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Newspaper
Middlesex Journal And Evening Advertiser
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 15, 1775
Page
3
A整理 of reports from Holland France and Flanders include the capture of a Persian regent figure by Turkish forces, battles near Baffora, and Russian/Polish front news. London items cover court matters, appointments, pardons, naval drafts, and a broad sweep of public notices, salaries, and deaths with notes on crops and forgery cases.
Lord Chamberlain's office announces a ball at St James's on Thursday the 22nd. Ladies wishing to dance must send name and rank to the office by Tuesday and collect tickets the next day. Levee crowds noted. several noblemen and church officials attended. Captain Sir Thomas Rish bade farewell to the king before departing for the Mediterranean.
A historical note recalls Colonel Grant with power to strike America, sent to reconnoitre a fort he mistook as abandoned. He attacked with two thousand men but found a well-defended fort. A nearby relief party of brave medics arrived to save his life and prevent isolation.
Incomplete excerpt discusses a proposal by Mr T to relieve the south from subscription burdens. Mentions stoppage of a 'gine' in the Gapat and discontent among members who did not choose rekzamnt. Entities and precise details are unreadable.
The Whitfall term opening of the Court of Exchequer saw James Montgomery, Esq. welcomed as Lord Chief Bagage. Meanwhile ships Albion, Hage, and Sunday Favourite sailed from Whitehaven to New York with passengers aiming to settle in America. Several villagers, farmers, smiths and tradespeople seek land and a new life there. A man who went last year reportedly received a 36000 acre grant at a rate of 1d per acre or a favorable Albany site. In Preston Lancashire workers unearthed a large urn containing King James copper coins dated 1685.
In Dublin the 11th Regiment under Major General Sir C Thompson the 27th under Colonel Eyre Marly the 27th under Major General Thomas Erle the 42nd under Lieutenant General Lord John Murray the 6th under Col Hon John Vaughan and the 6th under Major General Richard Earl of Cavan are ordered to prepare to embark for America.
Fragmentary market notes show bank stock prices and commission rates, with mentions of South Sea Stock and India Stock. The entry lists annuities, bonds, Nas and V bills, and various per cent figures in a hurried ledger style.
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