Distemper Spreads Across Polish Villages Amid protests
Letters describe sickness spreading from Buiajewice and Gzerniatyn to nearby villages including Solef Bar Gufcaton Zaflaw and Medzeborz. General Weyman lines troops to curb spread though officials warn confederate excursions will push infection inward. Vienna Berlin frontiers demand strict quarantine for travelers and woollen exports. Extract from The Hague notes Morocco envoy seeks materials for a Mequinez palace and war stores. Petersburg reports French engineers in Ottoman army provoke Russian displeasure.
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Solef
Bar
Poland
UfeKioz
Vienna
Berlin
Hague
Morocco
Mequinez
Spain
Petersburg
de Romanzow
Russia
Emigration to North Carolina From the Highlands
Since April last six large vessels have sailed from the Western Islands and Highlands filled with passengers bound for North Carolina. It is estimated that at least 1200 men, women, and children have embarked. Also, Glasgow merchant James Hutchinson was fatally injured after a fall from his horse near Leith and died the following Wednesday. Walter Ruddiman, oldest master printer in Scotland, died at Melvil Paper Mill.
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Edinburgh
Highlands
North Carolina
James Hutchinson
Glasgows
Leimzhagew
Melvil
Walter Ruddiman
Scotland
Dissolution of Non-Importation Amity Boosts New York Trade
Letters from Bristol report the Non-Importation Agreement's end confirmed in New York, renewing orders that revive business. Notices detail social events, a jurat election at Sandwich, Dover's public reception for Trevaniond, and continued local political tension amid lingering opposition.
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Gloecier
Bristol
New-York
Hereford
Hungerford Hoskins
Chandos Ficlkins
Much Due Church
Herefordshire
Bath
France
Watkin
Leives
Temple
Popkin
Circus
Canterbury
Sandwich
Solly
Sayer
Canton
Trade grievances and naval praise in an eighteenth century letter
An Extra from Lifton reports worsening trade and high duties provoking Parliament to redress grievances as British and Dutch rivalry renews trade tensions. It also details Admiral Elphinston’s courage against the Turkish fleet, court communications from Orloff and Murray, Royal birthday acknowledgments at Richmond, and a Bach set ode praising the Queen.
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London
Lifton
England
Elphinston
A. Ruffian
Petersburgh
Alexey Orloff
Dolgorucki
Morea
Murray
Earl of Rochford
Prince Ernest of
Britain
Mecklenburgh
Prince of Wales
Turbulent European Struggles and Domestic Notices
The report notes ongoing tensions with the Turks and Portuguese military pressures, with Madrid to be pressed for answers. It mentions Dunmore’s dispatch to New York aimed at calming rivalries, and Boston-New York communications severed as Loyalists oppose the non importation act. Local Somerset councillors seek a remonstrance to the Throne, while a list of disorders mocks contemporary politics. A Greenwich hospital relief program is praised, and wealth transfers from a royal treason-linked estate are described. Notices include bets on hops duties and a noble elopement influence, plus sales of waterworks shares and a Norwich-Bishop’s Stortford travel update. A London tavern anecdote, a Pantheon share sale, and various social deaths and marriages fill the day’s public notices.
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Madrid
Portugal
Dunmore
New-York
Boston
Somerset
Duke of
Col
Grzex
Greenwich
Derwentwater
George
Greenwich ‘Hospital
Garraway’s
Harding
Minories
Tunbridge Wells
Charles
Sweden
Hazard
Pantheon
Oxford Road
Bishop’s Stortford
Hertfordshire
Thames
Barthen
London
Ivan
Emontoh
David
Wilmot
Ely
Wind and ships in early Deal port records Aug 27 28
Shipping notices from Deal and surrounding ports list vessels such as Queen Glory and Cruizer sloop with stores and pilots. Entries mention winds varying from north to east northeast and reference Barbary bound trips to Dover Pier. Numerous vessel names appear in broken lists including Honduran, Jamaica, Carolin Raymer, Olive Belton, and others among colonial era trade movements.
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P.o.rt News
Deal
Wind
Thomason
Hammord
Polly
Munro
Mackay
Fame
Hodgson
Carolin Raymer
Georgia
Mary
St. ‘Vincent's
Olive
Belton
Jamaic Marlow
Kitchen
Judith
Dathie Melty
Sar
Géy Zachary. Bailey
Hodge Minica
Colebroke
Revely
Maryland
Tur
Jordan
St.’ Kit’s
Matthew
Payne
Barcelona
Mary Oporto
Arabella
Bradshaw
Kingler
Mahon
Ceres
Eve
Goerham
Nafftel
Kieftelfen
Ers
Martens
Caelfatt
Nancy
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Mesquite
Mary le Bone
Robert G . Esq
North-freet
Red’ Lion
St. George’s Church
Sally. Willoughby
King-street
Bloomsleur
Bedford Row
Shaw
John Shaw
Bart
Eltham
Kent
Upper Brook-street
Herbert
Jacob Hemet
Amelia
Hemet
Byley
Cockspur- Street
Hay-Market
India
Leadenhall- Street
Miss Perfumer
J. le Brun Dauphine
Paris
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