Further Observations on the Greenwich Observatory Proposals
A historical piece arguing for a staffed Royal Observatory Greenwich with an Astronomer Royal, two assistant observers, and four calculators. It outlines salaries, housing, and instruments, plus strict oversight by the Royal Society and Visitors. Emphasizes joint calculations, dual observations, timekeeping, and preventing foreign smuggling of calculations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Parrapdium
Reol
Royal Society
Royal Astronomer
France
Attenoamer Royal
A True Picture of a Novice in Law and Equity
A compact critique of a novice in law and equity, denouncing officiousness and revenge, and accusing the figure of acting as a fool for pay. It portrays a self serving temperament with no genuine regard for others, serving only personal gain.
Mysterious Figure Seen Roaming Berd Borough Streets
Reports describe a strange human figure of uncertain sex with a long club seen in Berd borough streets. Crowds debated its identity, from Popil py suspicion to hermaphrodite, Highlander, or country clergyman's wife, amid astonished townsfolk and whispered theories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berd Bire
Fragmented Letter Snippet From Camp of Israel Published
An imperfect letter from the CAMP OF ISRAEL is not suitable for publication yet. It requests a favor and hints at a personal matter that arrived too late for insertion in this issue. The editor notes the piece is near publication readiness but remains incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marov
Israel
A. Ly
Court of France answers on Dunkirk fortifications
Fragmentary 18th century dispatch reports that France says Dunkirk works are equal to the water and filled, while the use of salvaged timber and materials was for other purposes. Parliament may destroy materials. a million pounds is rumored for the coming year. Other items note coronation provisions in Warsaw, Jamaica fortifications, and Massachusetts Bay manufacturing expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Ii
France
Dunkirk
Warsaw
Jamaica
Cumberland Harbour
Cuba
Jago de Cuba
Spanish West Indies
Fort Charles
Port Royal
Rock Fort
Kingston
Post Antonio
Massachuset’s Bay
British North American affairs and coastal trading notices
A mixed London dispatch reports on plans for civil establishment across the British North American colonies and Parliament. It notes a lack of French or Spanish workers in Plymouth and Sheerness, a discovered cave with ninety five barrels of French brandy, and orders to dismiss Guernsey Custom-house Officers for past unlawful traffic. It also mentions Westminster spouting clubs, a murder trial in Vine Street, and sailing orders for Dutch and Danish convoys. Trade figures list imports and exports including indigo, iron, potash, beaver skins, sugar, coffee, and tobacco, along with ships entering and leaving ports and upcoming performances at Drury Lane, Covent Garden, and Haymarket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chatham
Sheerness
Plymouth
Scatly Islands
Guernsey
Westminster
Turnttile
Lincoln’s Fields
Francis Stoner
Sessions House
O.d-Bay
Mutton-Lane
Stanmore
St. Ubes
Lispon
Cadiz
Streights Mouth
Texel
Rasmus Subrland
Christiansand
Hamburgh
Elbe
Hawke
Newton
Carolina
Cowés
Sound
New-England
Quebec
West-Indies
Spain
France
Dunkirk
India
Portugal
Deal
Downs
Mary
Ashington
Matthew
Pain
St. Kitt’s
Elizabeth
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Hay-Market
Ezro
Drury-Lane
Phe Génii
Covent-Garden
Amsterdam
Pietro Ar
Regier Saa
Aehalf Athe Antwerp
Change, &c
Madrid
Bilboa
Leghorn
A Ebalf
Genoa
Venice Ag
Lisbon
Ss Sd
Porto
Dublin
High Water
London 1 Bridge
St. James’s
Consol
Cr. Navy
Bre
Navy & Via
Long Ann
Mexico
London
Queen-Street
Lincoln’s-Inn-Pelds
Benjamin Brass
W. Nicoll
S. Paul’s Church Yard
Phhoporus
Gubius
Ghristophir Smart
Sometine Falin
Greenwich Park
Lowndes
Fleet-Street 5
Wi Nicoll
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
Cuanceny
Hardwick
Ty John Fracy Atkyns
Lincoln’s Inn
H.woodfal
W . Ssrahan
Law Printers
H. Worrall
Wales
Grignion
Tomps
Henry Croker
Earl of Hillborough
Samuel Clark
Wilson
I Fel
Pater-nofter Row
F. Fletcher and Co
Pauls Church-yard
Fleccher
Oxford
Coote
Flecchéw
Bod Son
Cambrides
WW. Smith and Co
Dublins
Great Britain
Ireland
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