War News and Military Dispatches 1759 Report
Army under Brigadier General Haldane suffers 22 killed and about 40 wounded after a port assault. French casualties greater. Plaistow of Col. Ross’s Regiment among slain. Massachusetts levying troops for 1759 with bounties and militia draughts. St Eustatius kept watch preventing French provisions shipments to Martinique. Creek Indians and Spaniards clash near South Carolina. Major Rogers returns from a scout with 30 enemy killed or captured. three killed locally and fourteen frost-bitten. 700 French Indians reportedly moving from Ticonderoga to disrupt convoys between Stillwater and Saratoga. ports near Albany placed on guard.
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Haldane
Jamaica
Sieur. Plaistow
St Eustatia
Martinico
South. Carolina
Albany
Fort Edward
Rogers
Ticonderoga
Stillwa Er
Saraghtoga
James Sheile Dies at Ballybooden Kilkenny Farmer Aged 136
iRELANDOD Dublin May 1 reports the death at his Ballybooden house near Knockcopher Kilkenny of James Sheile a farmer aged 136 years. The notice notes his long life and local residence.
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Irelandod
Dublin
Ballybooden
Knockcopher
Kilkenny
James Sheile
Meteoric Displays Over Longdon Seen After Thunderclap
On Friday fortnight at about four in the afternoon residents of Longdon observed a bright colour meteor with a flat crown-like shape, four sequential bodies traveling from west to east along the same path for about 30 seconds before vanishing into a cloud, accompanied by a heavy thunderclap.
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Country News
Birmingham
Longdon
Port News from Falmouth to Plymouth and Deal
May 5 1798 arrivals include Earl of Leicester Packet from New York and Duke of Cumberland from Caxonua. Achilles and prize proceed to Plymouth. Plymouth May 6 reports Achilles Man of War and Zephyr Frigate from Portsmouth, Diligence from Milford for London. Deal May 8 lists multiple vessels bound for Pool Plymouth Bristol Carmarthen Falmouth Portsmouth and South, with Nottingham, Wolf Sloop, and Dutch Indiaman in company. Wind directions vary N W and S by E.
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Falmouth
Earl of Leicester
New York
Duke of Cumberland
Coxunna
Achilles
Plymouth
Wind N. W
Plmouth
Zephyr
Porsmouth
Diligence
Johnson
Milford
London
Deal
William and Thomas
Hewlet
Hyde
Pool
Richard
Elizabeth
Eynon
Joseph
Mary
Badcock
Sarah
Holloway
Bee
Davis
William
Rose
Portsmouth
Montagu
Beffam
Briannia
Clement
Plyswouth
Sherborn
Carmarthen
Nancy
Pollard
Drake
Palmer
Bristol
Styles
Nottingham
Wolf
Wind S
Letters from New York describe Caribbean prize actions
The Mail of Yesterday reports a French fleet from St Domingo and Cape Francois split from convoy and attacked by privateers. The ship Juan from Cape to Marseilles, armed with 16 6 and 9 pounders and 64 men, was captured February 21 and valued as a top prize. Other notes include the Elizabeth retaken by a Guernsey privateer into Scilly, and updates on Madrid letters, Hispaniola trade turns, and Russian actions in Azov/Damitz. A church notice follows about Rev John Hawes.
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London
New-York
St. Domingo
Cape Francois
Juan
Cape
Marseilles
Elizabeth
Richards
Bristol
Lisbon
Guernsey
Scilly
Duke of Cumberland
Boar
Goodridge
Falmouth
Corunna
Madrid
Munster
Rhine
d’Ecrees
England
Damzick
RuMiahs
John Hawes
Oxford Chaplain Receives Multiple Rectories and Appointments
Oxford official notes convey Chaplain to Henry Farr taking the Rectory of Fugglettune St. Peter with unions in the Wales Salisbury diocese, worth 350 per year. Also Rev Judson to Vicarage of Hanny cum Capella Lyford Berks worth over 1000 per year. William Dilke of Maxstock Castle marries Miss Lee at Packwood. L Hair, a noted stock broker, dies at his Arundel Street residence.
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Oxford
Henry Farr
Pembroke
Fugglettune St. Peter
Bemmerton
Wilton St. Mary
Neihirhampton
Bull- Bridge
Dutchampton
Salisbury
Hanny Cum Capella Lyford
Berks
Packwood
William Dilke
Maxstock Castle
Miss Lee
Fetherstone Lee, Lly
Arundel Street
L. Hair
Essay on speedy justice and Dutch prize case debate
A Britanicus letter argues that swift impartial justice best preserves rights and limits costs. He warns against delaying judgments via circuit courts, favors valuing private rights through public funds, and urges delivering captured Dutch vessels only if fully valued and with public payback.
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Court of Admiralty
Sam
Britanicus
The New Oxford Guide and Companion through the University
An 18th century prospectus describing a guide to Oxford colleges halls and public buildings with historical anecdotes engravings and tours to nearby seats of nobility. It lists publishers and places in Oxford London and Paternoster Row and credits a gentleman of Oxford.
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Pullifo
Price
Oxford
Bienheim
Dirchley
Son
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Providence
Rawle
Spithead
Saran
Thackston
Oporto
Alderney
Roberts
Turvin
Brooker
Exon
Dragon
Johnston
Biddeford
Southampton
Grand Duke
Whitechurch
East Indies
Gely
St. Andrew
Margaret
Hubbard
Richardson
Poole
Colbrath
Cork
Susan
Scarwell
Bowen
India
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