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London to the People of England 1757 News Digest
A long London broadside reports April 6 to April 30 updates from Europe and ports. It covers commerce tensions with Flanders, troop movements from Moscow to Martinique and Canada, Portuguese earthquakes near Lisbon, English privateering and official responses, ship arrivals and losses, bread and wheat price unrest in Bath and Hereford, and naval activity around Cork Leghorn and the Orkneys. It also notes privateer chatter and indigo shipments from Carolina, with multiple city letters praising recent administrations and urging support for capable ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Petersourgh
Wolfe
Moscow
Genoa
Turin
Paris
France
Republick
Lisbon
Carcas
Rio de Janeiro
Aix
Martinico
Canada
Dunkirk
Wickham
Felo De-Fe
Jesus Christ
Newcastle
Norham Church
Christopher Reed
Chipchace
Efy
Blake
Francis Blake
Twifcl
Mermaid of
Shields
Carr
Dimlington
James
Charles Thompsons
London
Gloucester
Hereford
Bristol
Bohemia
St. James’s
Straits
Admiral Saunders
Admiral Holbourne
Cork
Leghorn
Whitby
Scarborough
Sunderland
Hartlepool
Cromer
Dunn
South Carolina
Orkneys
Leith
Bergen
Carolina
Dartmouth
Berryhead
Skinner
Morlaix
Barnard
Gling
Seporeal
Lock
Hart
Lockhart