Mail from France reports Turkish displeasure over raids
From Constantinople to Vienna and Madrid, July items note the Grand Signior’s rebuke to Russia over incursions near Crimea, a fortnightly mail link with Vienna agreed, and Vienna’s license controls for subjects. Tunis and Tunisian war developments loom alongside plague in Algiers and trade moves with Hamburg. Paris reports clerical pressure over sacraments and a new coach for the Queen, with broader European flux and prayers for church peace in The Hague.
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Vienna
Stockholm
Baron Poffe
Finland
Leghorn
Algiers
Tunis
Policia
Dey
Jaft
Madrid
Hambourg
Kleecher
Marquis
Pompadour
Nimes
Paris
St. Etienne
du Mont
Vincennes
Hague
Fireengulfed Bennet Galley Settles at Buchannan's Wharf
From Boston a snow storm bulged Capt Winston's ship ashore near Race Point and Smallpox rages in the area. New York reports the sloop Sybel seized by Spaniards and carried to St Domingo. Africa notes many French warships on the coast erecting factories and forts. A fire at Buchannan's Wharf destroyed the Bennet Galley and its cargo, with most belonging to Captain Wadham and others aboard.
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Charles Town
South Carolina
Boston
Winston
Race Point
New York
Sybel
John Scott Lawrence
St. Domingo
Africa
Bostock
Buchannan
Bennet
John Wadham
Cowes
Scots peers elect Breadalbane to sit in Parliament
Edinburgh July 14 Last Thursday many Scottish peers gathered at Holyrood House to elect a peer to sit in this Parliament in place of the late Earl of Dunmore. John Earl of Breadalbane was unanimously chosen and a grand dinner followed at his lodgings. Dr Charles Ross Fleming of Dublin took his seat and voted as Earl of Wigton amid reception. Letters from the South report disruption from heavy rains, rivers swollen, dykes carried away and several deaths.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Holy-Rodd- House
Great Britain
Earl of Dunmore
John Earl of
Breadalbane
Charles Ross Fleming
Dublin
Earl of
Wigton
Local deaths and robberies mark week in Bristol area
Brisol records the death of Francis Freeman an Eminent Apothecary and the passing of Mr Little of Bedminster. A burglary at Mr Morris’s house in Lantilio Potholes led to theft, arson attempt, and capture of Anne Lewis a noted thief. companion a travelling tinker's involvement noted. Gloucester trials saw Charles Holder sentenced for stealing two fat Weather Sheep, later reprieved.
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Country News
Brisol
Francis Freeman
Redcliff- Street
Little
Bedminster
Morris
Lantilio-Potholes
County of
Monmouth
Anne Lewis
Martha Jones
Gloucester
Charles Holder
William Edwards
England Letters Hint at Political Maneuvering and Local News
Private letters describe factions shaping the next general election and deny recourse to a famed safeguard. Reports of inquiries into French fishing tensions, odd events at Binfield, Buckingham assizes sentences, and a horse race on Hounslow Heath mix with marriages, clerical appointments, and a bishopric dispensation.
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Joseph Gascoigne Nightingale
Ely
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John Tebby
Thomas Key
John Apleton
Thomas Capofi
Thomas Shalbone
Aylesbury
William Pargiter
Ohh Garret
James Wilson
Convias
Reede
Philip Dyson
Anne
Sarah
Guinea
West Indies
Robert Pauncefort Esg
King’s Council
Royal
the Prince of Wales
Inner Temple
Winchester
John Jones
Europe
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Bramshot
Hants
Thomas Ruffel
Duke of Bridgewater
Baron Bishop
Hamptons Bishop
Dioctfé
Hereford
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