Vast Colonial Letters Tell Of Boundaries And War Nomenclature
An 1764 letter recounts a Stratford born ape tale, age claims, and a ship voyage to Virginia, with details of Rappahannock service and a wife aged about 80. Other notes describe Governor Tryon’s boundary survey with Cherokee leaders, and a war name given to him.
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Stratford Upon Avon
Warwickshire
England
John
Eleanor
Charles I
Parkgate
Great Bengal
Nicholas Demar
Rappahannock
Boston
Braintree
John Quincy
General Assembly
Charles Town
South-Carolina
North-Carolina
Tryon
Cameron
Ottaffitee
Jud
Salone
Tiftos
Reedy River
His Majesty
North Carolina
Mount Tryon
Chiswell
Virginia
Wolf
Eel of seven feet caught near Pigeon-house
Dublin reports a seven foot eel weighing 85 pounds caught near the Pigeon-house on the New-wall. Corke notes Hugh Carleton elected Recorder of Cork City. The Liberty transport arrived at Cove from Philadelphia with the 42d Royal Highland Regiment, led by Lord John Murray. Two Mitchelstown men, Charles Maguire and Hugh Maguire, are charged with carrying arms as Papists.
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Dublin
Corke
Hugh Carleton
Francis Carleton
Joseph Bennet
Cove
Philadelphia
42D
Royal Highland Regiment of Foot
Lord John Murray
Europe
America
West Indies
Charles Maguire
Hugh Maguire
Mitchelstown
Hatter Samuel Lund Offers Oil'd Fabrics and Accessories
Samuel Lund, Hatter and Hoover, opposite Southampton Street Strand London, sells wholesale and retail oil d filk linen coats, hats, cloaks, and packing cloth. He claims a new oil d method reduces odor and sticking, promises lower terms for merchants, and lists oil d silk bootskins gloves knee caps and elbows with products for gout rheumatism damp feet and water proofs marked as King’s Purest.
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Samuel Lund
Hofer
Southampton Street
Strand
London
Elso
S. Sound
Absent Youth Prompted Search for Letter Return
A distressed mother seeks her son, last seen on the sixth day of August, with hope for his return or a found letter from him. She asks him to come to Mr Gilfoulrs at No 1 White's Alley Coleman Street. forgiveness for past faults is urged if he returns.
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Charles Toxoa
South Carolina
Fuluro
West Florida
Cygnet
Philip Durell
Taylor
Durell
St. Augustine
Pensacola
Havanna
Fitzherbert
Admiral Parry
Charles Town
Great Britain
West Indies
Hillborough
Leslie Grove
Richmond
St. James's
Baron de Dieden
Denmark
Westburn Green
Earl of Egmont
Turnham Green
Bath
Lady of Assheton Curzon
Davies-street
Paris
Marquis de Buffy
Clive
France
England
French East India Company
Sudbrook
Surry
Charles Townshend
Exchequer
Harwich
Essex
Viscount Townshend
Admiralty
Carolina
John
Duke of Argyll and
Butler
Kilcafh
Ireland
Duke of Ormond
Durand
Adam Smith
Reading
Mercers Hall
Cheapside
Company of Mercers
Samuel Mason
Chelsea
Eig
Joseph Scott
Joseph Triggehouse
Francis Caryl
Drury Lane Theatre
Covent Garden Theatre
Drury Lane
Garrick
Shylock
Bensley
Drury Lane House
Duke of Albany
Antigua
Poole
Amity
Noble
New-York
Portsmouth
Robert Tracy
Efa
Worcester
Thomas Tracy
Fhire
Gloucester
Canterbury
Margate
Wiliam Marshall
Huntinaconshire
Wootton-Baillett
Wilts
John Haynes
Dulwich
Joseph Radwell
Rotherhithe
Kew
William Frankcombe
Middle Temple
University College
Oxford
Rook
Strand
Hackney
Godfrey Hitchener
Walbrook
Brownrigg
Wood-street Compter
Newgate
St. Aiban’s
Holloway
Kentish Town
Lloyp
Copenhagen
Dublin
Amaly
King’s Bench
Bay of Glenluce
Scotland
Hollands Geneva
Cambletown
His Majesty’s Navy
Excise and Customs
Ludgate Street
St. Paul's
Pervil
Japan
Capt
FarGusony
Chigwell
Gle
Epping Forest
Ilford
Layton-stang
P. S
Charles
Lord Clarendon
Privy Council
Cabal
Postscript to the Printer on Estates and Crown Powers
A reader scolds the Political Register for claims about estates bought and sold, recalls Lord Clarendon and Southampton, and laments Crown independence from the People. The letter, signed Bob Short, cites scenes from Charles II era and criticizes courtiers for pensions and Cabal plots.
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Political Register
Smithfield
Oliver Cromwell
Clarendon
Earl of Southampton
Charles the Second
Lord Southampton
Lord Clarendon
Duke of York
James the Second
France
Flanders
Bob Short
Reflective English Critique of National Plight and Debates
A weary appeal to Mr Meres, cataloguing Britain’s woes. Public debt, oppressive taxes, shrinking trade, unemployment among manufacturers, eroded public spirit, luxury and corruption, bribery in elections, and the self serving Greats. It laments frequent ministries, hinting at political instability.
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London Evening Post
Mr. Meres
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The
South Carolina Gazette
Humphry Bellamy
County of
Berks
Clement Bellamy
Lis Nendraper
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