The American conquest fantasy and mercantile logic
In this letter from Feb 22 1776 a Sugar Colonist argues America does not seek independence now, fears violent estrangement from Britain, and warns that war harms both sides. He mocks demagoguery, then imagines a mercantile calculation of war costs including treasure, trade, navy, and famine risks while defending the empire’s dignity. The Viet-India Merchant adds tone.
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America
England
Atlantic
New
Lloyd’s
Tax proposal on wooden faces satire prompts pension remark
A London Evening Post letter mocks wartime taxation and suggests absurd levies such as a per person tax to wear wooden faces, estimating it could raise about a million pounds annually. The author hints at a pension if approved, referencing Dr Johnson.
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America
Sweden
Great Britain
N AN Of HER. A Scots tool and the worst of men
A fragmentary verse line contemplates a feared character. The speaker questions a Scotchmeane device and labels the man as mean or worse, implying suspicion and moral judgment within a terse dialogue. The text preserves period voice and terse rhetoric.
Stormy Sky Sings Like a Sailor Poet
A mock description mimics a storm's sublime roar with whirling winds and thunder. Bulky Boreas, Aquarius, and raging clouds spark vivid color imagery as hogs and men seek shelter from the tumultuous sky.
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Boreas
Aquarius
Philosophical Transactions 1775 Part II Notice
Publication notice for Philosophical Transactions volume LXV part two issued this day. price four shillings sixpence. printed for Lickyer Davis in Holbein by Royal Society printer. announces forthcoming work An Ace out of some German Volcanos with copper plates. connected to Sir William Hamilton observations on Italian volcanos.
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Philosophical Transactions
Lickyer Davis
Holbein
Royal S.citey A
W. T Hamisen
Old England
Charles
Buckineghimshire
Kino
Hilliard
Leadenhall Market
Whitechapel
Yetterday
Queenstreet
Cheapside
Samuel Abbot
Navy Oukce
Hayes
Middletex
Thomas Ludford
Westminger Abbey
Mr. Eastgate
Strand
Newcastle
York Castle
Joshua Horton
Howroyde
Robert Iredale
Sowerby
Halifax
Woolcomber
York
Willoughby
Raper
Clough
Swan
James Calliwell
Kedale
Cortes of Europe Echo and War Rumors From the Ports
Postscript letters from Feb 2 to March 4 report Prince Lobkowitz expected from Vienna to renew negotiations while Cronstadt arms galleys for sea. Genoa hosts Admiral Mann with Medway and other ships. Cadiz shows about thirty ships in harbor. Paris notes Europe’s one million nine hundred ten thousand soldiers and costs, with Duke de Chartres bound for Toulon and a squadron to cruise Atlantic. Court reports trials, tax chatter, crime, prices, and naval news in Portmouth and London.
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Mediterranean
Medway
Cadiz
Paris
Icis
Europe
England
Duke de Chartres
Toulon
Brest
Cruize
Portsmouth
Yetterday
Spithead
Isisman
Douglas
Carrysfort
Speedwell
Shrewsbury
Jones
Lioness
Larkin
London
Webb
Downs
Coast
Bay
Duke of Gratton
Bull
St. Helena
Bencoolen
Barbadoes
Quebec
Dominica
Grenada
Nevis
Jamaica
Ancona
Teneriffe
Africa
Prince of Wales
Court
Dover
Prince Masterano
Dawson
Seville
Mitchell
Albany
Liverpool
Cape Clear
Ireland
Cabbin
Boy
Martinico
Guadaloupe
Havannah
Lord Mansfield
Guildhall
Thomas Church
Richard Bell
Protest against British support for American war measures
London speech denounces the Confederation of Treaties proposal to station 17,000 foreign troops in America. The speaker laments the administration’s cruelty, tyranny, and Protestant bloodshed, warning of poverty, slavery, and conquest if opposition fails, and pledges continued support for ministerial despotism.
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Diderman Bull
America
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Abhorrence of War Measures Against America
The speaker denounces the ongoing war as oppressive and declares readiness to sacrifice for liberty. He condemns Russian and German actions and warns against rulers subduing English freedom. He pledges opposition to policies harming commerce, constitutional spirit, and British honor and dignity.
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House of Brunswick
America
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