Naval and military notices from distant waters and home front
Letters from Newcastle and Portsea report on seafaring duties and merchant arrivals. A Danish style report notes a party freeing two dominions from Prussian Hussars near Hem yhan. Obituaries and local incidents include deaths of Edward Horfely Widdrington and John Isherwood, a fire accident in Brook's Market, and theft probes at Arlington. Arrivals and departures detail a Fortun e sloop and other ships, with market scenes at Hay Market and Covent Garden performances.
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Palaine
Nuremberg
Pradian
Heflian
Ratigen
Hemyhan
Hussars
Marquis of Granby
Havannah
Regiment of Highlanders
Lord John Murray
Fe’nnight
Felton
Northumberland
Edward Horfely Widdrington
Thomas Riddel
Winburn Caftle
John Isherwood
Goswellstreet
Brook’s Market
Africa
Madeira
Streights
Sweden
North America
Newcastle
West- Indies
London
Deal
Fortune Sloop of War
S. E. Co
M’namara
Margie-road
Cork
Drury-Lane
The
Witches
Covent-Garden
Love
Stock market notes from historic bank securities listing
Readable fragments show dated securities with references to banks and government bonds. It lists percentages like 4 per cent and 5 per cent, India Bonds, Navy and vic. debt, and various consols with uncertain issuer names and dates such as 1763 and 1762.
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Jgisthalt Bank Anns
Consol
Thor - Halt
Navy & Vic
Long Kent
The Whigs and a Royal Favourite in Political Clash
A fragment from a pamphlet debates the legality and limits of a royal favourite’s power, defending parliamentary balance and warning against monarchy’s overreach. It argues Whig loyalty, fears of absolute influence, and urges restraint to protect liberty and constitutional order. It also echoes a pamphlet urging prudent peace over empire gains and cautions on continued wars.
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England
Part
Martinique
Newfoundland
Havannah
Tructh
Thema
Spain
London
Spanish West- Indies
M——r
Nibil Cohors
Warrhelt
Silo
Jose
Mae
Yen
Aubich
Culloden
Nog le
William Beckford
Elys
Earl of
Bute
Farewell to Youth and Law in a Scholar’s Courtroom Tale
A young aspiring barrister records a farewell to his boyish wit and poetic leanings. He notes Justice calling him to serious study, names mentors and legal figures with reverence, and imagines Coke guiding his path through offices, fees, and the maze of law.
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Truch
Alfred
Geoffrey
Pope
Edmund
Fancy
Fung
Refiellon
Rey’rend Cokelaw
Salkeld
Ventris
Littleton
Harrison
Coke
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