Epidemic and drought reports amid Volhinia and Constantinople
Foreign intelligence from Warsaw via Volhinia and Podolia notes improving epidemic conditions in those provinces. Ottoman dominions still suffer ravages from plague, with Adrianople highlighted for caution on infected goods. Constantinople reports extreme drought causing severe water scarcity and rationing for residents.
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Warsaw
Volhinia
Podolia
Adrianople
Constantinople
Commerce in decline amid four departing fleets and Dutch
London reports a precarious trade era as four major fleets including Newfoundland Quebec Leeward Island and East India depart in a gale. British naval actions push to secure prizes, commercial fleets return to port, and diplomatic moves unfold with Holland Sweden and Denmark amid rising tensions.
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Quebec
Ander
Digo
St. Lawrence
Iqand
East India
the Hague
Joseph Yorke
Harwich
Holland
Hague
Sweden
Denmark
Britain
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Gibraltar
Jamaica
Fance
Sis
Spithead
Trollop
Falmouth
Ool
Sterling
Johnsone
Lisbon
Buffalo
Jupiter
Romney
Hugh Palliser
Portmouth
Mulgrave
Thames
Ang
Failarton
Mackenzie
Pemberston
Jemmy Twitcher
Deutford
Lord Cornwallis
Charles Town
Anid
Treason at West Point Alert and British Reward Decoded
A Providence dispatch from September 16, 1780, reports Major Andre’s execution for aiding Benedict Arnold’s plot to seize West Point. Arnold fled to the British, while Andre was hanged as a spy. General Washington arrives at West Point to pursue the source, and 50 conspirators are jailed in New York. Also noted are the deaths of Brigadier General Poor and Judge William Reed Ely.
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Augusta
Campbell
Bishop of
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Endymion
Laurel
Andromeda
Antigua
Rowley
Hillary
Age Dlemon
Green
Arnold
West Point
America
Andre
Hartford
Harry Clinton
Perfors
New York
Camp
Poor
New Hampshire
Grand Army of the United States
William Reed
Ely
Suffolk
Congress Resolves on Monetary Measures for War Debt
The Congress considers the report of a committee to curb new certificate issues and to effect March resolutions. It urges states to destroy or exchange Continental Bills, raise three million dollars by taxes or specie, and pay into Treasury by December with interest. Officers' accounts to be settled and paid in new bills, with safeguards against fraud. Creditors to receive value in bills or specie, under fixed prices, and debts to be paid at their original value. Extracts from the South Carolina Gazettes note Lt Mathias Ross's death at 28 and Cornwallis advances into North Carolina with locals seeking protection.
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New World
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Ofnaburgh
St. Jamcs’s
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Third Foot Guards
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United States
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T. Burke
Che Miaptes
Charles Thomson
Ses
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