Persecutor and religious conflict in a Tudor-era letter
A historical text fragment discusses a Duke of B_a and the Regent of France, then shifts to a fierce denunciation of persecution. It calls out a "Persecutor" as a vile, hypocritical foe of religious liberty, arguing that no true Christian can persecute for opinion. The piece hints at dated correspondence and editorial notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Earth
Jesus
Christ
Cain
James Broainston
Heaven
Mesiah
Homer
Palearius
Mails from Holland to Warsaw signal Courland crisis
Reports from Warsaw dated February 2 note a royal conference to discuss Courland and Semigallia as Empress Catherine presses to back Duke Ernst. Projections warn Saxon forces and Prussian payments, with tensions rising over potential military intervention and peace prospects in Leipsic.
The Hay Market and Covent Garden Listings and Stocks
Evening notices, theater listings at Ortang and Covent Garden with Drury Lane shows Phebe and The Beggar's Weeding. Stock prices for Bank, India, South Sea, Old and New Anns, and various bonds and bills with percent options and reductions. Highlights include Bank An 1756 1758 at 98 1 half, India bonds around 78-79, and four percent Consols around 105-106.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drury Lane
Phebe
Covent-Garden
India
Bank
Consol
Long Ann
Frugality and reform urged as nation nears peace
The piece argues for strict economy and internal reform to reduce the national debt after a likely peace. It criticizes wasteful public salaries and perquisites, calls for fixed salaries for officials, and advocates trimming idle officers and superfluous posts to ease taxation and fund state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bank of England
T. Payne
Meuse Gate
St. Maretins
Maxim on trade costs and public expences in 1762
A letter urges reducing impositions at the Custom House to ease merchant burdens. It argues outpost salaries and petty officials hinder fair competition, calling for economy and cheaper, expeditious public offices. The writer predicts a glorious administration if measures favor trade. Dated February 15, 1762 signed Viet Tad.
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Monttor
France
Bonny
John
Fenry VI
Holland
Flanders
Warsaw
Courland
Durchy
Semigalia
Senate
Ernes
T John
Russia
Eichsfeli
Leipfick
Heiligenstadt
Thuringia
Saxony
Leipsick
Ratisbon
Prussia
Great Britain
London
the Hague
M. Hellen
Poland
Hubertzburgh
Spain
Portugal
Hanover
Charles of
Long
St. Peter-le-Poor
Whitefoot
Hatton Garden
Lisbon
New-road
Whitechapelmouth
Downs
His
Juno
Speedwell
Lacey
Jamaica
Thomas
Virginia
Bristol Channel
Maryland
West Indies
Africa
West-Indies
Deal
S. W
Hunter
Pomenay
James and Mary
Sparks
Philadelphia
Mary
Graham
William and Jane
Phompson
Londonderry
London Bridge
Lfa
Ohalf
McLesworth
Kearfly
Ludgate Street
Betty
Jack Lovefun
Editio Alera Novis Iconibus
Meff. Whiston and White
Fleet Street
J. Rivington
J Fletcher
J Fletcher and Co, In St. Paul’s Church- Yard, London; and J. Fletcher
Oxford
Antoniia
SV. Huddesford
Ashmolean Museum
J. Newbery
Santa St. Paul’s Church-Yard
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