London Evening Ledger 1776 Stitch of Sail and Crime
Extra details from November 21 to 23 1776 report shipping orders for double sail production at Chatham and Plymouth and guardships stocked for six months. Notable items include Lt Ralph Paine’s appointment, a Kent Indiaman moved to Blockhouse-hole, a large money discount at the Bank, and a gruesome Pontefract domestic sale of a wife. Reports of assaults, burglaries, arrests, and multiple local notices fill regional pages with court actions and marriages in London.
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London
Puerto
Chatham
Ralph Paine
William Paine
Plymouth
Gosport
Spithead
St. James’s
Jazz
Joan Knot
Pontefract
Robert Rider
Market Cross
George Munell
Oxford
Middlesex Hospital
Litchfield-street
Newgate
James Grant
James Perleaze
Bowsier
Wregthh
Pulham
Zoo
Touglas
Cancun
St. Paul’s
Lindt
Windsor
Rotherhithe
Lawson Norman
Judith Walmoden
Kemble
Cannon-leer
Mits Tougood
Mathew Tougood
Mathew Tougood, Sig
Walthamstow
Mr. Pass
Bridgesstreet
Covent Garden
Mirs
Gam
Harlesdon Green
Joseph Finch
Eig
Holsingbury
Taylor
Rochester
Nathaniel Hawse
Bow
Edmund Smith
Giliot
Charter-house-lane
Hatton-street
Robert Patience
Fleet-street
Long Acre
Walford
Bath Fields
Velafont
Loyalist speech attacks Americans and urges unity and defence
A forceful, heavily religious argument condemns American actions as rebellious and urges concord with the Crown. The writer accuses traitors of exploiting colonists, defends independence as necessary, and calls on clergy to weigh prayers against war. He cites biblical justice and frames resistance as preservation of liberty against oppression.
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Israel
Minden
Observator
Hurricane Rumors Reach Barbadoes And Caribbean
A London letter from November 15 reports a violent hurricane at Barbadoes causing widespread crop and cane damage, with Barbadian, Guadaloupe, and Margarita reports of devastation. Slaves from those colonies face lack of buyers as crops fail and ships sink. Privateers seize multiple ships on the Banks of Newfoundland. Lisbon letters note Newfoundlanders reached by Dove and other ships, later released. Providence Tonkin arrives Bristol from St Vincent without convoy and no privateer contact. Polly and Eliza beth safely reach St Augustine from London.
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Liverpool
Barbadoes
Guadaloupe
Marigaiante
Providence
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