Royal visitors and trials in Aughts era Norfolk and Berwickshire
An 18th century column reports a Norfolk firm appointing a principal promoting wheat imports, a 72-year-old man dies, and a court sentences two men with one reprieved. It notes Princess Poniatowski and the Prince de Ligne visiting Oxford and Blenheim, plus storm thunderclaps in Berwick and a fatal lightning strike near Blacketer. It ends with Rev. Whitaker and Rev. Occom arriving to raise funds for the Indian Academy led by Eleazer Wheelock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serge Ty
Riches-Reppes Brown
Fulmodelton
Norfolk
Oxford
Princess Poniatowski
Prince de Ligne
Newnham
Earl of Harcourt
Blenheim
Duke of Marlorough
Samuel Crendall
William Rose
Crendall
Newcastle
Berwick
George Nisbet
Dickethead
Blacketer
Berwickshire
Towa
Scotland
Nathaniel Whitaker
Sampson Occom
North America
Indian Academy
America
Eleazer Wheelock
Portnew 38 and Deal Marine Arrivals and Departures
Shipping notices list arrivals from Bristol Lynn Amsterdam Teneriffe and Antigua with vessels Roebuck George Neptune Polly and others. departures include Prince of Wales for London and Neptune for Lisbon alongside several eastbound and westbound sailings with crews and ports like Plymouth Deal Portsmouth and Liverpool. multiple cargoes and passengers noted in this coastal record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portnew
Falmouth
Fuly
Roebuck
Watson
Bristol
John
Elizabeth
Mackrell
Lynn
Belvidera
Boyde
Amsterdam
Prince of Wales
Hill
London
Plymouth
George
Nelson
Teneriffe
Lion
Jope
Exeter
Georgia
Deal
Neptune
Blackford
Lisbon
Loving Union
Todd
Maltby
Rochfort
Polly
Bernard
Cork
Hope
Jefford
Antigua
Milford
Wynne
Montferrat
Liverpool
Prince
Lewis, Jr
St. Kitt’s
Eleanor
Whitlock
Barbadoes
Ditto
Kingston
Thomson
Lancaster
Abram
Copeland
Dominica
Liberty
Nicolson
Stephenson
Dover
Tiger
Simpson
Nevis
Camberwell
Travers
Portsmouth
Frue Briton
Williams
Newfoundland
Pool
Catharine
Crow
Petersburgh
London Appointments and Election Rumors
London notes announce Viscount Townshend named Lord Lieutenant of Ireland replacing the Earl of Bristol and Baron Dieden slated as Danish ambassador. Lord Sackville and the Duchess of Portland arrive, with Lord Clare, Lord Mansfield, and Baron Smythe traveling for official duties. Suffolk and Surrey politicking described, Lowndes named Commissioner of the Excise, Williams to survey and cheque at the Ordnance in Senegal, and a clerical dispensation for Henry Grifley to hold multiple livings in Dorset and Bristol dioceses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Viscount Townshend
Ireland
Earl of Bristol
Baron Dieden
Denmark
Baron Rothmar
Kent
George Sackville
Duchess of Portland
Bulitrode
France
Capt
Butler
Burytreet
St. James’s
Lord Clare
William Lord Mansfield
England
Baron Smythe
Bloomsbury Square
Hertford
George Macartney
Stockbridge
Surry
Southwark
Henry Grifley
Batchelor
Wadham College
Oxford
Yollar Fratrum
Wonford Eagle
Dorset
Bristol
Tarrant-Hinton
Rev Read presented to vicarage of Baffington York diocese
A notice of the Rev. Mtr. Phomas Read B A being presented to the vicarage of Baffington in the diocese of York after the previous vacancy due to death. The item also reports local births, deaths, legal notices, a salt of corn policy discussion, naval dispatches, crime, and society notes from the period. It mentions a childbirth at Alderman Shakespear’s house, pay and allowances for troops, ships entering and leaving harbors, a street crime, and various local events and advertisements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phomas
B. A
Whitehall
Portsmouth
Gibraltar
Escourt
Spithead
Downs
Tweed
John Twyford
Ivy-lane
Henley
Oakingham
Ofter
Sunday
Joseph Speck
Thames - Street
Maddox
Fleet-street
Jamaica
Sapt. Warfe
Henry Dawkins
John o’Groat
St. George’s Fields
John Eldridge
Strand
Guildford
Surry
Grant
Charles Street
Westminster
Poultry Compter
Fresh Wharf
Charles Pleasants
Fitzherbert
Wilson
Pearson
Newgate
County of Derby
John Trott
Berkeley Square
Postscript essay on repual Govern Ments and Venice
A foreign writer praises Venice as an exemplary republic drawing from Greek models while contrasting its enduring liberty with that of Sparta Athens Rhodes Corinth and Rome The piece argues for annual elections of Senators to prevent corruption and warns against perpetual senates citing London’s Common Council as a safe powerful model It concludes with a warning that long term control of government risks enslaving the nation and damages civil and religious liberties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Venice
Greece
Sparta
Athens
Rhodes
Corinth
Gar
Venice
Senate
Commonwealth of
Arisotle
City of
London
London Evening Post Letter on English Decay and Patriotism
An 18th century letter to the London Evening Post laments English public morality. It argues that luxury and corruption have degraded minds, making public welfare unlikely. It condemns selfish leaders, power hunger, and a loss of patriotic spirit among great men.
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Lloyd's
Cruizer
Keeler
St. Paul’s
James Thornhill
Benjamin Wheeler
Magdalen College
Joseph Browne
Queen's College
Strathern
Donald M’gregor
Europe
Warren and Co
Marybon
Golden Square
Skeltzer
Dodsley
Pall-Mall
Fletcher
St. Paul's Church-Yard
D. Prince
Joseph Gee
Gainsburgh
Latton
Harlow
Essex
Markhall
Ann Shackleford
Winchester
Minton
J. Newbery
Bible and Son
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
F. Newbery
Mr. Norton
Coriolanus CoPrestone
Cobham
John Hone
Dinah Wheatley
P.S
Jons Naxrox
Golden-Square
Piccadilly
Lonedon
John Norton
Newport, Bockfeller
Repual
The
London Evening Post
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