Trade winds carry ships to distant ports in 17th century fare
A compact maritime note lists vessels as Thetis and Dedek sailing from Smyrna and Embden respectively. Ships include Lawrence from Stockholm, Willington, Lord Strange, Scott, and Em Emanuel from Norway. The passage highlights a mix of arrivals and origins across northern and southern Europe.
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Gravesend
Fuly St
The
Thetis
Dedek
Smyrna
Lawrence
Willington
Stockholm
Lord Strange
Scott
Embden
Em Emanuel
Holt
Norway
Court and Council in London Amid Royal Courtesies
News from London reports a great Court at St James's and a lengthy Council. Distinct dispatches note nobles departing for Woburn Abbey and Huntingdonshire, while a royal gift to Prince Dolgorucki is described. American and European reports relay military and political moves, colonial affairs, and local trials and weathered notes.
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London
St. James’s
Earl Gower
Marquis of
Hy Pak
Ear of
Sandwich
Hincambrooke
Huntingdonshire
Cufton-house
Bertin
Henry
Prussia
Dolgorucki
Russia
New York
Earl of Halifax
Harriot
Change
Fairchild
Bay of
Honduras
Turner
Quere
Quill
William Burnaby
Bay of Honduras
Hs Majesty
Fuca An
Guatainel
Ka'an
Pensacola
New-York
Susquehana
William Johnson
Johnsonhall
Ohio
Ani
Degroes
Sir William
Liddon
Duke of York
Cadiz
Roth
Spain
Civita Vecchia
Toulon
Canada
Paris
Portsmouth
Juno
Spithead
Irwin
Gibraltar
Plymouth
East Indies
Denmark
France
Quebec
Savanna
Georgia
Mobille
Martar
Quichoiy
Janes Wishart
Scotland
Creighton
Glendovan
Perth
Anderson
West Ham Church
Essex
Cullum
John Cullum
Thawitead Place
Suffolk
Biffon Daugner
Daniel Biffon
West Ham
Margaret Gray
Philadelphia
South Lambeth
John Anderson
Hackney
Christopher Barber
Dovor
Colmns
Edward Rushworth
Arches Court
Province of Canterbury
Thurfuay
Clapham
Charles King
John Crouch
Inner Temple-lane
James Farren
Chancery-lane
Aton
Wapping
Rotherhithe
Francis
Baldwin’s Gardens
Leather-lane
Rothfay
William Abbot
John Suckley Somerset
Hyde-park
Thomas Little
John Swaith
Heston
Hountlow
Barney Carol
Crawley Thomas Kiley
Wiliam King
Anthony Vacheron
Duke of Marlborough
Thomas Carr
Dottur
Robert Carr
Magetty
Newcastle
Marklane
Ficz Lloyd S
New England
Tiverton
Rhodesland
David
Charles Town
South Carolina
Iuliain Burnaby
Liverpool
Hive
Coily
Jamaica
Britannia
Bull
England
Alexander Kenedy
Coventry
Caterine Schuyler
Pe'er Schuyler
Newark
Prince Brutus Warns Against Tyrannical Kingship
A Postscript to the London Evening Post argues that a king who enslaves subjects is unfit to rule, comparing freedom to a crown’s glory. Brutus condemns tyrannical power as a danger to liberty, warning that self-serving plots threaten civil rights and inviting subjects to resist oppressive rule.
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London Evening Post
Fremen
Brutus
Philodemus A London Evening-Post complaint excerpt
A partly legible historical fragment from a letter to the printer recounts a young nobleman’s illness and a questionable Scottish physician’s meddling. The tale hints at medical malpractice and family concerns as intrigue surrounds the patient’s recovery and avoidance of exposure.
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London Evening-Post
Meres
Philodemus
Exueri
C Carl
Deetus
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Tile of Man
Dunstable
County of
Bedford
Marshe Dickenson
Ely
Bor
Paty
Laurence Holker
Thomas Apostles
Walker
Jesuits
Dross
feer-Lane
Barly
Wessels and Co
Swan Inn
Birmingham
Chelmsford
Saraeal
Cy Williéon
Lud Pere
John Wilkes
Efys Samuel Lewin
Uche
Hertford
Pardamenc
Gorge
Hentornd
Herford
Jons Waters
Sewards
Postscript
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