Meal Tub Plot and Sayre Case in 17th Century Letter
The letter from Kitty Clack discusses the Dangerfield Meal Tub Plot tied to Charles II era schemes to incite rebellion, detailing counterfeit letters, print of treason, and sensational trials of Ireland Whitebread and Fenwick. It laments legal flaws, questions state danger, and hints at plots to capture the king, with a narrator urging the printer to publish and reveal suspicions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayre
Adjutant Richardson
Dangerfeld
Charles the Second
Bishop Burnet
Duke of York
Manfel
Dangerfield
Ireland
Whitebread
Fenwick
Mr Sayre
Address on unlawful wars from a moral philosopher
A letter to the printer of the London Evening Post urges shedding light on the bloodshed of war. It quotes a very wise man from the last century who argues that the greatest cause of murder is unlawful war. The author asks readers to seek lawful paths and consider the guilt of bloodshed, whether one life or thousands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New-York
James Byers
France
England
Buckingham House
Minorca
Gibraltar
America
Elliot
Reading
Hounslow Heath
Mane Fon
Treland
Cork
Quebec
Fanny
South Carolina
Cunningham
Boston
Smouth
Chatham
Admiral Shuldham
Syren
Stepney Church
Samuel Edmonds
Harwich
Arabella Smith
Stepney
Grange Court
Cary-street
Matthew Perce
Royal Exchange
N. B
Hazard
Regine
Messrs. Nicholson and Co
Cornhill
London Evening Post on Attemps to Influence Royal Playhouse Visit
Report notes anonymous ministers urged gentlemen in Newpatestreet to sway the King and Queen with offers of gallery seats and coach money to seat and blind Majesties. Gentlemen refused with contempt, vowing to affirm the truth if summoned in a formal affidavit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newpate-street
Fragmented letter hints at plots and fear
The writer addresses the printer, voices alarm over a plot and captures a sense of looming danger. He complains of a strange man and prays his grandmother need not fear, while recalling rumors of joining prisoners and guardians and references to names like Jack Wesley and Oates in a tense, delirious frame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lud
Jack Wesley
Bedice
London Evening Post Parody Calls Americans to Oppose Oppression
A satirical London Evening Post piece mocks American imperial stance and urges支 oppressors in the West to heed a rhetorical display by local figures. It promises a forthcoming detailed account of the meeting, including birth, parentage, education, life, character, and behavior of participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hants
Cicero ‘Rian
Baronet
Harry
Jacky
Billy
Nelly
Goody
Dr. D—d
N. B
Publication plan for American public events index series
Remembrance R记ember V. announces first volume published November next to include a copious index. The work compiles authentic accounts from Continental and Provincial Congresses, assemblies, governors, and papers from America and Europe, aiming to preserve public event records long after publication. Printed for J. Almon in Piccadilly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Continental Congress
J. Almon
Burlington-Hcart
Piccad
Orcer Z
Burlington
Hone
Piccadilly
Sayre bail granted after Tower hearing at Lord Mansfield home
Postscript reports Stephen Sayre was brought from the Tower before Lord Mansfield at Bloomsbury Square, admitted to bail after about an hour and a half, with bail set at 250 pounds and Sayre thanking Mansfield for the writ. The piece notes political figures, parliamentary debate on America, and local notices including transports, military moves, and a stepney marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen ‘Sayre
Lord Mansfield
Bloomsbury Square
Alderman Lee
Reynolds
Coote
Mr. Reynolds
Sayre
Duke of Grafton
Lords
America
Peterborough
Bishop of
Conway
John Cavendah
House of Commons
James Lowther
Governor Johnstone
Edmund Burke
Charles Turner
Dunning
Edward Astley
Bare
Isaac Barre
Fox
Thomas Townsend
George Germaine
Lyttleton
Lord North
Job
Iqnizadi
Canerbury
Woodwich End
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London Evening Post
Kitty Clack
London Evening Pof
London Evening Pott
John Wesley
American
Lord Sumer
Virgil
Dilly
J Almop
R. Simi
Éferit
Morsley
Ramy Mel
Barngs and Golightly
Bridges-Breem
Covent Garden
Horsley
James-streety Covent-garden
Lott Ery
Aly
Bualddigeyi Cornhill
Postscript
London
Lord Cornwallis
Virginia
New London
Gage
Longs Island
India
South Sea
Ditta
Ditto
Cox’s
JJ Ornsby
Pearce
King’s-Arms
Fleet-street
Minories
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