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Political Echoes and Public Notices From London and Jamaica
Wide ranging 1766 London letter fills news with naval orders, silk stir, church funds and English governance. It notes a proposed revival of silk manufacture, government warrants, and a grand social season at Northumberland House. It cites Jamaica and Georgia letters on schooling, land grants, and colonial governance, plus commentary on excise and Magna Charta from an anonymous correspondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal
Mediterranean
Lloyd’s
Earl of Northumberland
Chating-cross
Duke of Newcastle
Bach
Duchess of Richmond
Louisa Conolly
Goodwood
Sussex
Duke
Duchess of Marlborough
Benheim
Oxfordshire
Pall-mall
Jerusalem
Westminter Abbey
Mazarino
Court of
Madrid
Manilla
Jamaica
Isabella Bay
Hispaniola
St. Kitt’s
Gambia
Portsmouth
Newfoundland
West India
Niger
Bowas
Juno
Flamborough
Mary
Hefernan
London
Dublin
Downs
Ramsgate Harbour
France
London- Bridge
Earl Gower Ld
Landaff
Ravenfivorel
George Pigor
Bart
Gosling
Daniel Burton
John Thorold, Bart
Society
Whitfield
James Wright
Province of Georgia
Turtle River
Lefer Swamp
Alatamaha
Province of
Georgia
Whitefield
Northumberland House
Brussels Gazette
Mark Napier
Cape
Ross
St. Andrew’s Church
Holborn
Chétwood
Stock
Essex
Ann Brown
New Ormond Street
Bedford-row
Dockhead
William Bridges
Leeward Island