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London News Roundup of May 15 18th Century Chronicle
Friday May 15 in London reports on royal review schedules at Blackheath involving four troops of horse and guards. It notes political moves including Chiltern Hundreds accepted for Aldborough to aid Bradshaw upon his Admiralty Board elevation. Letters from Philadelphia and Wilmington describe slave-like confinement of British subjects in Porto Rico and formal thanks from the governor and Earl of Rochford to provincial troops for May operations. Marine traffic and ship losses are noted alongside city council matters on land, millers fined for flour exports, and multiple local marriages and deaths with various addresses.
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Blackheath
Chiltern
Aldborough
Suffolk
Bradshaw
Admiralty Board
Sabath
Cornwall
Philadelphia
New York Gazette
Johnson
St. Christopher’s
St. Eustatia
Porto Rico
Wilmington
North Carolina
General Assembly
Council
House of Assembly
Gov. Tryon
Earl of Rochford
Newbern
Jo. Martin
Grenada
Barbadoes
Tobago
Parke
Goodwin Sands
Jordan
Newcastle
Riga
Norway
Court of Common-council
Alderman Alsop
Bridge-House
St. George’s Fields
Surry
Bellas
Hampshire
Robert Colgrave
Ingatestone
Petre
Bell House
Ongar
Pinches
Black Horse
Strand
Howard
Ruffel-street
Romford
Essex
George Aylett
Hardwick
Salop
Edward Kynatton
County of
Montgomery
Saller
Broad-street
White Hind-court
Bishopsgate Street
Richardson