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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1770
Page
2
A ball was given at the Capitol for Lord Botetourt by the gentlemen of the House of Burgesses. About 100 ladies attended in fashionable dresses, displaying spirited support for the country’s essential interests and patriotic sentiment.
April reports note several individuals freed from confinement after being accused of murder, with no grounding for indictment. In Galway, Bridget Connor and Roger Maffey were sentenced to the pillory and six months’ imprisonment for attempting to poison a husband. A fleet departure from Dartmouth faces mixed reception as local merchants seek new trade prospects.
Private letters from Paris note tensions over French Asiatic affairs and royal advice. A Senegal report describes a Guinea-man poisoned by jealousy, ending with a bizarre post mortem. In New York, a poll liberty request is dropped as soldiers guard a makeshift mast on a public pole commemorating Stamp Act repeal, amid royal court news and local riots policing.
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