Proclamation Encourages Seamen to Join War Sloops
Virginia proclamation invites able seamen to enlist with two private sloops for his Majesty's service to defend the colony's coast against Spanish privateers. Offers forty shillings per month plus prize shares, five-pound bounty per head, and guard against enemy strikes. Seamen to be ferried to service, with potential wages and care for wounds, and return options after short cruises. James Blair seals the notice in Williamsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebeas
Capes
Thes
Our Bay
Alexander McKensie
John Hutchings
Robert Tucker
Ebro
Haan
Williamsburg
James Blair
Arrival of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire in Ireland
Distinct arrivals at Dublin and George's Quay mark the welcome of their Graces the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire with nobles, troops, and public acclaim. A separate report details a family murder at Bodkin House, Tuam, where Oliver Bodkin and kin were implicated in a brutal triple killing, with John Bodkin at large, and a residence blaze at Carabban House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Duke
Dutchess of
Devonshire
Duncahrion
James Cavendish
Pefons
Distin
England
Bay
Liverpool
George’s Quay
Col
Nevill
Lazer’s
Ald Miien
France
Reldan
Hever
Bridge-@reer
Mir
Twigg
McWillam Woollfe
Tudin
Kaverins Blake
Elys
Blakney
Francis Minaya
Charles
Lash
Andro
Betts
Efabie Hérte
Galbay
Loughrea
John
Bodkin
Mack Lynch
Haute
Mr. Lynch
Athuory
Oliver Bodkin
Dominick Bodkin
John Bodkin
Cacroveg
Carrobeg
Dominick
Frank Bodkin
John Bodkis
Tuem
Tuam
Lisburn
Carabban Houte
Clonmell
Wynei Gellar
Ferret Megastatians and French Mediation Demands
An 18th century report from the Court of Afqueer describes Marine canal routes and public actions by French and Spanish mediation efforts. It discusses demands on trade, possible categorical answers, and rising political tension as leaders threaten further expeditions and public entanglements. The piece notes Sir John Nostris’s ire and calls for a physician amid plunder and distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bury
Afqueer
Ase
Mare Publick
Destand
Spain
de Pwoifutt
John Nostris
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The
London Evening-Post
Plantation New's
Virginia
God Save the King
Irelawn D
LoNnopol
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