Resolutions on Recruiting and Subscriptions in Middlesex 1759
At a formal meeting in Westminster and Middlesex authorities order a public subscription to fund volunteers and militia recruitment for King George II. Committees opened bank accounts, with agents instructed to collect funds and pay a 20 percent round of payments to bankers for immediate distribution to able bodied men. The Duke of Newcastle to present these resolutions to the King.
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County of
Mid- Dlesex
City and Liberty of Westminster
St. Alban’s Tavern
St Alban’s Steet
Great Britain
Aid
Viscount Ligonier
Duke of Newcastle
Middlesex
Hertminster
St. Alhan’s
St. Alban’s Street
Drummond and
Charing-Cross
Backwell and
Pab-mall
Campbell and Co
Air
Giflingham Cooper
Snow and Co
Strand
St. Albans
Westminster
Melf
Drummond and Co
Backawell and Co
Pall-Afall
Campbell and
Giflingham Gooper
St. Martin In
PREE Fraternity Meeting Planned at the Raven
Shrewfury dated Sept 11 1759 notes the PREE Fraternity of the TRUEBLUE desires to meet at the Raven on Tue Way October 23 with Ep Pytts as steward. The Fox Hounds announce meetings on the 24th and an evening assembly.
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Shrewfury
Pytts
N.B
Fox Hounds
Deserter reports Wolfe bombardment near Quebec Cathedral
An officer's letter from Crown Point to Cork mentions a Quebec bombardment initiated by Gen. Wolfe. The deserter says Wolfe's batteries have reduced the cathedral to ashes, forecasting a swift surrender despite a strong defensive force. Subsequent items note officials and dignitaries in Ireland and Britain.
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Itreland
Dublin
Blakeney
Crown Point
Corke
Ticonderoga
Quebeck
Wolfe
John Tew
Edinburgh
Newbottle
Naval and political dispatches from Plymouth and Dublin
Reports from Plymouth describe enemy fleets in the bay with 53 000 troops preparing to land in Ireland. Updates note captured ships, dispatches from Leghorn and Lisbon, troop movements, cantoned troops, and barge artillery trains. Included are ship arrivals, marriages, appointments, deaths, seizures of prohibited gun flints, and a fatal street assault in Walhamstow.
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Trop
Pos
Ireland
Woolwich
America
Germany
Flanders
Leghorn
Levant
Surat
East-Indies
Neculbandar
Lisbon
Bahia
Tavistock
Jenkins
Prince Henry
Bert
Otterkey
Vincent
Hawke
Drake
China
Brazils
St. Helena
Rodkin
Waterford
Leeward Islands
Bayonne
Cowley
Carolina
Een Eae Jon
St. John’s
Amigaa
Duke of Cumberland
Newmarket
Joseph Brown
Queen’s College, Oxford
Earl of Westmoreland
Aities Stephen Lushington
Orke
Dragoons
Elias Handcock
John Thomas
Strode
Regiment of Foot
John Poyer
Col. Browne
Robert Murray Keith
Earl of Mount Alexander
St. Stephen’s
Coleman Street
Richard Cooke
Mercer
Hounsditch
Sally Taverner
Great Moorgate
St. Andrew
Holborn
Barton
William John Andrews
Budge-Row
Roberts
Southampton
Marth Street
Walhamstow
Paddy
Archer
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Admiralty Office
Admiralty of
England
Otober
Furtce Hall
Aid AG
J. Clevland
Stephen Hart
Igland
Temple- Exchange
R. Heber
Ac Holbourn- Bars
London
Sweffham
Norfolk
Heber
Queen’s Head
Brackley
Northamptonshire
Francis Basset
Kfyjz Viz
Azed
Whit-foot
Hip
Lord Carlisle
Angerton
William Blacket
N. B
Milo
Laberty
Jolly Roger
Cirencester
Chippignorton
Dormore
Heram
Henry Englefield
Regulus
Volunteer
Clifton Araian
Tifter
Haiuboy
Diamond
Brimmer
Rib
Tantwivey
Dormouse
Epsom
Stamford
Litchfield
Badger
Mr. Baffet
Oxynooke
Ditto
Imley
Chefer
Duke of Bedford
Holyhead
Canterbury
Chichester
Samuel Bickley
Bapchild
Reading
John Hecker
Alderman Dredge
Bristol
One Isles
Isles
Gloucester
Queberone Bay
Port L’orient
Sapphire
Strahan
Acteon
Jacobs
Meclampe
Hotham
Colchester
Rodham
Pluto
Firm
Reynolds
Commodore
Falkland
Pallas
Clements
Coventry
Burslem
Success
Curry
Adventure
Moore
Sir Edward Hawke
Ushant
Brest
Plymouth
Revenge
Minerva
Pengwin
Admiral Hawke
Mercury
Camerot Fort
Portsmouth
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