Fragment from Elfineur letter on ships and the navy
Aug 5 entry reports Stigs failed without convoy, gale drives ships from the road, Capt. Richard Hayton awaiting convoy, Ruffian Men of War forced from route. Marine Society outfitted 22531 men and 1750 boys. Foreign corn imports to London total 56199 quarters April 9 to Aug 13. Watermen discharged after a crowding incident. Lewes Races won by Carez. Royal gift to Gospel society for American plantations. Drownings, mob violence at Craven-Armis, enforcement by guards. several arrests. Bankrupts listed: James Bernard, George Orsets, Christopher Grindall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfineur
Richard Hayton
Marine Society
His Majesty
London
Treasury
Fiddlers Reach
Lewes
Mr. Warren
Care Z
Mr. Rogers
Newcastle
Prince of Wales
Society
Leland
America
Thomas Figgins
Chippenham
Wilts
Carruthers
New Palace
Parliament-Stairs
Lord Lincoln’s Gardens
Craven-Armis
Southampton-Street
Whitehall
Roundhouse
Covent Garden
Fielding
New Prison
Webb
Strand
Garrick
House of Correction
Alderman Bethell
Threadneedle-Street
BANK
James Bernard
Paternofter Row
Christ-Church
Middlesex
Hatter
George Orsets
Bucklersbury
Haberdasher
Chapman
Christopher Grindall
Whitehaven
County of
Cumberland
Noblemen and Gentlemen Sweepstakes at Burford Races
In Oxfordshire on September 5 to 8 a series of purses and heats for four mile races with four and five year old horses dominates the Burford meeting. Purse amounts range from fifty to seventy pounds, with rules on certificates, entrance fees, and plate allocations. Ten to fifteen guinea gun prizes may be awarded if entries hit two heats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burford Orn
Oxfordshire
Wig Stone
Kears
Forles
Sc. Co
C. Bhat
Puranen
Coftarca
Maidenhead Races 1757 Purse for Horses Not Won Over 150
Race meeting at Maidenhead Thicket Berkshire on Monday September 12 offers a fifty pound purse for horses not won above one hundred fifty pounds this year. Five, six and ten stone weights set with age allowances and rules. Tuesday September 13 offers another fifty pound purse for horses under seventy and fourteen hands with weights and penalties. Entries via William Green Post House with entrance and lodging fees. heats over four miles. payment of plate prize and local penalties for tents or liquor sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maidenhead
Maidenhead Thicket
Berkshire
William Green
Mail from Flanders: Austrians and Prussians in Movement
From Austrian HQ at Klen Schonau and Olenderff reports detail Prussian troops under Marshal Keith near Linay Hochkirch and Bautzen with reinforcements from Saxony. Prussian plan to reinforce Prince of Prussia. French and Bavarian forces marching, with depots, magazines moved, and warnings of threats along the Oder and Elbe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Klen- Schonau
Prussia
Lobau
Bautzen
Saxony
Elb
Rottenburgh
Pribus
Linay
Keith
Auflig
Nollendorff
Silesia
Breslau
Oder
Lignitz
Hochkirch
Brinn
Moravia
Lohmer
Marshal Keith
Nallendorff
Toplitz
Marienschien
Wintesfeld
Niedergurck
Camentz
Imade
Lusatia
Hanau
Bohemia
Count Kleefeld
Zittau
Wittenberg
Oléndorff
Duke of Cumberland
Nienbourg
Minden
Hanover
Denm
Oldendorp
M. de Randan
Hallerspring
M. d’Armentieres
Artensberg
M. de Broglio
Wefer
Strasbourg
Rhine
Prince of
Soubize
France
Toulon
M. de la Clue
Paris
Beauce
Marquis de Conflans Brienne
Brest
Wurtzburgh
Saint Die
Lorrain
Rafele
Duke de Richlieu
Fragmented quote on corruption and public ruin in high places
A historical excerpt laments corruption in a land ruined by a selfish rapacious and avaricious spirit. It attributes blame to the kny and wil y of men in high places and argues the public should respond. The fragment signals a broader polemic about governance and moral decline.
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Bodmin
Cornwall
Bodmin Down
Horfes
Devon
Newmarket
White Hart Inn
N. B
House of God
Stafford
Agerit
Wayhill
Stamford Bridge
Yorkshire
Stony Stratford
Bucks
Heaton
Lancashire
Bermondsey
Surrey
Wellington Church
Salop
Looe
Aimsbury
Robert Hodgson
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