War and political unrest in Europe and Britain 1759 report
Sunday letters report Prussia ready with 60 000 troops near Striegau and Austrian forces massing at Ulrichsberg while Sweden faces ferment since month start. Paris notes new war office posts and a proposal to reclaim abbey privileges with possible sales for public funds. London dispatches detail coastal defense, ship prizes, promotions, marriages, deaths, robberies, trials, and a near drownings and a wagon accident on the Avon with casualties and rescues.
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Flanders
Dresden
Prussia
Strigau
Bohemia
Aulignburgh
Sweden
Paris
Ambrose Guys
Relloniana
Guys
Executions at Waterford and Westmeath Births and Deaths
Irelands Corke execution linked to Michael Collins admission. Collins confessed to murders at Feathard Hill and robbery of three others, implicating Gibbons Cooney Dyer and Drishloe, who were executed on Collins evidence. Dublin reports Sir Ulick Burke’s death and a noblewoman’s safe delivery at Cronin in Westmeath.
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Irelan D. Corke
Michael Collins
Waterford
Margaret Fagen
Mr. Butler
John Leary
Feathard Hill
Thomas Gibbons
Thomas Cooney
Daniel Dyer
Patrick
James Drishloe
Collins
Dublin
Sliath
Ulick Burke
Earl of
Port News: Royal naval movements and royal visit details
Deal and port arrivals report outward-bound convoys led by the Griffin and Antelope, with ships Biddeford Jason and Minerva in service. Winds calm to ENE. Royal visit notes include the Chapel Royal sermon at St James's and a Purse of Gold offering for the poor, plus the Duke of Cumberland's Newmarket departure.
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St. James’s
Kensington
Brampton
Chatham
Isle of Wight
Isabella
Dare
Halifax
London
St. Maboes
Rolly
Marshal
North Carolina
Liverpool
Custom House
Jamaica
Conway
Regiment of Dragoons
Hawey’s
Johnston
Honeywood
Regiment of Horse
Bowles
Lord Lindores
Major Johnston
Parker
Robert Hamilton
Montague’s
Christy
Webb
North America
Onslow
Regiment of Guards
Serjeant Harper
Foot-Guards
Savoy
Hayward
Deceas
St. George’s Middlesex
Warren
Hampstead
Baddison
Princes Square
Bath
Edward,Barber
Adderbury
Oxfordshire
Handel
Foundling- Hospital
Coram
Ireland
Bow
Old Ford
Mile End
Worcester
Avon
Bengworth
Mr. Tanner
Birchin-Lane
Hazard
St. Paul’s Church-yard
John Fielding
John Ashmore
Thomas Mayo
Holbourn
Susannah Arnold
Chelsea
Richard Farrell
Newgate
Alderman Cokayne
Gibbs
Fleet-market
Hereford
Wiliam Jones
Hewland
Thomas Veal
Anne Proiler
Hristopher Kelly
Royal College of Physicians
Britdle
St. Martin’s Lane
Deal
Knights of the Garter
Thistle
Chapel Royal
St. James's
Duke of Cumberland
Newmarket
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SaTurpDay
London Gazette
Breslau
Lignitz
Schweidnitz
Beck
Lusatia
Greiffenberg
Silesia
Duringsheven
Lowenberg
Bideford
County of
Essex
Heron
Joan Tyrreet
Chelmsfird
Grosvenor-Square
Wasa. Maynarrd
P.S
Abraham Weekes
Rook Jey
Councy
Southampton
Charles Laurence
Essex Street
Strand
Henry Grubb
Hartshhorn- Bri Lane
Woodmonger
Chayman
Leicester Fields
Boston
Spalding
Peterborough
Horseshoe Inn
Goswell Street
Talbot Inn
White Hart Inn
Bkofton
Talbot Tin
Siilron
Crayland Rn
Lonton
Batton
Wire
Marchioness de Sevighe
Countess of
Mr. Bayle
Mr. Volcaire
Ape
Lewis XIV
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