Mail from France and Holland Reports War News
Reports from Belgrade and Transylvania describe Turkish preparations for ongoing war, with Bashaw of Carama hia’s advance toward the Ottoman army near Bender and Ragotzki heading to join. Saave bridges laid, Saxon troops marching to winter quarters, and a Turkish force of about forty six thousand men ravaging nearby regions before retreat. Genoa notes Corsican French troop movement provokes mixed reactions among the islanders who trust France’s king to secure justice.
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Bashaw
Caramahia
Bender
Babadagh
Constantinople
Ragotzki
Hungary
Belgrade
Sabarsch
Count Philippi
Saave
Bathaw
Bosnia
Saxony
Krajova
Transilvania
Genoa
Corsica
France
Republick
Glass and Harbour Grants Mark Irish Welcome Month
Dublin reports a throng on roads as merchants push honesty trade in town this month. Parliament grants Hugh Boyd 100000 for Ballycastle harbour to ship 36 vessels and coal at 4s 6d per ton, with 20000 tons yearly target. Slater Paper-maker receives 5000 for a Dutch-style mill. 2000 per year aiding linen, hemp, flax across provinces. John Byker marries Cla riana French, widow of great beauty and fortune.
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Dublin
Hugh Boyd
Ballycastle
Iaid
Thomas Slater
Leinster
Munster
Connaught
John Byker
Clariana French
Fortune
Scottish town youths punished by hangman procession
In Edinburgh on Friday November 22 three common strumpets were paraded through the city with their landlord and landlady, followed by the hangman, and were afterward lodged in the House of Correction.
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Edinburgh
House of Correction
Spain and Boston News From 18th Century Dispatches
From Bristol via The Joanna we learn Gibraltar garrison maintains strict watch with 700 guards and harsh discipline for missed watch words. Boston reports a deadly distemper at Marchehead, 45 deaths in 15 days, baffling doctors. Physicians abandon medicines for a generous diet as the illness worsens among the poor.
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Bristol
Zant
Gibraltar
Boston
Marchehead
Death of Rev Soley Prebendary and London notices
Reports from London detail the death of Rev. Mr. Soley prebendary and living valued at 4001 per year, with a possible future succession by his son. The letters note royal health at Kew, mourning preparations at Norfolk House, burial finds in King Henry VIII’s Chapel, and claims of pensions for physicians and surgeons. Additional items mention St James's Bedchamber attendance, Aldermanic elections, Swift’s petition, and Georgia garrison news.
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Winchester
Soley
Alresford
Medstead Common
Prince and Princess of Wales
Augusta
Kew
Prince of Wales
Norfolk House
St. James’s
Henry the Wiith
James the
Vaule
Buckingham
St. James’s Park
Bath
George Champion
Christ’s Church Hospital
Henry Matthall
Farringdon
Richard’ Brocas
Deceas
Guildhall
Dublin
Dean Swift
D.S.P
House of Lords
Mortmain
Georgia
St. Augustine
Cuba
England
Gascoigne
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Holland
Choczim
Ireland
Scotland
Country News
London
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