Outward and arrival ship movements amid eighteenth century notices
A weathered report lists outward bound ships including the Lord Camden and London East toward the Brazil region and the Neptune Marley Sidney Lock Kezia Meaders. Arrivals include Robert Wallace from Hallifax Antigua and several ships from Jamaica Sligo Greenland and Bilboa with various captains and origins.
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Genades
Liverpool
Archangel
Boyce
Greenland
Shields
Sosannah
Evers
Jamaica
Downs
Nancy
Agnew
Sligo
Simuel
Ba‘grée
Dover
William
Hunter
Ditto
Minerva
Duchéney
Lond
Nice
N.S. Rosario
Antunano
Bilboa
Blackburn
Hardie
Leeward Islands
New York
Mail from Holland and Flanders reports global moves
Letters from Paris Brest and Versailles relay military in Europe and colonies. News claims General took the Holy Sacrament colony with low losses. Ships prepare to sail for American colonies with troops under convoy. An English squadron of twelve ships reportedly seeks cannon and flares aboard. In Germany, Lippe Buckebourg passes to Philip Ernest after Count Lippe-Alverdiften’s death.
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Paris
America
Versailles
Charles de Broglie
de Royon
France
Sorbonne
Quicaip
É&C
Carlepont
Frankfort
House of Lippe
Buckebourg
French troop transport captured sparks war talk in press
The report details a captured French transport laden with four thousand five hundred troops and arms, plus a larger fleet in the bay, prompting criticism of government silence. It also notes rebukes over claims of Burgoyne, Howe, and Burgoyne battles, and coverage of Franklin and Hodge matters.
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Quebec
Botton
George Germaine
Admiralty
Howes
Baltimore
Lloyd's Cafee
Falkland’s Island
New York
Howe
Washington
Elke
Staten Island
Long Island
Kingsbridge
Burgoyne
Clinton
Chesapeake Bay
New England
Virginia
Gnerall Lewis
América
Letters and notices from Portmouth and London scene
Extracts recount naval movements including the Egmont and Druid at Spithead and dock, and Bristol area incidents like a fire at Easton, a burglary in Broad Street, and the Glasgow election of Robert Donald as Lord Provost. Also notes a Fever-threatened Duke of Manchester, a recent marriage, a found dead man near Lichfield, and Gretna Green marriage jaunt.
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Portmouth
Spithead
Egmont
Bell
Lisbon
Hector
Hamilton
Ardent
Lord Mulgrave
Robert Donald
Glasgow
Duke of Manchester
Brighthelmstone
Wm. Cockayne
Viscount Cullen
Dab. Hill
Rawell
Northamptonshire
Easton
Gloucestershire
Jefferis
Barrin
Broad Street
St. Giles’s
Jn. Holt
Richard Wheeler
Wm. Turner
Wm. Akehurst
Bull Inn
Brasteed
John Holt
Holt
John
Wm.Mills
Blackhorse
Sarah Sommers
Donbc
Coventry
Litchfield
Newcasle
O. G. Lal Week
Tuffnell
Efg
Miss Close
Richmond
Hyimen’s Altar
Gretna Green
Notices of deaths and bankruptcies in the London Gazette
The text records the death of Princess Dowager Anne Charlotte Louise of Baden and lists multiple bankruptcy notices and estate actions. It includes surrender dates for Richard Huntly, dividend payments at Guildhall, and certificates to be granted for various merchants and trades across London and Liverpool. Names include Richard Huntly John Metcalfe Wm Sedder Daniel Macneal Samuel Dickinson and John Burnell with locations and dates.
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London
Carl Ruse
Inft
Anne Charlotte Louise
Baden
AN Krup
Richard Huntly
Coopers-row
Guildhall
John Metcalfe
Cannon Street
Wm. Sedder
Lothbury
Lottery office schemes in 1777 laxly exposed by a correspondent
A historical notice catalogs various schemes by lottery sitters and merchants to profiting from the State Lottery of 1777. It lists Royal Letters Patent, shares and chances schemes, and cheap plays offering prizes from twenty pounds to small sums. The piece mocks multifarious lottery trades from hat-makers to sausage stalls in London alleys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottery Magazine
Lottery Taylors
Lottery
Wych-street
Temple-bar
Smithfield
Parliament's Prolonged Debate Mocks Yankee Defense Efforts
In a fervent polemic the printer ridicules Parliament for tying hands and mouths of rebellious Yankees while they defend themselves. The author laments supposed real power, mocks groundless appeals to law, and imagines siege escalades and siegecraft devices as future military measures amid a broader critique of governance and holy civics.
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England
America
Fortunaces
Caelapeak
Shedderness
George
Old
Howe
New Performer Death Debuts in The Conr?cious Lovers
A new actor named Death made an appearance as Tom in The Conr?cious Lovers at the theatre last night. He has prior London stage experience, shows a capable presence, and delivered a decently solid Tom, with potential to rise between Dyer and Woodward in theatrical standing.
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Tlo
Tom
Dyer
Woodward
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