Troop Readiness and Finances Across Europe in Early February
Letters from Turin claim Sardinian Majesty’s troops await orders with 40 000 men ready for action in March. Brest reports quiet at Martinico with 15 Dutch ships in convoy and routine armament in port. Brittany votes a free gift raising over 2. 2 million livres to fund government needs while Paris notes executions in Lisbon and a dockyard surge producing up to 40 000 workers and ships to sea by midsummer. Besancon faces tax resistance as President seeks court intervention. dozens of parliamentarians exiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utrecht
Turin
Marth
Brest
Fas
Martinico
Florissant
Britanny
Paris
Lisbon
Ris
Franche County
Persins
Besancon
Lea
North
Pompey
Black Eagle
Frey
Stralsund
Portfrowth
Spithead
Guernsey
Mayflower
Hay
John
Hannah
Baldwick
Amity
Skelton
Newcastle
Royal Sovereign
Captain Boys
William
Randal
Newfoundland
Leghorn
Batchelor
Barnhill
Carolina
Dumfries
Liverpool appoints dock officers in privateer era
In Liverpool on Feb 9 1777 Capt Willian Hutchinson was named Principal Water Bailiff and Dock-Master by the Magistrates and Common Council. Capt Robert Linnekar becomes Assistant Dock-Master replacing the ailing Mr Simon Lloyd. Other items note Norwich vegetable oddities and local deaths and ship movements from Plymouth to Deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
Liverpool
Willian Hutchinson
Robert Linnekar
Dublin
Simon Lloyd
Norwich
Tudenham
Norfolk
Reading
Caversham
Oxford
Robert Manin
Efy
Firfield
Brilliana Bray
Edmund Bray
Alexander Popham
Robert Earl of
Oxford and
Mortimer
Privateer actions and fleet movements amid Atlantic conflicts
News summaries describe ships captured or driven into Cadiz and Bristol routes, Danish Waapen with cargo taken to the Thames, and various vessels stranded or freed. Also noted are arrivals at St James's, marriages and obituaries, court decisions, market data, and abundant financial and shipping details, including ships from Madeira, Alicant, and Newfoundland, plus commentary on public welfare and international tensions.
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Gibraltar
St. Junskerke
Catherine
Cadiz
Com. Blanc
Bristol
Andrew Odier
Madeira
Plymouth
Waapen
Frederickstadt
Trock
St. Thomas
Copenhagen
Dover
Thames
Prince Edward
Hockey
Alicant
Fighteen
England
Fleckery
Norway
Everton
Germany
St. James’s
Samuel Drake
Braster
Lincoln
Christ Church
Pennicott
Dobson
Liverpool
Dawson
Chancery Lane
Jacob Hodgkinson
Throgmorton Street
Ann Atkinson
Ludgate-hill
Cuxham
Oxfordshire
Thomas D'Oyly
Bart
John D'Oyly
Thomas
Mr. Livington
Bilby
Norfolk
Melford
Suffolk
John Cock
James Wheatly
Norwich
R. Rock
M. L
Bell-Savage Gateway
Postscript on London Poor Relief and Government Oversight
Postscript argues the Poor in this kingdom are numerous and costly to the community. It urges government attention to the condition and funds for their support, fearing oppression and demanding clear accounting and humane measures. It catalogs distress in gaols and streets as proof that charity alone cannot suffice without effective management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
Merkhoufis
Books lately pathfi'd. By Joan Clarkey under the Royal Exchange
A list of medical works and treatises offered for sale by a bookseller, including Heister on general surgery, Astruc on venereal disease, Ingram on practical surgery, Verdier anatomy, Turner's Art of Surgery, Keil anatomy abridged, Le Drang on game wards, Cockburn on fluxes, and other surgical and medical volumes with prices and formats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Clarkey
Royal Exchange
Cornhill
Lawrence Heister
John Astruc
France
Dale Ingram
Mors. Verdier
Paris
Turners
Keil
Prattice
Henry Francis le Drang
Cockburn
Guineyman
Prosper Alpimus
Dr. James
Also Mentioned on This Page
Port News
Orford
Southampton
Portsmouth
Jupiter
Antigua
London
Deal
His
Revenge
Sheerness
Edmunds
Ann
Katherine
Brown
Flew
Elin
Thorne
Conqueror
Colchester
Arc-en-ciel
Richmond
Sapphire
Fowey
Jamaica
Jackson
Purnell
Seville
S. Deal
Downs
Lon Vdon
Fouth
Fou
Gronyard
St. Domingo
Malaga
St. Janskerke
Almazon
Welvarenvaitland
Castor
Algiers
Corn Exchange
Yorkshire
India
South Sea Brock
Witto Inia
Halt
Ditto
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