Despatches From The Hague And London News
Extract of a June 28 letter from the Hague reports willingness of the States-General to seek terms with the Allies but fear from a victorious army silencing peace. Mont de Chavigny pressed for British fleet recall from Lisbon in exchange for French guarantees to Portugal. Norris prepares a stronger squadron. Reports from Dresden describe a catastrophic rainstorm flooding rivers, killing cattle, and a vermin infestation near Elbe. Hanover notes Borcke’s arrival and a royal review. Lisbon-bound ships ready for duty. Philadelphia dispatches cover a murder case, a church market and local fires, and the ongoing impressment for Norris’s squadron. London notes sheriff elections, marriages, estates, and court matters. royal events in Hanover, and births and deaths among the gentry. Georgia reports Savannah’s progress and friendly relations with local tribes.
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Mont de Chavigny
Great Britain
Lisbon
France
Brazil
Portugal
Hanover
Norris
Dresden
Elbe
Bohemia
M. Borcke
Prissin
England
London
Guildhall
City of London
Middlesex
John Barnard
Dowgate
Robert Godscall
Bishopsgate
Thomas Marlar
Johnson
Deceas
Nicholas Joke
Inner-Temple
Cockman
Stewart
John Norris
West-Indies
Sir John Norris
Viscount Harcourt
Chancery
Earl of Pembroke
Harry Beauclerk
Foot Guards
Samuel Garrard, Bart
Samuel Garrard, Bart. Made Lieutenant To the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners
Robert Rich
Regiment of Dragoons
Evans
Legge
Pulborough
Petworth
Sussex
Mofe
John Dry
St. John’s College, Oxford
St. Sepulchre’s
Nicholson
Sir Robert Corbet, Bart
Henry Hale
William of
Board of Works
Palace Royal
Hampton Court
William Trumbull
William the Third
Viscount Blundell
Gerrard-street
Mary
Blundell
Judith Trumbull
Corterel
Earl of
South Carolina
Robert Johnson
Charles Town
Adlington
Wigan
Lancashire
William Clayton
Richard Clayton
Middle Temple
New Court
Exeter
John Shapleith
Temple
Georgia
Siece of Wales
Dunbar
Savannah