Plague Suspected Swedish Ships Banned From Landing
In Edinburgh August 24, the London Customs Commissioners report they received word from Holland of two Swedish ships from the Levant suspected of plague. Crews may not land, and avoidance of contact is urged at ports under their jurisdiction. Vigilance on any return of the Ruffian fleet is also ordered. One Sunday night Sir Thomas Wallace of Cragie, Bart, died.
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Edinburgh
Customs
London
Holland
Levant
Sweden
Thomas Wallace
Cragie, Bart
Observations on Irish trade and a Cork baptism note
A Dublin correspondent notes over 200 ships from Cumberland ports bring coal valued at 18s per ton, totaling about 129,600l. sterling, draining wealth from the kingdom. Cork reports Mrs Morris Haley’s birth of triplets. Carlow records Thomas Reilly’s capital conviction for cow-stealing and scheduled execution on November 3.
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Dublin
Cumberland
Scotland
Ireland
Cork
Morris Haley
Beery
Carlow
Thomas Reilly
Newcastle Trial Sentences and Royal News from August
The Newcastle dispatch reports death sentences for coin clipping but reprieve for George Tomlinson, with other defendants acquitted or transported. It also covers a long roundup of court actions, a French manuscript translation in town, a Caenin Normandy incident, and royal progress details including artillery tests at Woolwich, pregnancy news, and possible ministry reshuffles.
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Country News
Newwcastle
Northumberland
George Tomlinson
William Mackie
Eleanor Nesbitt
Thomas Wales
John Oliver the Elder
John Oliver the Younger
John Burton
William Wilson
John. Gray
Thomas Douglass
Edward Wake
Gray
Douglass
William Todd
Meff
Spark and Lowes
Hexham
George Lowdén
David Majoribanks
Stephen Langlands
Ann Langlands
Hazlet
Darian
Appleby
Jeresia
Smith
John Wilson
Moothall
Baron Perrot
Henry
Grey
Bart
Trover
Howick
Grace
Wedderburn
Wallace
Jenry
Lee
Hotham
Chambers
Duke of Orleans
France
Versailles
Matey
Orleans
Constantinople
Caenin
Normandy
Paris
Mail Theft Near Walcot Turn Pike Reported
A footpad in a brown great coat intercepted a mail rider near Walcot Turn Pike. He grabbed the bridle and demanded money but did not seize the mail. After delaying for minutes, the rider spurred away and delivered the mail at Chippenham. Rumors link recent Oriental Quarter Globe reports to disputes among a wealthy trading company.
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Walcot
Chippenham
Portsmouf News and Miscellany Amid Turmoil
The item compiles diverse 18th century notices including cricket on Kew Green, emigration from Dublin to Newfoundland, canal work, a birth in Upper Brook Street, and legal disputes over a lead mine claim. It notes postmaster cart experiments, Dutch frigates near Plymouth, and local marriages.
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Bookfeller
Steynt
Brigshelmstone
Junius
Wilkes
Dublin
St. John’s
Newfoundland
Portmouth
Rosamond’s Pond
John Thomas
Upper Brook-street
Smith
Gray’s Inn
Pomfret
County of
York
Richmond-cross
le Despencer
Plymouth Sound
Plymouth
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Birmingham
Cabinet makers and trades listed for September permits
David Nelson of St Mary le bone and Thomas Jackson Cleveland in London are among tradesmen named for fastender and seabees related to Guildhall attestations. Samuel Delves of St Leonards Great Eastcheap and Alexander Mitchell of Basing Lane are noted drapers and merchants awaiting certificates. Other names include Abney of Finch Lane and Jonathan Payne of St Martin in the Fields as Haberdashers and jetellers in the permit notices.
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David Nelson
St. Mary-le-bone
Guildhall
Thomas
Jackson Cleveland
Fastender
James Lewis
Mary
Whitechape
Dyer
Murtender Sepeuildhall
Smitte Seabees
Samuel
Delves
St. Leonid
Great Eastcheap
Linden-draper
Abney
Finch-lanes London
Tronmonger
Alexander
Mitchell
Basing-lane É Chant
Jonatha Payne
St. Rtin
Jeteller
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Ocober
George
Macarttner
the Blood
Prince de Conti
Duke D' Aiguillon
Regiment of Artillery
Woolwich
Royal Laboratory
Col. Defaculiers
Col. Defaguliers
Warren
Woolwich Common
Princess Dowager of Wales
Lord North
Duke of Grafton
Earl of Chatham
Lord Chatham
Robert Ladbroke
Yorkshire
Morni
St. George
Sy’ ‘Hanover Uare
John Fleming
Stoneham
Jane Sinclairly
Fonneie Eau, Els
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