Controversial Letters on War Plans and Ireland in March News
Private Berlin letters claim Duke of Brunswick would command 160,900 troops marching toward Holland and the Low Countries. Reports from Berné note Talbot’s arrival as a diplomat. A Dominica packet ship, the Experiment, captured prizes near St Kitts and Tortola with heavy cargo. Irish unrest and peasant politics are critiqued, while Highland clans, farm districts, and Shetland areas offer support for troops. A Philadelphia brandy ice anecdote and French currency notes appear amid a broader harvest of notices and economic commentary.
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Berlin
Duke of
Brunswick
Holland
Low Countries
Spain
Barcelona
St. Kitt’s
St. Martin’s
Tortola
Ireland
Hamilton Rowan
Araylealope
Philadelphia
Proclamation Urges French Electors to Uphold Constitution
A proclaimed appeal for voters to choices faithful to the Constitution of the Republic. It warns against factional interference, stresses the danger of monarchy or anarchy, and urges electors to select men of proven republicanism and integrity to secure peace, order, and public prosperity. The Directory directs distribution across the Republic.
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Fentofe
France
Conviniiois
Republic
Thesv
Repubbllic
Germinal
Final Result of the United States Presidential Election
The last American Papers report Adams and Pinckney leading with 59 and 59 votes while Jefferson and Burr trail with 30. Congress will declare the two former elected. The notice also mentions military alerts and European contingencies, including Austrian forces and troop readiness.
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United States
Adams
Pinckney
Jefferson
Burr
Congress
Hell
Regiment of Conde
The Late Mrs Pope Acknowledged at Length
A lengthy obituary recalls Mrs Pope born around 1749 and trained as a milliner’s apprentice before rising under Garrick and Moody to star at Drury Lane Capel Street and Covent Garden. It notes her influence on peers like Mrs Kemble Miss Satchell and Miss Walpole and records her death on a Wednesday morning in her 57th year while promising a fuller tribute later. It also mentions Vienna reports that Louis XVI’s daughter may wed the Duke D Angouleme.
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Mite Yonge
Miss Yonge
Thomson
Covent Garden
Virze
Mr. Garrick
Garrick
Dragen
Deury-lané
London
Ireland
Dublin
Litte
Capel-street
Lewis
Gieds
Indien
Miss_ Yonge
Moody
Drury-lane
Drury- Lane
Harris
Kemble
Satchel
Vienna
Louis XVI
Dublin the Lords honor Sir John Jervis officers and crews
The House of Lords voted thanks on Tuesday to Sir John Jervis and his fleet for their gallant conduct against the Spaniards. In Down County the magistrates plan to place the county under the king's peace with a forthcoming proclamation. A Kildare militia corporal shot himself in the abdomen during guard duties. the inquest returned a verdict of Bunancy. A Coroner's Jury found Wilful Murder in the case of Joseph Haughton, slain at Great Stiip-street, with O Neil implicated and subjected to examinations.
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Kildaré
Newgate
Bunacy
Joseph Haughton
Cutter
Stiip-streety
O'Neil
Crampton
Melancholy Tidings of Dr Hamilton Murder Reach City
Dr Hamilton, a respected literary and scientific figure and original Royal Irish Academy member, is reported murdered. Authorities including RG Hill and Lord Cavan, with troops and local yeomanry, investigated and detained a servant amid suspicions of a planned crime tied to a property nearby.
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Hamilton
Donegal
24Th Light Dragoons
Bail
Encailton
Royal
Irih Academy
Ireland
Fleet Ships Return From Cruize to Falmouth Harbor
Falmouth reports arrival of Indefatigable Greyhound Resolutionnaire and Beaulieu frigates from a cruise on March 13. The fleet's return marks a notable naval movement with these named ships present in the harbor.
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Indefatigable
Greyhound
Resvolutionnaire
Beaulieu
Danish ship Two Brothers arrives at Plymouth from Cadiz
The Danish vessel Two Brothers under Captain Severen Baker reached Plymouth on March 14 bound for the Baltic with sall. It sailed on the 17th ultimo and the next day sighted the Spanish fleet off Cape St Vincents, about 17 leagues away, comprising twenty three line-of-battle ships and eight frigates beating toward Cadiz. Three English frigates, likely the Minerva Iphigenia and Niger, were seen cruising, sent by Sir John Jarvis in search of the Santissima Trinidad.
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Two Brothers
Severen Baker
Cadiz
Baltic
Sall
Cape St. Vincents
Minerva
Niger
John Jarvis
Port named ships sail from Portsmouth harbor heading to Lisbon and the Downs
Portsmoth March 15. The Anna Maria For beck and Nicholas and Ano Angle carry planks for the dockyard. Phoenix a 36 gun ship and Dedahis 33 guns sail on a cruise. Calder will join Jervis with Ville de Paris Theseus Bellerophon, Alexander convoy Lisbon. Dart prepares to join the Downs trip. Melepomone and Aquila sail for West Indies tonight.
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Anna Maria
Forbeck
Longfound
Nicholas
Ano
Angle
Christiania
Phoenix
Halsted
Dedahis
Ball
Robert Calder
John Jervis
Ville de Paris
Bowen
Theseus
iDarby
Alexander
Downs
Angel
Drarety
Melepomone
CanthiaSi C
Hamiltons
Aquilar
Craycroft
Tonvéy
Indies
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Blacktone
England
Franklin
Derbyshire
Lancashire
Bath
Mrs. Pope
Treland
Ship News
Ude Walla
Cork
Cuaik
Norfolk
Falmouth
Plymouth
Portsmouth
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