Postscript Continued on Patriotism and British Policy
Postscript argues that patriotic duty binds all social ranks to oppose destructive government measures harming revenue, commerce, and empire. The author condemns oppression, calls for halt to bloodshed, and urges unity to restore harmony between Britain and America amid wartime strains. The piece laments civilian and soldier suffering and warns of winter starvation if policies persist.
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Ord Bolingbroke
Ishmael
Valens
London Evening Post
Addiesses
Botton
Britain
America
Extraordinary Court Dress Order for January Gazette
A draft order indicates dress requirements for all ranks to appear at court before January 18. It prescribes manchester trimmed velvet garments, Birmingham swords and buckles for gentlemen, and black gowns with white roses and high heels for ladies, plus various caps and Bonnets with plaids and laces for travel or ceremony.
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Birmingham
Coventry
Question to Jemmy Twitcher on loyalty and the Pretender
The London Evening Post reports a disclosure aimed at Jemmy Twitcher regarding alleged treasonous behavior. A March 17 1745 meeting at Huntingdon is cited where Twitcher allegedly toasted the Pretender. The piece frames the inquiry as a test of loyalty, noting a large public gathering and the potential financial stakes.
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Manchester
Huntingdon
Cattle Rush and Coal Fears Spark Market Sway
A writer laments heavy cattle purchases for American troops and warns of rising meat prices. Garden produce is also bought up near London, threatening dearer market goods. Sailors fear coal exports to America, risking coal supply at home as administration’s policies are criticized amid distress among the poor.
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America
London
Mentatinis Lavers
Provisional skirmish reports stir Parliament and colonies
News from contemporaneous reports details Provincial and Regular forces clashing with rising momentum in Albany and Skeene, with rumors of General Clinton’s death and imminent suspension of habeas corpus. It notes Bank stock dividends, East India loans repaid, and amid broader war talk, colonial dispatches describe privateers, Indian alliances, and port arrivals with incidents of highway robbery and local crime.
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Tts
Clinton
Trial of Reginald Tucker at Wells Assizes 1775
The document reports the trial of Reginald Tucker for the wilful murder of his wife Martha at the Wells Assizes in Somersetshire. Judge Hon St John Burland presided before the Exchequer Barons. The proceedings were taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney and printed for Cruttwell of Bath.
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Reginald Tucker
Martha
Wells
Samtrich
St John Burland
His Majesty’s Court of Exchequer
Joseph Gurney
K.cruttwell
Bath
W. Crudwell
Sherborne
G. Kearfly
Fleet Street
London
Permimen of the Court
Miss Butterheid
Mr. Scawen
Map of Middle British Colonies in America 1755 update 1775
A titled colonial map advertisement describes a general map of the Middle British Colonies in America including Virginia Maryland Delaware Pennsylvania New Jersey New York Connecticut Rhode Island and added Massachusetts Bay and New Hampshire with Canada portions. It notes engraving by Lewes Evans Philadelphia 1755 and revised analysis for Evans's daughters with a 1775 ACTUAL SURVEY by Governor Pownall. published opposite Burlington House Piccadilly.
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America
Virgilnia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Connecticut
Rode Island
Ohio
London public prints summary notice from September edition
The Remembrancer issue announces inclusion of all late events and authentic papers from America for September. It explains the work’s rule to telegraph every public print from American and European sources, with J. Almon as the publisher opposite Burlington House in Piccadilly.
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W. Adair
Crofts
Robert Perreau
God
Daniel Perreau
Rudd
East India Directors
Bute East Indiaman
Margate
Jamaica
St. Rustatia
Guarda Costa
Havannah
Brampton
Ajunto
Treasury
Donald M’bean
10Th Regiment of Foot
America
J. Almon
Burlington House
Piccadilly
Boston
HE Parliamentary Register
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