McCantidl and Keven aid sustained injuries in the event.
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Baltimore
Wedbehday
Jane’s Falls
Math Market
McCantidl
Kevenaid
Iron ore lands in Charlotte County offer forge and furnace potential
A letter to the editor describes Patrick Henrys lands near James River in Charlotte County, about 36 miles from town. The 1790 acre tract is timbered with pine and hosts a grist mill, suitable for iron works. Roanoke tributary feeds the stream with navigable reach to the falls, and ore quality is judged promising by experts.
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Richmond
Ireland
Patrick
Henry
Charlotte County
James
Roanoke
The Snuff Box Plot Against Bonaparte
From Paris reports Bonaparte narrowly escaped poisoning when a snuff box matching his own was placed on his table. The lid hinge drew attention and a physician analysis warned he would have died within thirty minutes had the trap gone undetected.
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Bonaparte
Paris
Italy
France
Capture of ship Molly and brigs Maria and Sophia
Philadelphia reports news from September 28 that the Eliza brought word of Spanish captures of the Molly and the brigs Maria and Sophia, bound to the Mediterranean. Total cargo value estimated at 350,900 dollars, much insured in Philadelphia. No pretext given for the captures.
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Philadelphia
Eliza
Molly
Maria
Sophia
Mediterranean
Remarkable Character of Mr Guy Founder of Noble Hospital
From a late London paper, a portrait of Mr Guy famed for private parsimony and public munificence. He dined alone and used a failed proof sheet as a table cloth. A winter visit by Valtare Hopkins is recalled, praising Guy’s prudent and frugal wisdom.
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Guy
Seton
Isis
Valtare Hopkins
T Thie Jines
Hoptimne
Hopkins
Frugality Lesson Sparks Thrift Insight
In a charged exchange, a character boasts of frugality as a learned art. Others recount the rival’s greater thrift. The moment leads Hopkins to acknowledge the other’s superior thrift as he considers finishing the discussion in darkness.
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Guy
Hopkins
Philips & Snow Partnership Dissolved Georgetown Notice
John Philips informs Georgetown gentlemen and the public that the Philips & Snow partnership was dissolved by mutual consent on Sept last. He has taken the shop adjoining Captain Murray's Office and will handle all Taylors Line work on favorable terms. Orders and favors will be acknowledged. October 14.
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Philips & Snow
Capt. Murray
Taylors
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