Caligula’s Audience and Alexandrian Embassy Recounted
A London Evening Post account recalls Caligula’s reception of an Alexandrian deputation led by Philo to deprecate his wrath over worship. The emperor mocked them, chased them between rooms, and demanded worship of his divinity. Philo urged fearlessness, noting Caligula’s tyranny and eventual assassination. Seneca’s harsh view remains.
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Sybilo
Carr- Gula
Filly
Alexandria
Philo
Caligula
Godyon
Seneca
Rome
Potterity
A Patrician Plea to Lord-Mayor on Militia and Hanover
A London letter to the Lord-Mayor urges firm, constitutional action against American rebellion. It warns that Tory policies threaten the Protestant Succession and the Hanover throne, urging militia training to defend the monarchy and national liberties amid fears of civil strife.
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England
House of Hannover
Stuart
House of Brunswick
America
London
Simes
House of Hanover
Conflicting Boston War News and Loyalist Reactions
An extensive 1775 dispatch redeploys amid rumors of battles near Boston with claims of 5000 Provincials killed and equal prisoners, then notes authorities preparing to withdraw. Private letters recount American repulses, naval seizures, and local retaliation. the piece criticizes Ministry aims in America while detailing economic strains, ship movements, and provincial distress across Britain.
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Boston
Berwick
New-York
New Hampshire
St. James’s
Gage
Bolton
America
New-Eng
London
Halifax
Cambridge
Victoria
Lisbon
Fyall
Burgundy
Champaigne
Hermitage
Mott
Jupas
James the Second
the Times
Dominica
R. H
D. of Gloucester
Mesirs
Jenkinson and Co
Ireland
Thomas Hewetson, Esq
S6th Regiment of Foot
Owen
Portmouth
Salisbury
Tarver
Biggs
Antigua
Mary
Gildson
Goodwill
Badcock
Hope
Olding
Tenby
Jeffries
Sayes
Chepstow
Friendship
Hedger
Bristol
Thomas
Sarah
Ruffel
Weymouth
Ewin
John
Botton
Milford
Endeavour
George
Carmarthen
Ludbery
Thomas Rich
Streights
Rice
India House
Fort St. George
St. Helena
Resolution
Cooke
Cape
York
Durham
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London Evening Post
Postscript
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Cadiz
Ferro
Leghorn
Daily Papers
Italy
Spain
Macbeth
Horse Guards
Whitehall
Woolwich
Latour
North Britain
Minorca
Gibraltar
Noc
Jamaica
Grenada
Barbadoes
St. John’s
Nova Scotia
Virginia
Constantinopl
Vienna
Paris
Naples
Grove-Mouse
Camherwell
Ball
Lee
Hayley
Newnham
Great Britain
Middlesex
Mapifrate
Alderman Sawbridge
Garden Court
Temple
Scawen
Conolly
Bacchus
Apollo
Mr. Strode
Blank
Curragh of
Kildare
Tyburn
Joseph Harrison
Thomas Withall
Thomas Greenwood
Charles Walthail
Joseph Scott
George Miller
India
South Sea
Tuya
Case
William Hawney
Piflomath
John Harris
F. R.S
F. Rivington
Hawes
Clirka
Colins
R. Horsefield
Carlon
G. Keith
Crowder
T. Longman
B. Law
J. Wilsit
W. Nicoll
G. Robinson
R. Balawin
W. Smart
Russia
Hittoriea
J. Dedsley
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