Modena and naval dispatches amid European tensions
News from Modena reports Duke promote silk and velvet works and Po navigability project awaiting royal approval. Venice notes St Marc captain's report of a battle near Faro with six Turkish galleys and thirty seven ministers banished. Philadelphia describes a February earthquake shock followed by New Haven and New York tremors and military movements in New Jersey and Pennsylvania as border provocations rise. Dublin and Edinburgh publish notices of officials and a major earthquake in Connaught, with further political commentary urging repentance and unity among Protestants and critics of playhouses and dissenters. Reports from Dunkirk describe civility toward British traders, while France debates peace possibilities and Stockbridge Indians’ attacks on Canadians are noted. A Warwick voyage letter from Barbados details Martinique preparations near St. Lucia and Dominica, with militia and black troops deployed as tensions escalate.
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Modenese
Tie Po
Venice
Salonica
Faro
Porte
Ion
Seraglio
Livadia
Negropont
Plantation News
Philadiphia
Newhaven
Connecticut
New-York
Elizabeth Town
New Ferfry
Northampton County
Delaware
Pena Yualing
Pequetin Mountains
Anderson
Sussex County
New Jersey
Morris County
Essex
Rickets
Johnston
Middlesex
Col. Stour
Hunterdon
Philip Vanhorne
Somerset
Co . New-York
Goshen
Munnifink
Gothen
Philadelphia
Virginia
England
Capé Breton
North America
Cezam
Versasiles
Afoderaton
Freace
Solomon
Dunkirk
Versailles
France
Paris Alamain
Botton
New-England
Stockbridge
Canada
Warwick
Antigua
English Harbour
Martinico
St. Lucia
Boscawen
Martinica
Dominica
Commodore
Local Births and Robberies Reported in Country News
Newcastle Wife of Michael Robinson bears twins and a son baptized Sunday. Birmingham surgeon Thomas Richards dies after fever. Gaunt robbed near Hales Owen. Mould, Clay, and Barrs linked to Bentley robbery. Bromsgrove cattle dealer Matthews robbed of six guineas. Security improvements implied, but no arrests noted.
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Country News
Newcastle
Michael
Robinson
Birmingham
Thomas Richards
Gaunt
Rowley
Hales Owen
Jatt
Ose Mould
Stafford
Jonathan Clay
James Barrs
King’s Norton
Mr. Smith
Bentley
Walsall
S. Whursday
Matthews
Bromsgrove
Kidderminster
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Ireland
Dublin
Grafton Street
Richard Bueleigh
George Forbes
Robert Wood
Charles Gardiner
Dilion
Rome
St. Andrew
Church Street
Watkins
Treland
Lisbon
Tuam
Ballymore
Slieave Baughty
Galway
Loughrea
Scotland
Edinburgh
Clydedale
John Roberton
Barnock
Ely
Flanders
Quebeck
Isaiah
Jonah
Robinhood
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