Conversational debate on colonial governance and virtual rule
A dialogue among figures labeled A to E discusses the balance of power in American territories, the concept of a supreme governing authority, and the idea of virtual versus actual representation. They consider conquest, taxation, land ownership, and the potential for colonists to resist a distant Parliament through virtue and numbers. The exchange ends with a Latin flourish and a concluding note that the crown may seek peaceful times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Commonwealth
England
America
Suetonius
Ode to His Majesty's Birthday Performance at Crown and Hort
A satirical ode performed at Crown and Hort in King's Street on June 4 1776 praising and poking fun at George III and Brunswick while noting the celebratory mood among loyalists and friends amid mentions of traders debt and martial readiness in a colonial era London setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Magesty
Crown and Hort
King’street
Gop
George
Toasts of Hell and Hypocrisy in a Demon Regale
An excerpt from the London Evening Post presents a mock epic of infernal toasts. Beelzebub, Mammon, Belial and other fiends toast vices and a central corrupted idol. Satan proclaims a crowning flame as the essence of Hell, praising a famed temptress. The verse revels in dark satire and blasphemous bravado amid pandemonium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atan
Hell
Beelzebub
Baal
Earth
Ashteroth
Dagon
Fatsnoop
Satan
News From The Province And Port Towns Amid War Turmoil
Letters and reports describe privateers to ransom ships at half value or scuttle cargoes if refused. Provincials praised for courage despite sieges and retreats. Updates from Quebec, Burgoyne, Hopkins privateers successes, and a deadly drowning in Milton. Prices, stock quotes, and local notices close with ship movements and crimes in Newcastle and London areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Portmouth
Boyle
Quebec
St. Laurence
Commodore Hopkins
New London
Virginia
Duara
Liperty
Hell Inks Bumper Toast To Premier Beauty, Cambridge
A fragmentary verse set in Cambridge depicts hellish revelry honoring a premier beauty. The lines mock vanity as fiends toast a famed figure, with Hell amplifying her infamous reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell
Chen
Cambridge
Second Voyage Round the World 1772 1775 by James Cook
The text advertises a publication of James Cook's account of his second voyage around the world for the years 1772 to 1775. It notes price six shillings and six pence in hoards and references Dr Hawkeworth's Publications. Copies are offered by J Almon Piccadilly London and Fletcher Hodden Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawkeworth
James C.U GK
Eta
J. Almon
Piccadilly
London
Fletcher and Hodf
Cambridge
Portscript May 16 to May 31 1780s Lisbon rumors
Letters from Madrid and Paris report British Spanish tension and possible war rumors. Vessels admitted to Lisbon spark conjecture about Spain England. Reports claim Cadiz squadron to sail to train sailors and dispute between courts. Duke de Choiseul expected at Versailles then to Chanteloup return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ylelland
Madrid
Lisbon
England
Paris
Cadiz
Spain
Englis
Duke de Choiseul
Versailles
Chanteloux
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Acé
Bairain
Gaston—BuwnwkeEr
Sanpwicu
Germaine
Arns
Winden
Mansfield
Jenkinson
Pincuey
Atlantic
Brunswick’s. King
Cyprus
Great
Brunswick
Huntingdon
Bee
Great Britain
London Evening Post
Don
Philadelphia
General Wolfe
Dyer
Cape Nichola Mole
Antigua
Wolfe
Bunker’s Hill
Lord Pit
Col
Miles
Lord Chatham
House of Lords
Clyde
Scotland
Matin White
Milton
Eig
Fart India Company
Cullen
Wim. Middleton
Les
Pennington
Mue 2Nd Road
Roy
Whitechapel
Harcourt
Newcastle
St. Catherine’s
James-street
Bedford-raw
Yetterday
Newington
Laithwaite
Robert Knowles
Ocober
Bank of England
Knowles
Funello
S. W
Colebrooke
Swift
Piper
Experiment
Moore
Granada
His Majesty
Lynx
Downs
Priscilla
Wheatly
Hannah
Hislope
D. Boer
Margaretta
Alicia
Stolle
Lively
Hall
India
South Sea
Ditto
Consol
Ihut
Prem
Navy
Aif
Portscript
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