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Newspaper

London Evening Post

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 08, 1776

Page

2

Court at St James's confirms ranks and titles in royal list

From the London Gazette June 8 1776 the King approves George Montagu Duke of Montagu as Governor and Preceptor to the Prince of Wales and Frederick Bishop of Osnabruck. Titles raised include Earl of Ailesbury Earl of Clarendon and Viscount Hampden. Admiralty notes captures and naval actions against rebels in North America. Hessian and Brunswick troop movements reported in Ritzebuttel and Stade.

London St. James’s George Montagu, Duke of Mortage St. James's George Duke of Montagu Richard Lord Bashop Lichfield Coventry George Hotham William Arnold George Augustus Frederick Prince of Wales Prince Frederick Ofnabrug Great Britain Thomas Bruce Lord Bruce Earl Ailesbury Buckingham Thomas Lord Hyde Charlotte Earl of Clarendon Robert Lord Trevor Viscount Hampden Great Little Hampden Admiralty Ofice Shuldham Halifax Furneaux Syren Philadelphia Charles Town South Carolina Continental Congres Clinton North America Barkley Scarborough Savannah Georgia Tyringham Howe Glasgow Block N. W Jill Columbus Alfred Rhode Island Bnow S.S. W Hopkins Odamons Whipple Annadona Biddle Cabot Brig Hopkinsyun Providence Foop Hazard Young Antigua

Quebec Affairs and Counterclaims in Extraordinary Gazette

A London Gazette Extraordinary dated June 10 1776 recounts Major Caldwell and a Canadian militia siege at Quebec with British and loyalist praise for defense. It details rebels at St Louis St John and Dechambault retreat, batteries on the river, and a failed fireship attempt along with praise for Maclean Blaastone and others, while Carleton’s dispatches are cited and a postscript criticizes the account as biased and inconsistent.

Whitehall Caldwell Canada Quebec Hunter Casleton Lord George Germaine Carleton Howe Astee Lie Martin Vnslan St. Louis Mary Dechambault Falls of Richelieu Fielors Halifax Newfoundland St. Roque St. John Marth St. Laurence Maclean Blaauston Teamen Wlalf Hallifax Quebsé Caprouge Agnold St. Rock's Arnold Mr. Montgomery Cape Diamond Ms. Arnold Laws M*dougal Mr. Arnold Phe Treathe Aiteck Nic Montgomery C. G.C Plains of Canada Dechambaule Twenty-Ninth St. Charles Gazette

Extraordinary Siege Report From Quebec Suburbs

Summary of a prolonged campaign near Quebec where suburbs have burned and the garrison supplies cut off. The shipping damage in the harbour and the besiegers' halt are noted, while the citadel remains untaken due to its strength and fortune of war.

Quebec

Manors and rents detailed in Crowlands estate record

The text outlines total yearly rents and quit rents for several manors over ten years, noting most copyhold estates are derotable and the chief manor Crowlands holds Court Leet and Court Baron with whale parish royalty. It lists partial ownership by Wm Finch and others, and directs further particulars to several attorneys in Soham Lincoln's Inn and Cottenham.

Cotatenham Crowlands N. B Cambridge Lyles Lames Cottenham Smithey Fen Holme Thomas Bacchus Finch Ingle Willian Wilkin Soham Robert Knight Lincham Richard Bacchus Richard Edmunds Exchequer Office of Pleas Lincoln’s Inn London Jane King Cottensham Pelhams Gaie Harlestons

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