Sukey North and the War of Winds and Woes
A satirical verse from the era attacks Sukey North and political figures like Dartmouth and Bute. It mocks wartime rhetoric, promises of peace or force, and calls for resilience while lampooning ministers and New England observers. The piece centers on political maneuvering, public belief, and the dangers of leadership as winds and fortune shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth
North
Britain
Jenkinson
Charles
Bart
Sukey
Legge
Twitcher
Luke
George
To the King London Evening Post royal letter
An old loyal subject writes to the King warning of dangerous conduct by ministers and urging removal of insidious advisers. He recalls Hanoverian settlement to preserve civil and religious rights and pledges continued loyalty to the Crown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening Post
Th King
England
House of Hanover
Address to the King on War and Parliament's Conduct
A parliament critique appeals to the king to dismiss unworthy ministers and end the American war. It accuses ministers of corruption, taxation, and disloyalty, urging decisive action, reconciliation, and replacement with capable leaders, citing the Earl of Chatham as a suitable ally. It frames colonial resistance as a consequence of bad governance and seeks immediate royal intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
America
American
British Empire
Marey
Earl of Chatham
The THIRD EDITION Complete Farmer's Directory 1760s
Published price 38 bound The Third Edition with a complete index describes cattle sheep and hog care including feeding breeding distempers remedies butter cheese rennet grass farming stocking land fodder poultry fowl fish ponds and fish ordering. It notes large sales and printed for J Almon Piccadilly opposite Burlington House.
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J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Dispatches from Boston Describe Canadian Concord Clash
Postscript reports Captain Brown arriving from Boston with dispatches stating regulars were sent to Concord to seize two cannon and destroy a flour magazine, attacked by Provincials leaving sixty killed and one hundred wounded, forty missing, two officers dead, regulars retreating to Boston, and Boston inverted by Provincials. Other accounts say Lord Percy retreated with 1600 troops through 40 miles of hostile country, with heavy losses and provincial fire, while Boston was said to be invested by 40,000 Provincials aiming to cut supply lines.
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Brown
Boston
Concord
Sukey
Lloyd’s
Dover
Ireland
Lord Dartmouth
Lord Percy
Hull
Percy
London Gazette Reports Concord Skirmish and Public Debate
A ship from America arrives at Liverpool with a letter to Mr. Rigby confirming a Concord skirmish between Regulars and Provincials and noting fewer killed or wounded than first reported. Letters from Rhode Island corroborate the event, while comments on British policy accuse ministers of failure and urge public justice. An Edinburgh letter mentions emigrants bound for America and various ships and vessels in movement along with a Lincoln Castle murder case and local crimes. Prices, lottery notices, and stock quotes complete the busy news brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Franklin
America
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadily
Liverpool
Rigby
Concord
Subscription for widows and orphans aid at meeting
At a Special Meeting in Cornhill on June 7 a motion proposed immediate subscription to raise one hundred pounds for relief of widows orphans and aged parents of American subjects murdered by King's troops at Lexington and Concord. Mr Horne to pay the amount into Brownes and Collison to Dr Franklin for this purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Arms Tatvern
Cornhill
Constitutional Society
Lexington
Concad
Massachufers
Horne
Brownes
Collison
Franklin
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Smith
Yankeys
Monsieurs
Dons
Jemmy Twitcher
Jommy
Jeramy
Lord Bute
Francis Vincent
Stoke
Postscript
London
Mr. Campbell
Rhode Island
Con¢ord
Great Britain
Dee
Lord North
Sue
Lincoln Castle
William Farmery
Sleaford
Willey
Leafingham
Wayler
Moorhelds
Enfield Chace
Bank of England
Winprenny and Co
King’s Arms
St. Dunstan’s Church
N. B
Jonas
Mill Bank
Westminster
India
South Sea
Tattersall
Hyde-Park Turnpike
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