Extracts from a Paris letter and Dutch canal news
An extensive portmanteau item reports on Paris clerical and parliamentary tensions with strong anti clerical sentiment, plus Rotterdam Amsterdam notes on canal works, Dutch Prussian trade and Prussia river projects. Other items include London civic matters, court cases, weddings, deaths, a rumored royal arrival, and colonial trade notices.
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Council’ of
Ampterdam
Low Countries
Sluice
Digue
Marquis de Botta
Prutsia
Uker
Prentilaw
Ukermond
Jamaica
Musqueto
Aid
Portmouth
Plymouth
Dover
West Indies
Woolwich
Harwich
Guild-Hall
Robert Alsop
Paul Juliet
Poole
Treasury
Mr. Roberts
Juliet
Cambridge
Seaton
Smart
Pembroke Hall
Order of
Edward Vernon
Royal Exchange
Queen Elizabeth
Westminster School
St. Leonard
Shoreditch
Draper’s Hall
Throgmorton-Street
Wells
Shad- Thames
Wafs
Wandworth
John Borlace Warren
Stapleford
Nottingham
Bridget Rofell
Garvase Rofell
John Ives
Ware
Sukey Grindal
Hoxton
Henry Aftell
Bread Street
Joseph Hopkins
Enfield
Charles Wilkins
Buffel- Court
Drury-Lane
Lawthorn
Thistle and Crown
London Winter Hopes Amid Inconveniences and Reform Talk
A fragmented 18th century letter laments rising hardships as winter deepens. It alleges embezzlement by authorities under pretenses of aiding the poor, chronic turnpike delays, and punitive laws limiting access to justice. References mention Pacole's dispatches and political figures facing peril.
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Thistle and Crown
Thomas Powel
Nanteos
Cardigan
Watkin Williams Wynn
Stoous
Kentift
Peechleq
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
White Horse
St. John’s Street
Old Palace-yard
Westminster Hall
John Marriot
Stepney
Lester
Whitechapel
Stepney Fields
Mary Lyons
Gates House
Westminster
Joseph St. Lawrence
Isaac Lyons
James Smith
Gatehouse
Justice Carscaffe
New Road
St. George’s Fields
Westenay Joseph Puller
Mary Harrison
Gagl
Upda
Puller
Southwark
East-India Company
Prince Henry Indiaman
Bert
Erith
Deptford
Murray
Cape Fear
London
Elief
Pacole
Venus