Provincial Congresses and Loyalist Resolve 1775
A compilation of colonial notices and proceedings from 1775 detailing messages between the Pennsylvania assembly and the British House of Commons on taxation, amid warnings of civil war. It reports on delegates to Congress, troop raisings in Morris and Newark townships, embargo actions by Connecticut, and militia preparations during the rising tensions in the American provinces. It also records visits of Massachusetts delegations to New York and police and military movements around Boston and Philadelphia. The item preserves a snapshot of the era’s political maneuvering and local military readiness.
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Bortsmouth
New-York
Sempson
Cooper
New York
House of Commons
General Council
General Court
America
Great Britain
Barthens
Pensylvania
House
John Morton
Stancers
New York Journal
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
John Hancock
Thomas Cushing
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert ‘Treat Paide
Province of
Massachusetts Bay
Fliphaler Dyer
Roger Sherman
Silas Deane
County of
Conneticut
Tarsiages
Philip Livingston
James Duane
John Alsop
Francis Lewis
William Ployd
Suffolk
Simon Boerum
King’s County
North River Ferry
Martin
Afsembly
North Carolina
Honourable
House of Assembly of
Comnecticut
Wiliam Dunbar
Quebec
Boston
Newark
New-Jersey
Allen
Connecticut
Gage
Bostog
England
Fersey
Morris
Jacob Ford
William de Hart
Grand Continental Congress
William Winds
William de’ Hart
Silas Condit
Peter Dickerson
Jacob Drake
Ellis‘Cook
Jonathan Stites
David Thompson
Abraham Kitchell
Met
Sunsit
William
Eglov
Williark de Hart
Samuell Ball
Joseph Mo Iris
Daniel Budd
John Hullington
Fai
Merris
William’ de Hart
Hart
Ely
Arcurpato Dantas
Newak
New Jersey
William Burnet
Ministry of Great Britain
Massachusets Bay
Convention of Deputies
Waac Ogden
Philip van Cortdlandt
Bethuel Pierson
Caleb Camp
Aid
Faid Association
Aé&T
Isaac Lonaworth
Lewis Ogden
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Elisha. Boudiliot
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Elitha Boudinor
Tanc.Ogden
Isaac Longworth
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Anecdote of Witty Neapolitan Noblewoman
An Italian anecdote recalls a noblewoman who married young to a high quality Neapolitan nobleman, becoming a widow and mother early in life. The tale begins with a scene of her daily life and the care she showed in managing her household.
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Foo
Ana
Guy
T’ Hey
Sey
Havin
Hetter
Hesé
Matilda
Reddy
Matilde
Volturna
Aatilda
Giiten
Promises of a Quick Silver Medicine at King Street
An advertisement offers a powder of quicksilver claimed to cure numerous ailments including gout rheumatism stone dropsy jaundice scurvy leprosy and paralysis. It pledges total eradication of symptoms and invites applying at No 6 King Street Bloomsbury before specified hours.
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Kingstreet
Bloomsbury
J. Collett
Maredant's Drops praised in 1775 London letter
Elizabeth Haden writes to Mr Norton of Golden-square London thanking him for Maredant's Drops curing long standing illnesses including digestive issues and cough. She notes improved appetite and digestion after about a bottle and warns of counterfeits and official signatures on genuine bottles sold by Norton. The letter invites others to verify efficacy via testimonials from reputable local sufferers.
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Hanover-street
Long-acre
Elizabeth Haden
Mrr. Norton
Golden-square
Piccadilly
London
John Norton
Joan
Norton
Marédant