Confederal Capture and Repression Reported Abroad
On Parsaw March 14 the Confederates abducted M Slanskiski from his Kelina country house. Prince Jasper Lubomirski, seized recently, was released after swearing allegiance and paying 2000 ducats. Warsaw warnings speak of worsening misery from levies imposed by the Profin Majesty. The Dantzig province faces compulsory coinage and military seizure of corn as troops surround the city and confiscate supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Slanszewski
Kelina
Prince Jasper Lubomirki
A&t
Warsaw
Dantzig
Judge Livingston Barred From Assembly Seat in New York
New York dispatch reports Judge Livingston offered to join the Assembly for Livingston Manor but was excluded due to a standing rule barring Supreme Court judges from seats. The Assembly also moved to draft an address to the monarch urging repeal of the paper currency act, proposing debenture bills as a temporary measure to aid the distressed colony. Proclamations from Georgia and Carolina cite limits on Indian corn exports and tax-law anxieties amid price pressures and regulatory enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New York
Livingston
Livington
Supreme Court
Newbery
Lords and Commons
Great Britain
Charles Town
South Carolina
James Habertham
Province of
Georgia
North Carolina
Martin
House of Commons
Salop
Richard Davies
Lord North
Treasury
Red-cross-street
Duke of Gloucester
Rome
England
Europe
George the Fir
George the Second
James the Second
Mary
Dominica
Mercury
White
Leghorn
Republic of Venice
Ruthan Court
Titian
Count de Laregais
Christie’s
Faid Tax Demands Criticized by Scribe Note
A fragment argues that faid suggestions contain fallacies and misrepresentation and that sheriffs collectors and receivers are commanded to collect faid taxes and duties until the laws are repealed legally. It reflects a colonial-era grievance over enforced levies and legal ambiguity.
Tragic West Ayton Suicide Pact Drowns Woman and Children
York reports a sorrowful event as a West Ayton woman, living with a reputable husband, abandoned despairingly her family by leaping with a five year old boy and four year old girl into a well. The coroner notes prior suicide attempts. a separate note confirms a marriage at Ayton Quaker meeting. Leeds notes Mary Hilton’s execution by burning for poisoning her husband after a confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country News
York
West Ayton
Scarborough
Ayton
Stoxley
William Richardson
Mary Thornhill
Whitby
Leeds
Mary Hilton
Lancaster
Sailing ships and arrivals in downs and harbors
Ship New 5S bound to Hall remains in the Downs the Beaver from the Bay of Honduras. Wind at North. The Trimley Page from London arrived at Virginia. Isabella Brown from St. Vincent's at Liverpool. Eagle Rookin from South Carolina at Whitehaven. Sally Read from ditto at Cowes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deal
Downs
Beaver
Bay of Honduras
Hall
North
Trimley
Page
London
Virginia
Isabella
Brown
St. Vincent’s
Liverpool
Eagle
Rookin
South Carolina
Whitehaven
Sally
Read
Ditto
Cowes
London News Digest from St James's Park to Parliament
Reports of the 67th regiment marching to Kent under royal review in St James's Park, the French Ambassador's audience, and pacific royal aims. Updates on Pagoda repairs, April 29 General Seal at Lincoln's Inn Hall, and Lords passing insolvent debtor and Greenwich prize bills. Local price shifts, corn export talk, riots, and public notices fill the rest.
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Londo UN
Hervey
St. James’s Park
67Th Regiment of Foot
Kent
St. James’s
Kew Gardens
Lincoln’s Inn Hall
Fairy-hill
Commons
King’s Bench
Royal Hospital
Greenwich
House of Piers
House of Commons
Savoy
Court of Exchequer
Duchy of Lancaster
Ibis
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Foreign Intelligence
Parsaw
Lord Cahir
Mr. Butler
Paris
Lord Mansfield
Junius
Dunkirk
Exeter
Parliament
St. John’s
Whitechapel Market
Suffolk
Scfolk
Essex
Ipswich
Hertford
Billingsgate Market
Dogge
King-street
Bloomsbury
Founding Hospital
Plumtree
Bedford Row
New River Company
St. Paul’s Church
Excise Office
Poultry Charter
George Deane
Monument-yird
Mary Wells
Wells
Wallingford
Leadenhall -Street
James Jackie Sudbury
Lothbury
Jennings
Richmond
Sir Wyson
George Pa
Grovenor Fquare
James Smith
Bevo Nason Hicks
Frichtreet
Ioho
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