Respectable Fishery Company to Be Established at Swadsea
A respectable company proposes a vigorous fishery at Swadsea in Glanorgan to encourage fishermen to settle there and operate. Five guineas grant to each Alderimin to aid house rent for one year, plus half a guinea monthly premium. Employment with standard fish prices offered, nets and craft provided, with contracts guaranteeing payments for fish caught when using own gear. Apply to William Jones, merchant, Swansea.
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Swadsea
Glanorgan
Alhermin
Caain
William Jones
Swanfesa
Address to the Mayor and Lymington Corporation
A critical notice attacks Sir Harry Burrard and the Lymington corporation over a Gazette entry. It claims venal boroughs and deference to authorities, noting a personal mayoral request and an assembled address at the town hall. The passage lampoons the town’s loyalty and council reliance.
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Isle of Wight
Harry Burrard
Lymington
Lord Chatham
Déreffers
Ava
America
France
Sweden
Russia
England
Engshman
Maidenhead
Berks
Linlithgow
Fife
Stirling
Fortrose
Borough of
Nairn
Liberty and rebellion in Limington November 1775
A contested list of prominent men in Limington shows many placemen in the Salt Duties Customs and Excise. Citizens rise at the Angel Inn with Joseph Hackman chairing a meeting to draft a liberty petition to Edward Morant. The piece condemns ministry flattery and praises liberty, foretelling the decline of tyranny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lymington
the Angel Inn
Joseph Hackman
Edward Morant
Friends of Liberty
Plague reach reports and storm tides across European ports
From Naples to Calamata and Rotterdam reports warn of plague contact via a Dulcinetto vessel, with governments enacting precautions as Calabria lies nearby. Nov 17 Amsterdam flood and dike breaches devastate Holland, with ships cast ashore and thousands affected, while European ports record wrecks, weather extremes, and naval dispatches amid tensions over American affairs.
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Naples
Venice
Morea
Calamata
Calamara
Calabria
Florence
Luoghi di Monte
Ratiston
Munich
Duke of
St. James's
John Stepney, Bart
Dresden
Amsterdam
Holland
Rotterdam
Lem
Amsthrusm
Boulogne
Crasbrook
Suttie
Jamaica
Thore
Sheerness
Mazerly
Bristol
Peter Parker
Morris
Malaga
Toulom
Unity
Wilman
Waterford
West Indies
Studham
North Carolina
Grizel
Glasgow
Patrick M‘clane
Limerick
Bullen’s Bay
Kin
Whitehaven
Wales
William Pritchard
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