Maritime Movement Notes From Halifax and Louisbourg
The record lists multiple transports including mouth the Baltimore Crookshanks the Biiton Forbes the Felicity Fowler the Liberty Shafter the Jidich Hewson and the Johns Endeavour Ware. Winds N by E and S E affected sailing. His Majesty's Ships Richmond and Seahorse cruised as Expe riment departed with outbound transports toward the Westward. Panther Sally Brown Union Strahan passed Halifax while Revenge Cary Hammond lingered for Louisbourg with the breeze shifting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouth
Baltimore
Crookshanks
Biiton
Forbes
Felicity
Fowler
Liberty
Shafter
Jidich
Hewson
John’s Endeavour
Ware
Deal
His
Richmond
Seahorse
Experiment
Panther
Sally
Brown
Halifax
Union
Strahan
South Carolina
Revenge
Cary
Hammond
Louisbourg
Wind S. E
War rumors and naval prizes move in late September London notices
London dispatches report a rumored declaration of war against Russia per Dutch letters, with Daun and the Deux-Ponts retreating before Prussia's forces. Embargoes in Ireland affect provisions imports, privateers capture vessels near Ireland and St George's Channel, and several prizes are reported from Corunna to Jamaica. Local appointments, pardons, and a series of crimes and trials fill the aftermath, including a Derby horse race, marriages, and arrests for theft and public crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Dublin
Bath
Tewkesbury
Russia
Bohemia
Saxony
Marshal Daun
Prince of
East Indies
Commodore Stevens
Admiral Pocock
Lally
Ile of Wight
America
Ireland
Oiny
Great Britain
Whitby
North Sea
North Bergen
Marshal Belleisle
St. George’s Channel
Falmouth
Duke of Cumberland
Goodridge
Corunna
Albany
St. Joseph
St. Joachim
Bristol
Boyne
Port Au Prince
Call
de Ruyter
William Kanny
Matter
Amsterdam
St. Domingo
Liverpool
General Blakeney
Jamaica
City of
Hickman, Betsy, and Co
Smart and Co
Hill
Alexander Matters
Parte&, Leturer
Allhallows
Lombard-street
Abel Ward
Lord Bihop
Postscript on London Bridge reform to heal eyesores
A London letter argues for building a bridge at Blackfriars to end scandal and eyesores in Fleet Street and along the river. It claims a new bridge would revive trade, raise nearby property values, and restore order from Sadler’s Wells to Blackfriars, amid decay between the two existing bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Friars
Fleet-street
Firair & Line
Sadler's Wells
London
Lon
New Bridge Urged to End Town Decay and Tax Burden
Civicus argues that building a new bridge will restore business, reduce taxes on poorer quarters, and prevent further decay. He contends the slaughtered quarter’s decline harms the whole, and a leveled district would revive industry, create jobs, and fund the project via existing taxes. The letter urges urgent public support and addresses possible objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
Westensuifter
Commonwealth
Civicus
An Excerpted Ode For Lord Howe On His Arrival
Addressed to Lord Howe the conqueror of Cherbourg the verse praises martial fire and poetic praise alike. Contains a dated note from Farness Park September 23 1758 and reports ships near Corke and Scilly, troop movements from Albemarle's Dragoons, a drowning accident near Cumberland Fort, and Admirals Holbourne and Holmes at Spithead followed by a quarterly tally of diseases and casualties and financial market figures from the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Howe
Cherbourg
France
St. Farness Park
Louisbourg
Corke
Leeward Islands
Scilly
Portmouth
Albemarle
Bristol
Winchester
Cumberland Fort
Spithead
Holbourne
Holmes
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Ghefter
St Anne's
Mr. Williams
Fair Forrester
Mr. Hoo
Tom Dod
Edinburgh
Harry Echlin
Kingdom of Ireland
Miss Roach
Curzon-street
Mayfair
Morpeth
Payor
Lexy
Chick-Lane
New-Prison
Rusty
Iffington
Samuel Ewers
Southwark
Tho. Dawson
Elizabeth
Robert Webb
Samuel Atkinson
John Heathfield
Croydon
Samuel Hinckley
Hinckley
Mitcham
Surry
Anne Petty
Newgate
J. C. Pilrkington
India
South Sa
Orleans
Mons. DE Voltaire
James Pye
Ludgate Street
AS Pellow
South Barbary
Mequinez
Fezari Ccorrkcinie
Powis
W. Owel
Homer's Head
R. Goadby
Sherborne
Columbus
Benewit Phies
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