March from Ninety Six to Estatee and Sugar Town
A June 1750 letter from Camp near Fort Prince George recounts a nighttime march of 60 miles through rugged terrain to attack lowland Cherokee towns. The expedition captured and burned Estatee Sugar Town Keowee and other settlements, killing many inhabitants and seizing valuables. Losses included several soldiers wounded and near-fatal conditions for officers. The report notes destruction of ammunition magazines and stores, and plans to treat with remaining Cherokees while pressuring them toward peace. Captain Demere, Captain Stuart, and Little Carpenter are named for communications and terms. The author, fatigued but resolute, confirms intent to continue the campaign and asks for support and permits to provision Fort Loudon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price
Horfs
Col. Montgomery
Little Keowee
the Royal
Keowee
Fort Prince George
Estarce
Sugar-Town
Metthal
Hamilton
Royal
Marshal
Correttiog
Tifone
Effatoe
Demere
Suart
Fleur
Fort Loudon
Grinean
Gégeal Amherst
Ireland in July notices and ceremonies of state
In Dublin July letters patent appoint Great Seal commissioners during the Lord Chancellor’s absence and grant leave for him to travel to Great Britain for health recovery. A July marriage unites Hon Arthur Gore and Hon Annsley. Deaths include David Bindon of Ennis. Guild of Merchants Quarter Day honors John Tew. Counterfeit halfpence apparatus seized in Naas. Wife of Simon Tracey said to have been murdered. Bat’s Chapel collapse in Ardfert injures several. one death reported. Kilkenny chapel mass accident injures and later dies the back injury.
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Ireland
Dublin
Lanesborough
Charleville
Yorke
Great Britain
Arthur Saunders Gore
Viscount Sudley
Annsley
Baron Annsley
Limerick
David Bindon
Ennis
Crown
Guild of Merchants
John Tew
Anthony Robinson
Francis Street
Naas
Fuly
Simon Tracey
Kilkenny
Arif O
Port News Arrivals and Departures at Deal and Dover
Falmouth and Deal report arrivals including the Dolphin Polly and Endeavour from Neath and Liverpool, Concordia and Alice Maria from Longfound, and the Jason with St George and Buckingham in convoy. Winds north fresh, vessels remain in the Downs awaiting outward passage. Jamaica and Halifax bound ships listed among outbound coasters.
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Port News
Falmouth
Dolphin
Harris
Neath
Polly
Belstone
Liverpool
Endeavour
Smith
Cumberland Catter
Success
Lewis
Lisbon
Plymouth
Concordia
Grobe
Alice Maria
Grege Fon
Longfound
Peggy
Hier Gonvoy
Portsmouth
Deal
Downs
Jason
Prince
George
Jamaica
Areothufa
St.George
Buckingham
Phenix
John
Anne
Littlefear
Halifax
Carolina Packer
Wille
Carolina
North
Roi
Dutch Plausible Plot Threatens Bengal Trade Empire
From Calcutta letter extracts we learn the Dutch governor of Batavia plotted to seize Bengal forts and trade on the Ganges. The plan failed, but warnings persist that Dutch treachery and bribery threaten Britain’s interests with the Nabob allied territories. Later, ships arrive and losses are reported as ice drift endangers fleets. Obituaries and local notices follow, including bank notices and court actions.
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Lon
Calcutta
Batavia
Bengal
Nabob
Ganges
Great Britain
Gravesend
Dartford Heath
Greenland
Anson
Weymouth
Bartlet
Providence
Armstrong
Adventure
Hornsby
Unicorn
Clarke
Warington
Duke of Bedford
Lively
Cumberland
James
Maryne
Britannia
Phenix
Geers
Newcastle
Shepherd
Topsham
Lyon
Johnson
St. Paul
Montgomery
London
Thomas
St. Stephen’s Court
Palace- Yard
Westminster
Catharine Countess of Lincoln
Earl of Lincoln
Henry Paham
Duke of
Southwark
Richard Crocker
Ingatestone
Cox
St. Martin’s-lane
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The
South Carolina Gazette
Charles Totun
Tis Majesty
John Debnam
Frome Selwood
Somersethire
George Inn
John Kendrick
Huntingdon
King’s Head
Salford
Lancashire
Bartholomew Jay
Great Yarmouth
Angel Inn
Trael-Pottinger
Pater-nofter-tow
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