Widespread diplomatic moves and privateering news mix
Reports from Harwich Dunkirk and Brest outline counts of Provi ence and Artois. Horace St. Pal appointed to ambassadorship to France. Emperor of Germany expected by May 4. Privateering activity grows with letters of marque, while Franklin’s permission widens captains’ access. Royal court notes, city resolutions, and trials add to a tense transatlantic frame.
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Wenterdayt
Duke of ‘Cumberland
Spa
Germany
Westerday
Horace St. Pal
France
Sive
Ely
Boric St Padl
Gercyany
de Provience
D’ Artois
Harwich
Dunkirk
Cha
Sands
Cunningham
Lloyd's Coffee-House
Dunskirk
Franklin
Abe
Brufflsy
Spain
Maria ‘Frances‘Antoinetta
Tafasita
Portal
Ocober Port
Madrid
Isan
House of Austria
Don Cevados
Portugal
America
Sir George Howard
Blackheath
Kent
Amesicae
Guildhail
Fletcher Norton
House of Commons
Sir Fletcher Norton
Houshold
Great-Britain
Bourdeaux
Bostonians
Petits Maitres
London Gazette Paragraph Questioned in Aberdeen Lesson
The Edinburgh Advertiser disputes a London Gazette notice claiming Robert Hamilton was appointed professor of mathematics at Marischal College Aberdeen. It asserts the claim is false, that Mr Trail is healthy, and that the appointment is decided by Aberdeen magistrates and council, not the King. The piece likens the Gazette to the Brussels Gazette for falsehoods and urges caution to avoid harming individuals.
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London
Robert Hamilton
Marischall College
University “of
Aberdeen
William ‘Trail
Trail
London Gazette
House of Commons
Brussels
Edinburgh Advertier
Bankrupt Surname List From London Guildhall Proceedings
An OCR fragment lists numerous bankruptcies and surrenders in London and surrounding towns. Names include Thomas Payne of Bow-lane London silkman, John Horshinelate of St George Hanover Square, Samuel Morgan of Portsmouth, Peter Dowryy of Spitalfields, Hyman, Joyses of Coventry, George Line of Mickle Trafford, and others. Dates span May to June with surrender or adjudication times at Guildhall London, Guildhall Coventry, and local inns, reflecting a period bankruptcy schedule.
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S. Thomas Payne
Bow-lane
London
Filkman
Furtrender
Elelven
Gvilthaly
Jahn
St. George
Hanover Square
Church-street
Spitalfields
Farrender
Jone
Guildhall
Coventry
Mer
C. Ferrender Ma
King’s Head
Geores-Line
Mickle
Trafford
Cheshire
faStor
Norhgate
Covent-Garden
Lon
House of Lords May 13 18th century session notes
The House of Lords on Tuesday May 13 considered a bill allowing export of wheat to the East and West Indies, reported road and enclosure bills, and passed a bill prohibiting foreign wrought silks and velvets. It read the Irish tea drawback bill and the small notes bill, plus more road and enclosure measures. A legal cause with Pinckney Wilkinson as appellant and Bryan Alcott as respondent was heard. further proceedings set for tomorrow. May 14 updates mention passage of several tea and small debt bills, and first readings of Commons bills with some committed.
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Adu
Salter
Koike
Taft
American Revenué
Champlan
Lyon
Barlow
Dally
Crosby
Fale Pétre
Hallifax
London
M’laysland
Meinel Bar
Jamaica
West India Packet
Maidstoke
Gardner
England
Chatham
America
John. Elliot
Robert Digby
M’kenzie
Earl of Chatham
Hayes
France
Americas
Lincoln’s. Inn‘ Hall
William Dodd
Old Bailey
Aiten
Robinson
Camrt Ts
Robirson
James Lucas
Joseph Harris
Robert Hughes
Islington
Shepherd and Shepherders
Sarah Blackburn
Matthew Helmer
Sarah Dean
Thomas Allen Smith
Mary Smith
Wm. Ward
Edward Cook
Henry Taylor
John Cummings
Alex. Ougston
Thomas Thomas
John Willoughby
John Hambourg
Ralph
Allen Mould
Ann Rogers
Mary Johnstone
Sarah Burke
Sarah Wake
George Hawkins
Meftis, Laforest and Partners
Lord Weymouth
Newgate
Mary Thomas
Bow Street
Simmons
Sykes
Jamies Fell
Zinfomie
Pinckney Wilkinson
Bryan Alcott
Kedveraay
Lincolnshire
Kensington
Chester Canal
Warwick
Clerkenwell
Pinckeney
Bryant Allot
Commons
House of Commons May 13 Read Second Time on Sewer Bill
In a Tuesday session the House read a second time the bill to explain and amend sewer laws. It then took a committee of the whole through indemnity expiring laws mariners prize capture and papist deeds bills with amendments. Deferred report on currans raisins figs and prunes to Thursday and considered a dye and calico printer bill to employ journeymen without full apprenticeships. Copies of East India House papers and the Attorney General opinion were ordered laid before the House.
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Surry
Middlesex
Essex
Kent
East India House
Madras
Budget debates flood the Commons galleries in May
Crowded lobby and galleries hear Lord North unveil a sweeping budget. The plan includes new taxes on servants, glass, stamps, auctions, and a plate tax while proposing a five million loan and a lottery scheme. Key figures Fox, Burke, and Barre debated as ministers, nobles, and ambassadors filled the chamber.
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Lord
Scotland
Lord North
Fox
Fenkinson
Burke
Barre
George Germaine
Law
Duke of ‘Manchester
Lord Camden
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Brey
Isle of Man
John Wood
John
Mackeath
Rupcet
Ways and Means
Norry
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