Indian Threats Rise as War News Reach Boston
Boston intelligence from Montreal prisoners reports Indians threaten to join General Johnson with Mohawks if they are informed of Amherst and Murray approaching. French losses include a store ship and a near retreat from Quebec. Captain Young was captured at the Plains of Abraham. a French grenadier saved him from savage captors. General Amherst moved toward Fort Schuyler while Byward's Mohawk forces were dispatched. a courier from Albany notes army movement and preparations for the ensuing campaign.
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Boston
Montreal
Johnson
Murray
Quebec
Amherst
General Murray
France
Gaspes
Dunkirk
Young
Plains of Abraham
Grenadier
M. Levy
Ius
Albany
Mohawk River
Schenectady
William Johnson
Fort Scanwix
Dublin Pot Assembly Grants Yearly Stipend to Lord Mayors
An account from Dublin dated August 5 reports a Pot Assembly decision granting each future Lord Mayor a yearly sum of money. An accompanying extract from a letter aboard his Majesty's ship Success dated June 16 1760 describes leaving England May 6 and cruising toward Sprite coast before encountering two English frigates and Coventry in Quiberon Bay.
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Warwick
Hac
Eas
Huttle
White Lion Inn
Burtes
Bork
Pabhick
Bevis
Newmarket
Ste. Rede
Trelan
Dublin
Thol- Yel
Succes
Queberon-Bay
England
Sprite
Coventry
Burslem
Coventry engages French frigate in bold coastal action
The Coventry clashed with a French frigate in rough seas. The Coventry repelled the attacker, sustaining 15 dead and 14 wounded, while the French vessel lost topmasts and mainyard before sinking. The La Mouche, with 126 dead, was reported sunk as Coventry headed to Cork for repairs. A Dublin Journal note adds local storms and flood damage in Kildare, Westmeath.
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Coventry
Funk
Dublin
England
Cork
Dublin Journal
Paris
Kill
Kildare
Tully
Westmeath
Obituary and notices from Oxford and surrounding towns
Obituary reports from Oxford note the death of James Horseman long master of James's Coffee-House and retirement for his son. Also listed are marriages and official postings in Newcastle and Worcester area and a clerical fundraising meeting in Bristol. Other items include a Chester ward coronet death, a Carlisle crime, and sheriff elections in Norwich with marriages in Postwick.
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Oxford
James Horseman
James
John Brown
John Townshend
Wytham
Collison
Newcastle
Barrington
Edinburgh
Pole
George Elleray
Durham
Chesterward
Carlile
Thomas White
Acton
Crryvine
Lksty
Brisol
Robert Nugent
Wilts
Noravich
Charles Fearman
John Aldridge
John Moye
Joseph Burton
Port News Plymouth Arrival of Men of War and Frigates
Plymouth, Aur 8. Tuesday after Port arrived the Princess Amelia Maidstone and Aurora Men of War from the Bay. Yesterday arrived the Thames Frigate from a Cruize. Also arrived the Frederick and William Budd and the Two Friends from Gibraltar.
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Plymouth
Aur
Princess Amelia
Maidstone
Aurora
Bay
Thames
Frederick
William
Budd
Smith
Gibral
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Worcester
Ates
Warp
Jm. Downeswell
Gloucester
Wetzhe
Bei Inn
Samuel Johnson
A. M
J. Kna C
Hisch
L. Hawes
A. Mille
W W. Strahan
K. and
J. Dodsley
R. Baldwin
W. Johnston
Richardson
T. Longman
B. Law and Co
Waac Strawford
Alffon
Fooyeh
Morley
Peahce
LA Shalbouin
London
James Williams
Yac
Leigh
Isaac Strawford
Ramsgate
Harbour
Maj Fty
Lalit
Old South-Sea House
Holy‘ay
Joun Scorr
Hertfordhhire
Cooley
Buckle
Lincoln’s Inn, No. 3
Yates
Draper
Tring
Hertfordshire
Charles Gore
Christopher Bewley
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