Grand Signior s Eldest Sister Dies in Her 58th Year
A lengthy Overseas news digest reports the Grand Signior s eldest sister died here last Wednesday at age 58, leaving a vast fortune. The Sultan honors loyal servants with titles and governance, while the Hafine Kialibi is made Bathaw of Three Tails and to govern Terrhals.
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Terrhals
Ireland
Dublin
William Waters
Tholfel
Batchelor’s Walk
Liffey-Street
Afton’s Quay
Porter’s Row
Mary Street
Crumlin
Newgate
Echiin
St. Catherine’s
Earl of Meath
Nicholas Keating
Trench
Col, Power
Richard Trench
Efy
Notable French Preceptor in England and Other 18th Century News
Country news from Newcastle reports the death of M Louis de Chezeau, a Protestant nobleman who fled France during persecution, tutored Russian princes, lived in London, and taught French in the town for 25 years. Also from Orkneys, a 300-ton ship laden with coal and grindstones was lost with crew saved. Greenock notes Captain Campbell of a royal yacht seized rum and brandy at Tarbat. Wick near Worcester chronicles a smuggler’s brutal demand for gold, forcing a mistress to pay and threatening murder if pursued.
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Newcastle
Fe’might
M. Louis de Chezeau
Barrois
France
Lewis
Russia
Repnin
Germany
Orkneys
Boston
New England
Greenock
Campbell
Majesy
Tarbat
Man
Luttage
Wick
Worcester
Fire damages in Parisa Grinton and other late 18th century notices
Bristol reports a fire in Parisa Grinton Somerfeithire burning five apartments owned by Mr James Twyford and a nearby house with household goods lost. A mentally disturbed woman linked to the fires confessed prior threats against her husband and child. An unrelated tale from Wales notes a man found tied neck and heels after a robbery murder. Sickness among horses and fevers in Moding or Biediog are also mentioned along with staggers and losses in Kingswood collieries.
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Bristol
Grinton
Somerfeithire
James Twyford
Wales
Abergavenny
Brecknock
Kingswood
Curious London Letters Predicting Quiet Yet Big Events
Readers in a county famed for peace and unity await accounts of the poor rates and a looming assembly. Letters hint at resignations by a chancellor, a pivotal Scottish peer replacement, and political maneuvering, with notices of deaths, crimes, and a wealth of antique coins found along a military road near Carlisle. The report blends social detail with court intrigue and local misdeeds.
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Zngland
Paris
Aftreport
Count de Dienrepas
Peter
Scotland
Duke of Gordon
Willes
Umfreville
Crane-Court
Court of Common Pleas
Turck
Pennyfarthing Street
Oxford
Farrar
Holloway
Duke of Newcastle
Calais
Fubbs
Lambeth-Chapel
Thomas Herring
Grace
Archbishop of Canterbury
Torriano
John Tox+riano
Camberwell
Tatt
Waite
Ac Yds
Ireland
Puesday
Hs Wirg's Bench
Southwark
Boyce
Beadle
Joiners Company
Laft
Wilmwa Woolford
Barbadoes
Alban
Wood-Street
St. Paul’s
Law
Barbadoss
New England
Rhode Island
Providence
Emilion
Carlisle
Heddon
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Constantinople
Viena
Upper Austria
Golyane
Bonn
Mergentheim
Munich
Gergun
Hamburgh
Mecklembourg
Schwerch
Christina-Charlotta- Louisa
Brunswick
Wolfmburtel
Rome
Albano
Turin
Perons
Toulon
Sallee
M.moellen
D. M. Kerantret
Marseilles
Tours
Sens
St. Jean En Greve
Hague
Holland
Zealand
States General
Republic
Plantation News
Hebron
Conneticut
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