Pirates and troops in the Levant report
Letters from Acre describe Arab forces under the Damascus Pacha attacking and routing Egyptian and Acre troops. In the Dardanelles area Brigadier Borfth cruises before Gallipoli while Admiral Arff steers near Smyrna to block Turkish convoys and pressure Dalcignotes and Mapseilles commerce.
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France
Paros
Milo
Naxos
Brigadier Borfth
Dardanelles
Admiral Arff
Smyrna
Dalcignotes
Acre
Fournier
Pacha
Damascus
Sad
Sealy
Egypt
Royal Spain closes ports to warships in protest over contraband trade
From the Hague letter dated July 2, officials report Spain forbids entry to ships of war into its ports amid concerns non-visitation vessels have abused allowances by exporting gold and silver and engaging in contraband trade. The note also cites France pressing payment on Canada paper and discusses Corsican conquest costs, naval movements, and recent executions at Newgate and Bethnal Green, with noted arrivals and maritime dispatches from the Downs to the India House.
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The
Hague
Earl of Rochford
Canada
Paris
Corsica
Paoli
Esterday
Tanner
Downs
China
Ise of Wight
Duke of Kingston
Morrison
Europa
Pelly
Houghton
Smith
Coat and Bay
Lord Camden
Pocock
Riddell
Bombay
Valentine
Purvis
Hawke
Cotton
Princess Royal
Ker
Duke of Gloucester
Lauder
Port St. George
Latham
Cape
Stafford
Liel
Bute
Maitland
Malacca
Earl of Elgin
Cooke
England
St. Helena
Foundling Hospital
Gordon
Queen’ Palace
Agames’s
Windsor
Lord Clive
Berkeley-S
Spain
Germany
Exalted Burzynski receives Civil Law doctorate in Canterbury
In Oxford on July 6 Count Burzynski governor of Krasné Palatine of Minsk and ambassador from Poland to Britain is presented in full convocation with a Latin speech. Reports from Margate note an excise officer squad seizing three tubs of Geneva aboard a Dunkirk vessel after quarantine money expired and the ship to be burnt. Dublin items record marriages and a fatal quarrel in Golden-lane. Bankruptcy notices list Grace Marder and others with surrender dates at Guildhall and Manchester taverns. Maritime arrivals include ships from Lisbon to Jamaica and Newport areas. London money and stock prices are listed with rates and bond quotes.
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Oxford
Count Burzynski
Krasné
Minsk
Poland
Great Britain
Canterbury
Margate Roads
Dunkirk
Grace Marder
Portsmouth
Hants
Guildhall
London
John Gee
5Ariton
Cheshire
Swan With Two Necks Inn
Manchester
Joseph Kenrick
Birmingham
Dolphin
Bur Ring
Oseph Bureau
Snow Hill
Edward Averel
Potton
Bedfordshire
Richard Savadge
Penn
Staffordshire
the Angel
Wolverhampton
Robert Abney
Finchlane
Cornhil
Joseph Hunt
Beddington Corner
Surry
Ayliffe-street
Goodman's Field
Middlesex
Benjamin Franklin
Sonterstéstreet
Whitechapel
Pinners
Saihuel Davis
Mill
Goodmon’s Fields
Nor Elias
Nathan ‘Elias
Goodman's Fields, Jewellers
Wylam Colliery Lands Sale Notice at Newcattle Port
Fragmentary OCR yields a public notice about lands at Wylam Moor Colliery in Northumberland. It mentions a sale of coal lands with engines horses and improvements, tied to John Blackett and other named trustees at Lincoln's Inn and offices in Newcastle, referencing property in Wylam and surrounding townships.
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Wylam Moor
Wylam
John
Blackett
Matthew
Duane
Béis
Lincoln’s Inn
London
John Blénkinsop
Jetmond
Northumberlard
Mirgtbniele
Offics
Westgate
Newcatt
King's Plates at Lewes Sussex July 1771 Horse Races
An 1771 notice from Lewes declares two race meetings for King's plates. Entries close with breeders' certificates proving Sussex origin. Details cover weight allowances for age, entry fees, and stewarding by George Lenox and Lord Abergavenny at Verrall's coffee house with sums for entrance, scales, and prize distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewes
Duke of Richmond
County of
Sussex
Veral’s Coffét-Ouse
Ruanning
Verralis-coffee
Kelding
Secon
Vecars Gis House
George Lenox
Lord Abergavenny
Le-Wesr
S. Soflers
Rational Thoughts on the Powers of Human Understanding
A translated 18th century inquiry on human understanding and its use in knowledge, praising Baron Wolfius Wolfius and his reputed works. It notes the translation fidelity and lists publishers at Paternoster Row with a stated price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ogic
Phofeffor Gotticheds
Leipfic
Baron
Wolfius
Grigg Abe-Authos
L. Hawes
W. Clarke
R. Collins
Ptice
Baron*Wolfus
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St. George’ New Burying-Ground
Bayswater
South Audley Street
Mr. Bell
Denmark
Mr. Stroud
Mr. Medley
Mark Antony
Mr. Popham
Earl of Castlehaven
Fonthill
Corn Exchange
Hackney
Robert Campbell
Henry Stroud
Daniel Clarke
Newgate
Bethnal Green
Stroud
Surgeon’s Hall
Sheriff Baker
Sheriff Martin
Campbell
Clarke
Kennett
Roffiter
Irest
Old Bailey
Savoy
Freze
Hicks’s Hall
Mary Hawkins
Mary Lane
Middles Row
Holborn
Elizabeth Clementhaw
Jem
A.blag
William Hill
Joseph
Larcher
Joshua Martin
Thomas Morris
Joe Norte
Mary ‘Evans
Newing
al Sregiment ‘Guards
Eencar G Gotoaa
Foot
Henry Briltow
Tgs
Satarday
N.E . Ss
Dublin
Furie
Edward d’Aiton
Deal
Wellin
Lisbon
Polly
Shores
John and Mary
Ware
Mary Jemimay Broad
Plymouth
Cruizer
Bover
Matthew, Payte
Antigua
Nevis Planter
Clrke
Newis
Thames
Darby
Georgia
Southampton
Friendship
Maden
South Carolina
London Bridge
Bink Steck
India
Dita
Bar
Consol
Bisga
Pt. i Navy
Long
Ody
Whitechapel Hermarnety
Los Straw
Breif
Andrew Elias Buchner
University of Halle
R.cévis
Fartington
Wells
Fesiante
Mary
Agrams
Thomas
Royal
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