Liberty and the American dispute in the London Post
A fragment from the London Evening Post reflects on governance, liberty, and patience with authority. It cites Montesquieu, praises American resistance to taxation, and urges Englishmen to support the Americans’ fight for birthright freedom while warning against tyranny’s seductions.
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London Evening Post
Parceguels Goudernement
Parce
Montesquieu
Elizabeth
Mery
Joseph
America
Weldscian
Snch
Fragmentary Satirical Reflection on Politics and Commerce
A clipped political satire references feeble hosts, virtue as a bulwark, and dangers of entangling with the Aiges. It warns against East luxuries overwhelming Rome and imagines Parliament representation offers. It notes that partnering with an insolvent risks personal bankruptcy, with the character Camillus as a possible speaker.
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Rome
Camillus
Address to the King and Parliament from Harpagus
A lengthy dialogue fills pages of questions and answers where Harpagus denounces political favoritism and press manipulation. He denies party writing, rejects pensioner lists, and calls for lawful redress of grievances through a united protest to the King and the City of London, urging impeachment of advisers and a public remonstrance.
Wasteful accident at the Paper Mills near Manchester
A factory incident at the Paper Mills near Manchester caused a death while workers attempted to oversee production. Inquiry points list Mr. Smith, Mr. Ingle, Mr. Bury, and Mr. Walker for details and potential purchase of a stake in the concern.
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Peper-Mills
Throtuenefit
Manchester
Smith
Ingle
Weotfley
Bury
Salford
Walker
Torney
Halifax
Postscript Gradomes OU meet to consider measures
A call to meet tomorrow to address the alarming situation of American affairs harming England's commerce and manufactures. The dispatch denounces ministers, urges decisive action, and frames the dispute as a general national cause demanding a comprehensive plan of liberty and country.
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England
English Liberty in Peril from Corrupt Ministry Talk
London editorial warns that ministerial corruption chains Parliament and Kingly powers, risking civil war with the American colonies. It condemns graft and urges constitutional measures, stressing that only reason and virtue can restore liberty and avert disaster. Virginia militia reports armament and drill amid looming conflict.
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Lord Chatham
America
England
Inferred Treaties and Protests From Early Colonial News
Report from Dover and Portsmouth recounts Iroquois leaders arriving in Dover, renewal of alliance covenants with English, and praise for Johnson. Nearby notes include a tea burning at Charlestown, arrivals from the Grand Congress, and local town bounties for the poor. Also mentions Major General Lyman’s death in Mississippi and Massachusetts militia proclamations against provincial reforms.
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John Wilkes
Hall
Rhode
Lordoo
Caief
Salem
Minerva
Callaghan
Ditto
Dover
New-York
Johnstown
Six Nations
Gol. Johnson
Sir William Johnson
Boston
Green
Cape Breton Tavern
Burlea
Wxoc
Grand Congress
Tho
Cuthing
John Adams
Itigg
Samack Adams
Rovers
Misssippi
Lyman
Connectticut
Virginia and Scotland News From The Seventeenth Century Letter
A dated miscellany from Blsadenbeurg reports Virginia raising a company per county totaling about six thousand men, with veterans and wealthy men volunteering. Other items note the sloop Jenny and Anne sinking after a lime cargo accident in Solway Frith, a drowning of Mr Grey and a cabin-boy in Whitby, the Guildhall lottery drawing, a fire at Mr Denby’s shop in Southwark, a lighter drowning at Thames, a royal marriage notice, the death of Capt William Dunbar in India service, and stock prices and bonds mixed with late 18th century financial terms.
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Blsadenbeurg
Glasgow
Moa Uy
Clyce
Virginia
Annan
Goth Rift
Jenny
Anne
Irvine
Solway Frith
Newczille
Grey
Royal George
Whitby
Shisids Harbour
Mater
Guildhall
Gloucester
Aang Mee
Daush
Thomas Moe
Bels
Wiliam Dunbar
Wishan Dunbar
Durn
Batt India Service
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Condon
Harpagus
S.S
Lord North
Earl of Chatham
Pitt
Lord Sandwich
Fiat
North America
London
Postscript
London Evening
Polk
Gradomes
Massachusett
Gaye
Provincial Congress
S.h
Hue
Ditto India
Cort
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