Continental Congress Adjourns to September Meeting in Philadelphia
The Continental Congress finished business and adjourned to September 2 next, with sessions to resume in Philadelphia. Michael Lillegas and George Clymer are appointed Treasurers for the Congress Money. Three million dollars in paper currency is struck, with bills from one to twenty dollars already in circulation.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Michael Lillegas
Pennsylvania Assembly
George Clymer
Plans to send 20000 Ruffians to America in Spring
London reports outline a new campaign in America with 20000 troops to be put in service, funded by a parliamentary credit. Washington cites 18000 well equipped troops and predicts continued American success, while British officials prepare for an escalated war effort. The piece notes Hanoverian pay arrangements, Gulf of Gibraltar/Majorca garrison plans, and reactions from political factions, inclinations of the London Association to defend constitutional liberty. The article also covers trials, deaths, and civic notices amid the ongoing crisis.
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Gibraltar
Minorca
Stade
Great Britain
Hanover
Lord North
Washington
America
Bofton
Gage
Barbary Expedition Talks Motives From Europe
Mail from Holland and Paris reports Spain planning another Barbary coast expedition with 50 000 troops and Papal and Mediterranean fleets joining the force. Paris notes the season and court delays the grand Barbary assault until next spring.
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Paris
Madria
Barbary
Naples
Malta
Tuscany
Spain
Stock Prices and Bonds Report from Market Page
Prices of shares and bonds shown with figures for India stock and South Sea, annuities and consols. Long and half percent rates listed. India bonds quoted around 64s to 65% with various days and times noted. lottery tickets priced at 14s 6d and related entries appear.
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India
South Sea
Ai &Th
Taye
Dito India
Ditto
Inquiry on John Murray and Proclamation Rewards
A letter to the Printer of the London Evening Post from April 1746 asks for details about John Murray Secretary to the Pretender’s law rules. The writer seeks Murray’s full name, relations, and living status, noting a modern anti Murray sentiment and mentioning a proclamation by the Lord Lieutenant offering 1000 reward for rebels in Dublin.
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Lowing
Dublin
John Murray
Epitaph on Alderman George Faulkner printer of the Dublin Journal
London Evening Polit announces the lamented death of Alderman George Faulkner fifty years printer of the Dublin Journal famed for his wit and letters He is praised as a man of letters humorous yet precise and civil noting his long career and readiness to face death without sympathy for the devil
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Robert Bull
Queen’s-row
Buckingham-gate
Thomas Reynell, Bart
Sarah
Richard Righton
Chipping-Norton
Oxfordshire
Richard
Richard Reynell
Bart
Thomas
His Majesty
6Rd Regiment of Foot
Mr. Gray
Porter’s Block
Smithfield
George Faulkner
Dublin Journal
Howard
George
King’s Highways
Ruth the Devil
Real Whig Preface and Free English Protest issued
Publication note urging opposition to popery and slavery in the realm. Addresses to peers and freeholders in Middlesex and London, appealing to true Englishmen. Preface to FIOTOMAN's FRANCO.GALLIA printed at the request of the London Association. includes resolutions and circular letter. Printed for J. Williams near Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street.
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London
Lord Addesworth
Hottoman
J. Williams
Fleet-street
London Association
England
Ireland
Friends of Liberty
America
Tudsany
House of Commons
Middlesex
Franco
Gallia
Lord Viscount Molesworth
Mitre Tavern
Fleet-streec
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General Continental Congress of America
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All America
Virginia
Hare
Potomanck River
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Schuyler
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Guinea
Thomas Egerton
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Somerset
Chatham
Temple
Jemmy Twitcher
the Admiralty
Port Mahon
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Lancaster
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Rudd
Gould
Ashurst
Hotham
Davenport
Cooper
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Cox
Lucas
Bearcroft
Adair
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Convic
William and Mary, &c
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Cer
Council For
Baron Hotham
Holland
Pr. Nave
London Evening Post
London Evening Polit
Jane Butterfield
Sidney Stafford Smythe
S Court of Exchequer
Croydon
Surry
William Scawen
J. Gurney
W. Blanchard
W. Owen
G. Kearfly
Serjeant’s-Inn
Boston
North America
J. F. W. Des Barres
Hed
Meff
Jefferys
Faden
Charing-Crmfs
A. Dury
Duke's Court
St. Martin's-lane
J. Johnson
St. Paul’s Church-yard
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Cornhill
J. Hand
Oxford-freer
Nathaniel Kent
Fulham
J. Dodsley
Pall-Mall
F. Newbery, Junior
St. Paul’s Church-yad
Collins
Silisbury
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