Turbulent London and war fears ripple through Empire
From Paris to Boston and New England the dispatches report growing tensions and possible conflict. News describes political pivots in England, preparations for war, and strategic moves by British and colonial forces, with ships, troops, and fortifications amid mutinous rumors and economic strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duke Roxburgh
Duke of Rutland
St. James’s
Gower
Carlisle
Whitehall
Madrid
Kew
France
Duke de Choiseul
Spain
Lord North
Paris
Pitt
Duke of Bedford
House of Commons
America
Jenkinson
Rigby
Barrington and Elliot
Burnet
Boston
Report of Williamburg guard order and colonial tensions
May 13 dispatches from Williamburg describe marines and seamen from the Fowey and Magdalene mobilizing at night to protect plate after gunpowder removal. Captain Montague claims orders from the governor and readiness to defend York if attacked. New York inhabitants resolve to halt exports to Newfoundland fisheries and nonassociating colonies while preparing for possible troop arrivals. Philadelphia dispatches note continued trade with nonassociating colonies and Newfoundland fisheries. Militia calls rise. shortages of wool cards and wire cited amid broader supply anxieties.
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Europe
Fores
Somerset
Dibble’s Hill
Marblehead
Canada
Jew Point
Suffolk
New Orleans
Crown Point
Boyne
Cape Sable
Cape Cod
New England
Freeman
New-York
Dalrymple
Caribs
Leybourne Leybourne
Percy
America
Jamaica
Francis Creed
Regiment of Foot
Lambton
Lord Mansfield
Westminster-hall
Cheltenham, Spa
Lord
Lady Bruce
Hans Stanley
Moutton
Cotone
Vernon
Major Watch
Ansly
Lucasfon
Whitmore
Deal
Eas
Rover
Belbie
Guyport
Portsaouth
Gosport
Portmouth
His Majesty’s Navy
His Majesty
Plymouth
Whitby
John and
Ann
Thomas Roynding
Greenland
Bing
Russia
Alderton
Twelfith
General Conway
Kitchen
Union
Dryden
Prudence
Hudfail
Rising Sun
Weymouth
Bartlet
Young Eagle
Pee
Ee Fither
Seahorse
Clark
Degathan
Brinkley
St. George
Murray
Yonton
Hertales
Boyes
Providence
Carling
Delight
James and
Mary
Hardy
Volunteer
Coulson
Scarborough
Friendship
Pilmer
Hull
Manchester
Ford
Mall
Heartmore
Antigua
Nancy
Agnes
Lohan
Oporto
Dublin
Marlborough
England
Leeds
Richard Hellawell
Meff, Brome and Co
London
Ibis
Kewise
Perens
Newgate
Old Bailey
Thomas Whitehall
Williambourg
Williamburgh
Fowey
Magdalene
Williamsburgh
Montague
York
Philadelphia
Newfoundland
mill-Jones
Flop
Arothery
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St. Bartholomew
Palace
Sadifkhan
Harch
Persia
Dukes of Rutland
Roxburgh
Queensbury
Duchess of
Ancaster
Charles Whittle
William Watlington
Shoreditch
Joseph Scott
William Carter
Parker’s Lane
St. Giles’s
Joseph Harrison
Richard Bolton
Stepney-fields
Thomas Greenwood
Bartholomew Bogie
Barbican
George Miller
Auber
Norton-falgate
George Morris
William Broomwich
Bagnigge Wells
John Colecraft
Susan Spicer
Panton-street
Edward Jones
Ravell
Charles Fitzroy Scudamore
Albermale- Street
Whentley
North America
John Davis
Clarges-street
May Fair
Thomas Burn
Covent Garden Theatre
Mary Barnister
William Harward
Villers-street
York Buildings
Herrington
St. George's
Shadwell
Houghton Packer
Lawrencé Poultney-lane
Miss Echard
Echard
Goodman’s Fields
J. Laff
White
Goldsmiths Company
John Heber
Harton
Craven
Rochester
Lancashire
Stanford Rivers
Ongar
Essex
Nathaniel Lancaster
Somerset-street
Portman-square
William Joye
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