Militia Punishments Cited In Historic Act and Critique
A lengthy historical act outlines penalties for militia absences and misbehavior including fines, stocks, and hard labor. It also discusses enforcement by justices of the peace, serjeants, and adjutants, with provisions on property, governance, and recruitment bias toward landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
House of Correction
Office of the Peace
Chofen
Jeants
Britannicus
News from Lisbon and Canada War Reports Mixed in This Week
Letters from Lisbon report a 66 gun man of war capturing a 50 gun French ship and other prize captures. Canada and Leeward Islands news detail French supply struggles, English troop counts, and convoy movements. Lottery prizes, appointments, and local obituaries fill the rest alongside notices of diseases and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisbon
Se. Aloan
Verdhild
Randall
New England
Leeward Islands
Antigua
Andrews
Virginia
Newfoundland
Elizabeth
Ouchterlony
Newberry
Hopewell
Langford
Liverpool
Cape de Verd
Barbadoes
Martinico
St. Theresa
St. Jeanne
London
Quebeck
Canada
Old France
St. Laurence
Vetfel
France
Louisbourg
North America
Warburton
Hopton
Lascelle
Abercrombie
Webb
Oway
Murray
Offarel
Lord Loudoun
Royal American Regiment
New York
South Carolina
Rangers
Nova Scotia
Ireland
Richard Morris
Malling
Cornwall
Exeter
John Bristow
Duke of Newcastle
John Ellis
Ely
Jones
Southwark
Suesday
Brook Street
Grosvenor Square
Mr Brooks
Paddington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Christen
Iidia
Sout Sea
Witto 2d
Litto New
Gtr
Phree State Bank Arneidtes
India
Tophamny’s
Red Lion
Barnet
Parlow’s
Coequerac H.theld. Whitington’s
Swan
Scevenare
Azsereas
Uxbridge
Acton
King’s Arms Inn
Oxford Road
Duis
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