Death of Frederic Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Caribbean fire report
From the London Gazette March 24 details the death of Frederic Duke of Saxe-Gotha at Fridenstein in his 73rd year after a long illness, his near forty years reign noted as beloved by subjects. Also reports a Grenada fire in St George where most town destroyed, losses around 200,900 sterling, and relief measures initiated by Governor Leyborne and Admiral Mann.
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Fridenstein
Frederic Duke of
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Grenada
Mann
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Court and colonial news from London and Atlantic world
Letters from Vienna to Venice discuss reconvention on ambassador privileges. Reports from Charleston and West Florida detail early 1771 assemblies and boundary plans for Choctaw hunting grounds. London notices include bread price rise, public disturbances, ship news, piracy fears, and a dramatic polemical tract urging resistance to trade constraints.
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Thatchers Island
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New England
Cashes Ledge
Ladies Gloves and Paris Toiletries Sold in London
An advertisement proclaims true French gloves preserving hands as soft and white for five shillings a pair. It lists The Queen's Royal Marble Watch-balls, Milk of Roses, Royal Opiate Teeth Cleaner, Liquid of Violets and Jeffamin for hair, sold by Mrs. Larngford at No. 18 Patternoster-row. A note mentions a stock of fine pomatums and powders from Paris.
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Famine and farming reform urged in pivotal London Post critique
The London Evening Post rails at Parliament and the king for famine misery amid pasture expansion. It argues restoration of plow use and tillage is essential to restore plenty, condemning enclosure and grazing as ruinous to England’s wealth and common folk. It warns wealth gaps widen as land is hoarded by landlords and graziers.
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