Lord N's Soliloquy Reveals Tax and War Dilemmas
In a fragmentary London Evening Post piece Lord N laments American rebels' threat to his rule and outlines a crisis over funding the war in New York. He blames a secret cabinet, worries about treasury emptiness, bank aid, and proposes a heavy five shilling per pound land tax as the likely solution with cabinet backing and parliamentary support.
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New York
America
Ireland
France
Fim
Gunn’s Land
Virginia
Halifax
Jean
Sally
Bolton
Pudding Point
Long Island
Nantasket Roads
Ann
Denniston
Venus
Wilson
Clyde
Peter Parker
Clinton
Lord Cornwallis
Cape Fear River
North Carolina
Liverpool
Delaware
Philadelphia
Dominique
Maryland
Congress
Lewistoun
Delaware Bay
Lord Danmore
Lord Dunmore
Friends of Government
Roebuck
Cape Fear
Brunswick
Wilmington
Assembly of
United Colonies
Great Britain
Edmund Pendleton
Holland
Cambridge
Washington
Georgia
St. Augustine
Charlotte
Boston
James Blake
New- York
Proper Persons in Advertisements for Parliament Seats
A letter to the London Evening Post criticizes election ads that claim to be from “proper persons” seeking seats. The writer mocks the self described candidates Nabobs, stewards, commissaries, Scots, Tartish men, and gamblers, arguing the phrase is insincere and deceptive. He urges omitting the term in future notices.
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Nabobs
Lander
John Fielding
Fragmentary London notice on contract profits and shopping shifts
Fragmentary text from the London Evening Pork mentions a banker formerly a shopman to a stocking weaver. It hints at contract work being safer and more profitable than street work, with a rough hint at earnings and uncertain trials involving cattle and various names.
Commissaries in America Include Five Scotchmen
Out of six Commissaries sent to America five are Scotchmen. Sir F N bullied Sir G into appointing one distressed Englishman. The dialogue notes mockery of the English and hints at wartime tensions and perceptions of national character.
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Donald
Newhaver
America
Peter Parker
Charlestown
Lee
Clinton
Virginia
Bellew
Philadelphia
Virginia Gazette
Oxford
Stewart
Clyde
Smith
Hampton Road
Lord Dunmer
James River
Barrel
Williamsburgh
Richmond
Falls of
Auction of Groton Manor and estate near Sudbury
An 18th century notice advertises the sale by auction of the manor of Groton near Sudbury in Suffolk, with 500 acres of enclosed land, quitrents and an advowson. The property includes a modern mansion, gardens and fashionable grounds, with furniture and crops optional at valuation. Viewing arranged via Mr Farmer and printed particulars at multiple inns and Mr Skinner in London.
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Gskinner
Garraway
Change-alley
London
Groton
Sudbury
Suffok
Manon
Edwardstone Grove
Jay
Cook
Hart
Herbert
Warren
Farmer
Rose
Bell
Bury St
Bury St. Edmond’s
Pott
Ipswich
Colchester
Ingatettune
White Hart
Brentwood
Black Bow
Chelmsford
Cock and Bell
Romford
Ofiele
Mr. Skinner
Aldergate-street
Imperial union reported in royal ceremony abroad
Postscript notes a July 23 dispatch from Berlin announcing the marriage of the Great Duke of Rufsia to the Princess of Württemberg, celebrated in a castle with a solemn ceremony and royal attendance.
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Holland
Berlin
Duke of
Rufsia
Wurtemberg
News from Virginia and Charleston amid American hostilities
London curates a dense letter mix from Virginia and Halifax detailing Dunmore’s actions, Patriot uprisings near Lewes and Maryland, ship captures, and troop movements. Reports say Virginia Assembly debates independence and a rights declaration while Washington’s forces expand near Cape Fear and Charlestown.
Prices of STOCKS and Annuities in Market Notes
Prices of Bank Stock 138 1 4th India ditto 166 1-4th Bank Annuities 3 I-half percent ditto 1758 Old Annuities ditto New Annuities 32 1-4th a x-half 17 percent Bank Annuities red 83.7 8ths a 84 Ditto Conf 82 9-8ths 93 Ditto 1726 whut Dito 1753 82 tach 4 per cent Consol 1762 88 a 38th India Bonde 148 a35 rr Navy and Victualling ills a jenths per cent cif Long Annuities Lottery Tickets rif sas a nd Seri 83 7 ths
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India
Braneit Aa
Dito
Consol
India Bonde
Navy and Victualling
Sas
Seri
Privateers Engage Royal Frigate Near St John’s Newfoundland
A Navy Officer reports from St John’s Newfoundland that a fishing vessel master described an encounter twelve leagues from port where two American privateers met a Royal Navy frigate. Five American fishing vessels were involved, retaken by the frigate, detailing a fighting episode and retaking actions.
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Eixtra
St. Fohn’s
Newfoundland
Magesty
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London Evening Pork
Bloomstury
Master Carpenters of
Westminster
Southwark
Postscript
Betty
Wardrope
Greenock
Consolore Hopkins
Hisquadron
Bing
Florida
Bourdeaux
Meutrals
John Brown
Tarf
Gleneik
Sardinia
Turin
James H. Aye
Jaimes
Portmouth
Mediterranean
Pembroke
Boulogne
St. Helen's
Cork
Twit
Corps of Engineers
Aid de Camp
Philips
Guy Carleton
Oae
Arnola
Indies
St. Margaret’s Hill
Yetterday
Gravesend
James Redmayne
Mijesty
Ce Aratus
True Blue
Hampshire Intelligence
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Soame Jenyns
J. Dudfley
Pall Mail
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