London May 31 items and Irish Townshend critique
On Tuesday Lord Grantham set out for his embassy in Spain via Paris. The death of Anthony Athley Cooper, Earl of Shaftesbury, with details of his titles and heirs. Reports on meat prices and mackerel premiums, royal benevolence, and a London incident with a journeyman tailor. Boston and American trade items include Captain Nixon's voyage plus American ship losses. Irish politics claim Lord Townshend deceived Parliament, with an extended critique of his administration, finances, and delays on corn and distillery laws.
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Grantham
Spain
Paris
Grosvenor Square
Anthony Athley Cooper
Earl of
Shaftesbury
Baron Ashley of
Winborne St. Giles
Cooper
Pawlet
Baronnet
Dorset
Poole
Susan Noel
Earl of Gainsborough
Mary
Jacob
Folkstone
Court of Common Council
Mackarel
Prince Henry
Prince of Wales
Boston
New-England
House of
House of Representatives
Pullen
Islington
Goswell-street
London
Stotherd Abdy
Anthony Abdy
St. Paul’s
Totten
Tobago
Admiralty
Morgan Waters
Delamee
James Vincent
Bangor
Patrick Doherty
Teresa Lincoln
James Lincoln
Lincoln’s-Inn-square
William Baldwin
Clutterbuck
Stanmore
Middlesex
Atkinson
Strand
Stacy
Drurylane
Thomas Smith
Milk-street
Edsell
New- Cross
Marybone
William Richards
Geneva
Lincoln’s Inn-fields
Jocelyne Man
Snow Hill
George Townsend
Hanover-fire
James Dickenson
Hoxton S Square
J. Hinchlif
Whalebone
Amer.ica
New England
Nixon
Newport
Dartmouth
Spanis Guarda Costas
Hispaniola
Sam-Bay
Silas Butler
William Roberts
Richard Welding
Ephraim Pease
Vineyard
St. Domingo
Philadelphia
Walker
Wilmington
St. Christopher’s
Nevis
Planter
Parham
Antigua
Lord Townshend
Ireland
House of Commons
Lord ‘Fawnthend
Commons
Pblic
Comet sighting echoes across Canterbury and ports
Canterbury reports a recent comet visible with telescope to the south, following a near ecliptic path with 116 degrees 45 minutes right ascension and 27 degrees north declination. Numerous ships depart and arrive at Dover Portsmouth Madeira Philadelphia Oporto Boston Jamaica Barbadoes and other ports as crews report sightings and expect further observations.
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Country News
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Tenterden
Dover
Salisbury
Coombs
Virginia
Orange Bay
Somervile
Jamaica
Portsmouth
Malaga
Strong
Cadiz
Philadelphia
Colston
Carr
Bristol
Madeira
Good Intent
Belton
London
Tortola
Reward
Anderson
Lancaster
Rawlinson
Copeland
St. Vincent's
Oporto
Anne
Barnard
Arabella
Bradshaw
St. Joas Baptista
Pereira
Fair American
Minshall
South Carolina
Enny
Hunter
Georgia
St. Anna
Dacosta
Lymouth
Boston
Industry
Covel
Rhode Island
Mary
Cornel
George, Green
Diana
Hathaway
Abigail
Allen
Barbadoes
Clarke
Cleopatra
Briggs
Africa
Proposal for Monmouthshire Parliamentary Representation
In Piercefield on May 21 1771 the writer addresses the Gentlemen Clerey and Freeholders of Monmouthshire urging attendance at a June 6 meeting to choose a proper person to fill the late member's seat. He requests they declare their sentiments in person or through authorized representatives, valuing their approbation as an honour.
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England
Ireland
Lord Townshend
Commons of Ireland
Commons
House of Commons
Flood
Jefferies
John Fitzgibbon
Johnson
Piercefield
Monmouthshire
Clerey
County of
Monmouth
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