Indignation Over Riot Prosecution and Scotch Justice
The London Evening issue denounces a ministerial crackdown as tyranny and vile hypocrisy. It blasts Scottish influence in law, urges public action over legal process, and condemns the Crown for pursuing riots while defending heavy-handed oppression. The piece laments flawed indictments and risks to young men facing legal peril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tieve
Hey
Fey
England
Asia
America
Tird
Constantinople
Middlesex
Plain Dealer Chronicle: Early Scottish Trade Figures Highlighted
Fragmentary OCR note mentions preserved contracts, a tyrant of the Juffitia, and first Sco.ch GALLY on the Tuames. Likely a historical item noting plain dealer activities, with unclear names and dates due to damaged text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Che
Tyrent
Juffitia
Sco
Tuames
Plain Dealer
Public Office Notice of Livestock Theft Reward
Public Office Bow street March 24 1779 announces the theft of three horses a sorrel gelding a bay gelding and an entire roan filly all aged 2 3 and 4 years with no brands offered two guineas reward per animal for apprehension of offenders and recovery of the stock. also an estate rental ad seeking a four room house with land near a market town within 15 to 60 miles of London addressed to Langford Covent Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Street
Tolen
Matthew Twidall
Nightingale Hall
Tottenham
Middlesex
Twidall
Wiliam Baines
London
Messrs
Lang
Martinique
D’estaing
Rowley
Dominique
Admiralty
Admiral Keppel
Hugh Palliser
Portsmouth
Alicant
Marseilles
Mediterranean
Gibraltar
Saint Florentine
Cape Francois
Naniz
Mount’s Bay
Count D’estaing
Fox
Pells
Ireland
Charles Jenkinson
House of Commons
Lord Harrington
Henry Rix
Ria
City of London
Samuel Driver
Kent Road
Universal History fifth volume announced with copper plates
An April publication promotes the fifth volume of a new edition of Universal History Ancient and Modern with eight copper plates and an iron Lifpiece designed by Barry and engraved by Culyer. It notes a fifty volume plan, octavo printing, five shillings per volume, monthly releases starting April, with subscriber lists and maps postponed to the work’s conclusion for accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry
Culyer
England
Scotland
Ireland
G. Robinson
Neves
Chat’s, &c
Prince Bishop Elected in Wurtzbourg City
Postscript reports March 15 from Ratisoan about the unanimous election of Baron Louis Charles d Ertyral as Prince Bishop of Wurtzbourg replacing the late Count de Seinheim. Paris items note a January French squadron departure and a planned loan of forty millions in annuities at ten percent.
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Ratisoan
Wurtzbourg
Louis Charles d’Ertyral
Count de Seinheim
Paris
Fort Royal
London Letter From Garne's New York Gazette
Philadelphia January 12 1779 dispatch reports a formal letter opening with satisfaction and commends proceedings in trade and public affairs amid the ongoing American context. The correspondence reflects colonial letters and transatlantic communication during the revolutionary era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garne
NEW York Gazette
Philadelphia
Congress Disavows Publications In France Alliance Row
In 1779 Congress disavowed claims of impropriety linked to French- allied papers and declared they would not treat with Britain without France. Gerard and Jay exchanges show mutual confidence, while warnings on insult to allies and the need to preserve reputation accompany reports from Hartford and Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Congress
Congress
Pensylvania
Deane
T. Payne
Committee For Foreign Affairs
France
United States
America
Charles Thomson
Sieur Gerard
Great Britain
American Night at Concert Hall Honours Visitors
An event in honor of the United States featured four toasts at a November evening ball at Concert Hall hosted by General Hancock. Present were Count DEstaing and French naval officers, with over a hundred town ladies in elegant dress, showcasing American female grace and beauty.
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Hartford
Washington
Clinton
Heath
Virinia
Gates
Boston
Trumbull
United States of America
Hancock
Count D’estaing
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Blom
Robert Edmeades
Feedman
Fith-freet-hill
Lonon
Wakefield
Yorkshire
Black Bull
John Hall
Joseph Hargrave
Covertry Cross
Chandos-street
Govent Garden
N.B
Sandy Hook
Lord Howe
Toulon
J. Alison
Burlington
Piccadilly
J. Rew
Paterr
Holland
John Jay
Gerard
Order of
Sec
Boston Gazette
Jacob
Hemet
Dentisz
Amelia
W. Bayley
Cockspur-street
Charing-cross
Caradoc
Anouitte
Consol
Nicholson and Co
Ditto
India
South Sea
Navy Assurance
Scrip
King’s Arms
Cornhill
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