ARCHBISHOP v CANTERBURY Address of the Clergy in 1775
A London Evening Post excerpt discusses the Clergy in Convocation addressing the King in 1775. It critiques opposition to government and praises royal measures while lampooning ecclesiastical figures and political figures. The piece lampoons Church and state, warns against vice, and comments on colonial attitudes toward America. It references Boston, the Royal writ, and figures like George III and Feversham, with satirical notes on ecclesiastical polity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devonshire
Kirkcudbright
Belial
North America
Boston
Johnson
James the Second
Feversham
George the Third
Macrinus
St. James’s
Moralizing Advice on Child Rearing and Taste
An ornate poem-like admonition urging mothers to guide their children's appetites and sensibilities toward temperance and virtue. It condemns fashionable indulgence and social artificiality, praising modesty, refined manners, and the cultivation of inner restraint over outward display. It warns of seductive arts, sensuous excess, and the decay of virtue through frivolous culture.
Fine Grey Barb Mare and Granby Hunter for Sale
An 18th century auction-style notice offers The fine Grey Barb mare named by Godolphin Arabian likeness and Granby hunter, both bred for hunting excellence. Prices: Five guineas a mare and two guineas for the groom for the Grey Barb. Granby at Two Guineas a mare and Two Shillings Sixpence the groom. Bred stock, high pedigree, ready for fox hunts in the North. Falconer’s Spotting Calendar 1775 available at Temple Exchange Coffee-house Fleet-street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hare
Bowe
Southgate
Middlesex
Morotya
Chapmens
N.B. Fawconer
Temple Exchange
Fleet-treer
Phlegon the Derby Prospect at Dowson's Farm Essex
Phlegon, a well-bred stallion by Match em from Crab line, stands at Dowson's Farm Clay Hall Essex near Wanstead for five guineas per cover and five shillings per mare. Bred by James Bland in Yorkshire he stands about 15 hands with strong bone and health, seen till March 1 at Mr Quick's Lilligrton for inspection and mares tinted under care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phlegon
Match’em
Mr. Dowson
Clay Hall
Essex
Wanstead
Lord Tinley
Epping Foreest
James Bland
Yorkshire
Crab
Flylax
Ferdinando
Fox
N. BR
Destructive Fire Attacks at East Ferry and Williamsburgh
Reports from Newforts and Norfolk recount a raid by ships and armed sloops landing 200 men at East Ferry then torching houses, driving out families, while Lord Dunmore retreats to ships near Williamsburgh as colonial forces press advances. Letters describe stiff resistance at the Great Bridge, Montgomery with 3000 men near Quebec, and Virginia actions against Dunmore including a Norfolk assault with heavy losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newuont
Rhode-Lland
Conanicut
Eatt Ferry
West Ferry
Ferry Place
Eaik Ferry
Williamsurgh
Virginia
Lord Dunmore
Norfolk
Col. Woodford
Williamsburgh
Great Bridge
Fordyce
Berritt
New York
Quebec
General Hospital
Montgomery
Point Aux Tremble
Carleton
Lamb
Pointaux
Tryon
General Assembly of
Providence
Philip Palmer
Lake Champlain
Montreal
Baltimore
Alexandria
Detter
Col
Woodford
Prefigent
Norfolk action and war news from 1775
The letter reports musket fire aimed at a King's ship at Norfolk with no return fire, and two officers deny orders to shoot on the Otter. It notes civilian evacuation, guards exhausted after 48 hours, and a brig carrying 600 bushels. Other items recount wartime sentiments, shipstraights, and court circuit dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cary Michell
Col. Howe
Norfolk
Squire
Col. Woodford
Maistake
Robert Howe
William Woodorn
Col. Scott
Southall
Cary Mitchell
Also Mentioned on This Page
London Evening Post
Archbishop v
Canterbury
M. Lord
London
The
New-York Gazette
Wirluiam Wooprorp
Georgia
Europe
Continental Congress
Countess of Darlington
Taylor
Royal George
Kneethaw
Laurel
Boyton
Beard
Bay of Fundy
Saint Nicholas
Devid
Rochelle
Dieppe
Fowey
Anthony
Jan Arnaud
Pronk
St. Andero
Amsterdam
Padfin
Lord Howe
Forbes
Wilkes
Chamberlain
Stephen Sayre
Parksdon
West India Planters
Long
Oxford
Justice Nares
Baron
Burland
Berkshire
Reading
Worcestershire
Worcester
Staffordshire
Stafford
Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Herefordshire
Hereford
Monmouthshire
Monmouth
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
Lord Mansfald
Fustice Goulds
York
Castle of
Lancashire
Lancaster
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