Arrival of General Burgoyne and calls for winter quarters
The London Evening Post notes Burgoyne's arrival from Canada and Sir Guy Carleton preparing winter quarters. It critiques administration for withholding full war news while praising Provincials, questions Howe's conduct, and argues against parliamentary supremacy over America, condemning despotic power and Popery as moral evils.
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Howe
Arviragus
Caractacus
Mvice
Ord
America
Washington
Connecticut
Highlands
Great Britain
Lexington
God
St. Peter
Dewil
Nero
Lewis XIV
Burzer
Provence
Languedoc
Dauphine
Paris
France
Britain
British Freeholder Seeks Budget Echo in Tax Debate
A British Freeholder hints at responses after the Budget release, suggesting that if America could be taxed legally, then abatements on enormous English taxes and pensions would be debated. Adieu, my Lord, until the Budget is opened.
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America
Fuller’s Purifier for Woollen Cloth Cleaning Ad
An advert promotes Richards Warren’s Fuller’s Purifier for cleaning woollen cloth, carriages, and attire without wetting or damage. Sold wholesale and retail from Marylebone Street London at 13 6d a box. Claiming superior stain removal and color preservation with counterfeits noted. The inventor asserts trials will prove it far surpasses claims.
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Els
Richard Warren
Maryle-bone-sheet
Golden-square
London
Perfun
Greenough
Ludgate-hill
W. Bayley
Cockpur-street
Haymarket
A. Rothwell
New Bond-street
M. Purdie
North Parade
Path
King’s Bench
Howe out-generalled, Howe retreats amid severe climate
Correspondent notes Washington out-maneuvers Howe with a noble winter retreat. Severe weather delays any action before April or May. British losses tally near 600 as they gain little ground across barren land. Paris reports caution in American talk while French aid rumors swirl and Canada, Jamaica, and Ireland feature in treaty speculation.
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Howe
Paris
Franklin
Congress
Canada
Jamaica
Ireland
England
Portsmouth
Anne
Dover
Egmont East
Port Royal
Winchelsea
Cape Nicholas
Plymouth
Corke
America
Montagu
Westminster
Hastings
Watkin Lewes
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Hyde
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Elizabeth Newman
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Yorkshire
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Coldstream Regiment of Guards
Henderham Hall
Suffolk
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British Museum
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Pige
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