Speech on American affairs rouses calls to defend rights
The Free Citizen reprints a London Evening Post letter by a lordly speaker denouncing taxation without representation and urging restraint for Britain. The piece critiques ministry plans, warns of costly campaigns against America and Canada, and defends colonial rights while urging restoration of American privileges.
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America
Canada
New York
Howe
North America
Europe
France
Great Britain
Portugal
England
Spain
Uniform Prayer Provisions for General Fair Sermons
A letter to the printer requests Archbishops and Bishops to prepare a uniform form of prayer for the General Fair and urges preachers to base sermons on Isaiah chapter 58 verse 1, with Westminster speakers adding verse six, to reduce debate and curb strife in religious services.
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Isaiah
Westminster
War fears and naval plans dominate European dispatches
Postcrint reports from Madrid Cadiz and Barcelona detail troop movements, armament orders, and potential campaigns on the Portuguese frontier. Paris dispatches note new artillery formations and marine reforms while Spain prepares a large fleet for Cadiz. Britain’s political scene shows Howe’s army divided, debates on peace with America, and local election results as merchants report stock and coin movements.
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Holland
Madrid
Cadiz
Portugal
Barcelona
Zamora
Kingdom of Leon
Portugae
Minho
Douro
Miranda
Carthagena
Paris
Toulon
Come de St. Germaine
Marseilles
Whitechapel
Harefield
Middlesex
Owen
His Majesty’s Navy
Philip Jennings Clerke
Thomas Cookanell
Plaisterer
Queen-street
the Park
Southwark
Elias Archer
Rose-street
Covent-Garden
Martha Parsons
Ham
Essex
Gray
Barnet
Hazard and Co
Royal Exchange
N.B
Hazard
Cowes
Thomas Elding
New York
S6th
Howe
Philadelphia
Jerseys
Ceres
Holmes
Lynn
Tenby
Sally
Roe
Falmouth
Edinburgh
India Annuities India
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J. Almon
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Riccadilly
L.O.N
Howes
Congress
Washington
King’s Bridge
Lord Sandwich
Walter Nugent
Marines
Lord Clare
Portsmouth
Elding
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Free State
York
Sury
Exeter
Baring
Cholwich
Silbury-hill
Mendip
Devizes
Marbro
Soul Ota Gioditto
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