This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Peace prospects and naval news from the Hague and Atlantic
A letter from the Hague notes stalled Congress aims for general peace as Austrian concessions and English restorations feared. Admiral Rodney sails from Portsmouth toward Havre but is turned back by winds. Packets sail or arrive at Falmouth and New York, with Jamaica and Leghorn reports. a Venuslike comet is spotted near Chelsea. Local notices include deaths, appointments, and a long discussion on treaty terms and British strategy in North America, emphasizing keeping conquests to check France and reduce debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
Bigge
Hague
Poland
Rodney
Portsmouth
Havre
Royal Sovereign
Robert’ Hathorn
Clies
Falmouth
Lisbons
Earl of Leicester
Monith
New‘York
Faulkner
Jones
Jamaica
England
Kingston
Plymouth
Bay
Mercury
New-York
Portmouth
North America
Mary Gaily
Dench
Gibraltar
Leghorn
Ander
Cape de Gate
Bell
Mary Gally
Genoa
Leghiorn
America
Williams
Guadaloupe
Bullis
London
Deal Beach
Chelsea
Jupiter
Venus
Suffolk Strest
Berard’ Dennett
Foot
Gam
Francis Leighton
James Baeuin
Newark Upon Trent
Thomas Stowey
Newcastle
Nottingham
Johp Langford
John Fielding
Theodore Sydenham
Elgis
James Heaney
Alias Hall
Guildhall
Capt
Lawrence
East India Company
Newgate
Alderman Nath
Whitehall
Great-Britain
Ravenne
Gaul
Wisdon
France
Senegal
Gorold
Guadalupes
American
Brviskt &Gle
Canada
Anada
Britain
Arothet
Frante
Surinam
Nova-Scotia
St. Christophers
Nore
Utrecht
Aix la Chapelle
Jayce
Grenadiers
Gotténbirghi
Thysor
Fhurot
Hood
Porist Mouth
Texel
West-Indies
Barbieries
Henry John -de “-Ryfyk
Cosigby
Mbean
Pegy
Red-Lick-Street
Holbourn
Hawey
John Hawey
Ickwelbury
County of Bedford
Dial
Medway
Canterbury
Downs