Royal Captain Arrives and East Indiaman Ships Reach Dover
On January 16 and 18, ships including the Royal Captain East-Indiaman arrived at Dover. Talbot East-Indiaman from the East Indies also reported. Other vessels Albany Richards from New York and London Heird from Dublin, Fortune Burton from Glasgow, Kitty Harvey from Dublin, Lively Hawthornthwaite from Lancaster, and Sally Peris from South Carolina are listed.
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Deal
Dover
Albany
Richards
New-York
London
Naval and political notes from Corsica to Calais in distress
From Corsica a 3000 man legion was proposed but only 390 were raised amid high officer losses. Paris reports a citywide alarm over bankruptcies and a trial order for Sieur Billard. Fishermen escort a 100 gun Russian warship to safety near Calais. the captain rewarded with 366 rixdollars and a Greek certificate.
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Tua Maily
Flanders
Leghorn
Corsica
Paris
Duke de
Cme
Calais
Thétishermes
Shiem
Robert Eapiecahen
Enxglitz
Una
Fragmented notice from a historical Grafton item
A garbled OCR passage references the death of a journeyman linen-weaver associated with Grafton and Belfast era names. It mentions a wage or price context, a license issue, a trial against named defendants, and a ninth regiment connection, with scattered dates and locations.
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Esterday
Grafton
Bono
A.ismither
Wilfuler
Doyle
Duff
Mallan
Unclear Fragments Reflect On Fallen Officers
Fragmentary and garbled text mentions Captain By and General Gordon, referencing Brest and Russia, with notes on loyalties and a dramatic phrasing about their deaths and roles in past era. Little coherent context or dates.
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Ately
Brest
Famou
Gordon
Rofiia
Mocking murder in Glanareth near Landiloa
Report of a murder at Glanareth in Carmarthenshire where six ruffians in wagoner frocks entered the Powell home between six and seven pm. They restrained guests in the passage while two attacked Mr. Powell in the parlour and stabbed him fatally. The intruders fled, leaving money untouched. A hired stranger is suspected. Two guards fired pistols to intimidate servants. Also notes the death of the Rev James Willis and Captain Shugborough on related dates.
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Hadoucester
Mott
William ‘Powell
Glanareth
Landile Vaur
Garmarthenshire
Powell
Mr. Powell
Mrex
James Willis
Sopley
Mintteed
Southampton
Capt
Shugborough
Milsom-street
Meeting of Commissioners Adjourns with Brief Health Note
Yesterday the House of Commissioners met after adjournment and received writs from John Cutt signaling that a count of his ill health prevented charge. The session discussed necessary business, awaiting approval and noting absence of Louie Sr at court.
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D .O
Yesterda
Cosimons
John
Cutt
Spei
Jenger
Queen’s Palace
Political shifts and Coventry remonstrance reported
Tuesday evening a long conference over the Chancellorship was held with some proposals not approved. Marquis of Granby resigns. General Conway expected as Matter of the Ordnance. Coventry freemen draft a remonstrance to the King asserting constitutional rights and urging redress. News updates include shipwrecks near Guernsey and Lynn losses, plus Old Bailey trials with several convictions and sentences.
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de Grey
Ghasgcellor
Marquis of Granby
Conway
Coventry
St. Mary’s Hall
Taxation Debate Echoes Across the Atlantic
A speaker assails current ministers for a pernicious taxation plan aimed at the colonies, arguing it destroys trade and unity. He defends American rights to tax themselves and warns that forcing Britain and its empire into quarrel harms commerce and the balance of trade.
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Mir
Great Britain
Cada
Marquis of Rockingham
Empire
Nature
Whitechapel Haymarket Record Notes Temperature Oddity
An obscure entry from Whitechapel Haymarket mentions a temperature reading described as January 155 to 8 of 210. It references age 15 and lead, implying a historical measurement context or anomaly.
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Whitechapel Haymarket
Pocket Ledger and Companions for 1740s England
A catalogue advertises several 18th century pocket ledgers and companions for the year 1740. It lists Mrs. Sheridan and other authors, calendars, tables for wages and exchange, marketing, and civil lists. The pamphlet promotes red leather bindings with pockets for bills and useful guidance for merchants and tradespeople. It emphasizes multiple editions and cautions buyers to request the Pocket Ledger to avoid imitation books.
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Sheridan
Actios
Marchione
S de Lambért
Psyche
Stila
Picure
Dean Swift
Vauxhall
Ranelagh
Shakespeare
Stratford
Stone
London
Carnan and
Newbery
St. Paul's Church-yard
Star Carnan and Newberry
Barsly
England and
Wales
Londart
South-sea Company
East-India Company
Oxford
Cagsbridge
G. Kearfly
Ludgate-streety
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Ishife
Mos
House of Coisimors
Middlesex
Guernsey
St. Patrick
Harrington
Lynn
Sally
Chaplin
Lincolnshire
Blakney
Chatham
Wolsey
Dublin
Philadelphia
Maryland
Aeetna
East Indies
Bute
Henry Bingham
Bedford-street
Bedford-Row
Sessons
Old Bailey
William Corby
Christopher Bathys
Mary Ware
Brompton Road
Walliazi Patterson
Chambers
Shadwell Workhouse
Ae Yaghe Cigs
Charles Pyne
Wilty. Tg
Thomas Becket
William Harrison
John, Hillman
Craven-fregt
Hillman
John Martin
Daniel Gitlin
William Haywood
Ealing
William Squire Matthewes
Salisbury Sibley
Benjamin Watkins
David
Nelon
John.Cox
Primrose Thompson
Thomas’ Woolley
Bo Ee
John Flume
Christ-church College, Oxford
Hume
Salisbury
Bishops _aavington
Pottern
Wilts
Worth Spytete
Ekortes Rhite
S.john’s College
Cambridge
Baffingley
County of Bucks
Diocese of
Lincoln
Ewes
Ring Street
Bloomsbury-fau
Thomas
Ifeworth
Aventys
Europe
Company of Apothecaries
Cherea
Botanic Academy
Florence
F. Rivigton
St. Paul's
Tam
William Corrant
Offham
Keng
Doétor
Hatton-Garden
Atric AL
Drury Lane
He 'Vi
Henry
Garrick
Covent.garden
Cymbeline
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