Affair at Amsterdam over pamphlet on Protestants
The Marquis de Bonnac, French ambassador, sought suppression of a pamphlet in Amsterdam alleging harsh attacks on France. The work titled The Voice of the Persecuted targets Protestants in Languedoc and other French regions. Amsterdam seized copies and confined the author at the Town House, while Bonnac pressed for delivery and faced rumors of murder charges.
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Marquis de Bonnac
France
Rochegerault
Amsterdam
Ottawa
Languedoc
England
M. de Bonnac
States of
Holland
Republick
States of Holland
The Jews and Britons in a Biblical Verse Saga 1753
A 1753 London pamphlet excerpt recounts a controversial biblical style narrative linking Israelites, Britons, and Jews with forced circumcision and conquest. It blends satire, religious argument, and anti Jewish sentiment in a dramatic, charge filled chronicle.
Vicar Chosen by Hull Aldermen. Youth Robs House at Weighton
In Hull the mayor and aldermen chose Rev Mr Arthur Robinson as Vicar of the Holy Trinity. In York a youth, Francis Jefferson, about eighteen, was committed to the Castle for breaking Nicholas Turner’s house at South Cliff near Weighton and stealing a sizeable sum of money.
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Country News
Hull
Holy Trinity
High Church
Arthur Robinson
Mason
York
Francis Jefferson
Nicholas Turner
South Clif
Weighton
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