French and German Forces Move in War News Recon
Sept 28 reports detail M d'Armentieres aligning with 8 battalions to form about 22,000 troops under his command, while General Imhoff camps with 12,000 between Munster and Wahrendorff. Paris dispatch notes Parliament resistance at Versailles and French edicts being pressed for registration amidst financial strains and public fear. Meanwhile, naval and coastal arrivals update with multiple ships and crews reaching Plymouth and Portsmouth, and Prussian armies push toward Dresden vicinity.
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Imhoff
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Wahrendorff
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la Marck
Frapte Triers
Hermanstein
Luxembourg
Paris
Versailles
London Gazette
Hogue
Magdebourg
Finck
Wunfchr
Gorbitz
Dresden
Saxony
Prussia
Glogau
Silesa
Prince Henry
Marshal Daun
Gorlitz, Gabel
Bromisch Friedland,&c
Bohemia
Dresdén
Gorlitz
Prince Ferdinand
M. de Contades
Luckner
Francfort
Qableptz
Port News Gleams with Arrivals and Sails at Falmouth
Port News records arrivals at Falmouth including Catherine Riviera from Barbadoes bound for Guernsey, John and Elizabeth Jones from Tenby aboard Susanna and Mary Cook from ditto, and clears Turnpenny Blewit to Penzance Three Brothers Story to Yarmouth Unity Wheelwright to Lymington Five Brothers Fagden to Portsmouth Success Pelly to Fowey John Randall to Portsmouth John and Elizabeth Jones to Plymou th.
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Catherine
Riviera
Barbadoes
Guernsey
John
Elizabeth
Jones
Tenby
Susanna
Mary
Cook
Ditto
Turnpenny
Blewit
Penzance
Story
Yarmouth
Unity
Wheelwright
Lymington
Fagden
Portsmouth
Success
Pelly
Fowey
John Randall
Maid of Orleans Inspires French Verse Satire
London letters describe French verse satirizing France under female influence with mentions of Lady Fate and a maid. Report covers naval dispatches from Havre de Grace Road, Admiral Rodney’s fleet, troop movements, and several London civic and social notices including appointments, marriages, and deaths.
Two Hours to End by Wheel or Mull
Newsprint snippet notes varied theories on how a task will be completed, listing from an arrow to a wind powered mill and a large wheel or mull as favored by many connoisseurs. It then records Richard Berry being committed to Newgate on suspicion of stealing 7218s from a Hackney brewer. The London Gazette reports knighthood for Thomas Stanhope and notices of bankruptcies, dividends, and a general quarterly meeting of trustees for fire loss claims, with lighthouse works and a floating light renewal near Edystone Rock.
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Rodney
Deptford
Hahah
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Frome
Richard Lloyd
Kensington
Roman
Allhallows
Barking
Francis Gonning
Hauttofficum Newton
St. John’s College
Cambridge
Ray
Ely
Triplow
Samuel Fludyer
Samuel
Basinghall-street
William Stanhope
Bath
Francis Blake Delapah
King’s Square Court
Soho Square
Miss Delaval
Sir William
Eythorp
Bucks
Edward Burnaby
Treasury
Tottenham Court Road
Edmund Clarke
Chiswick
Barnet
Forest Hunt
Epping
Woodford
Walthamstow
Brazier’s Ferry
Hackney
Newington
Richard Berry
Newgate
Robert Pell
John Tarra
London Gazette
Thomas Stanhope
Roger Pinckney
Great Wild Street
St. Giles In the Fields
Middlesix
Bartholomew Gray
Mark-Lane
London
Apothecary
Chapman
Josim Redhead
St. Paul
Covent Garden
Middlesex
Mercer
Dealer
Edward Palgrave
Acre
Norfolk
Thomas Warner
Huntingdon
Mealman and Maltster
John Fisher
Bristol
Royal Exchange
Craig’s Court
Charing- Cross
Great Britain
Trinity-House
Otice
Edystone
London Common Council Subscription Notice 1759
A note from the Common Council at Guildhall states that if the subscription money raised is more than needed after the service, the surplus will be returned to subscribers or their legal representatives in proportion to their contributions. The subscription book remains open at the Chamberlain’s Office each weekday from dawn till late afternoon, excluding Sundays and holidays.
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