Baptism of Catharine Charlotte at St James Palace
Reports from foreign intelligence describe the baptism of Catharine Charlotte, daughter of Lord Cathcart, British ambassador to Russia. Godparents include the Empress and Grand Duke, with a diamond gift from the Empress and a grand roast ox feast for the Empress's court and local poor.
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Peter Fhirghy
Lord Cathcart
Great-Britain
Russia
Xaminoi Ottrof
Catharine
Charlotte
Fnacking
Count Panin
Letter From Boston on New York’s Trade and Faction Strife
Extras of a Boston letter dated July 24 describe New York’s import policy from Great Britain provoking disdain among colonies. It accuses Scots Dutch and “mongrel race” of ruling NY through wealth, notes two rival factions led by Delaneys and Levingstons, and mentions Puritan Ladleys. It warns against shipment of goods and laments stamp act repeal imagery.
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Boston
New-York
Great Britain
Delaneys
Levingstons
Gaiety in Portsmouth as Wilkes Visit Ends in Stocks
A letter from August 28 describes Mr Wilkes and his daughter bringing unusual gaiety to Portsmouth. A woman using approbrious language to the visitor was ordered by the Mayor to sit in the stocks for three hours, drawing a large crowd. A Court Martial is planned for a sea captain accused of embezzling the King's flares and other abuses aboard his ship, with cruelty alleged toward subordinates and misratings on the ship's books.
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Trighthellfone
England
Queen’s College
Oxford
Earl
Perwin
Baddeley
St. James’s
Great Seal
Shaphall
Hertfordshire
Joneses
Duke of Newcastle
Oatlands
Weybridge
Surry
Hounflow
John Fielding
Newgate
Bocking
Essex
Rumford
Union-court
Whitechapel
Black Friars-bridge
Hesket
Gardiner
Chelsea-bridge
Charles-street
Covent-garden
Oxford Chapel
Middlesex Hospital
Farmer Brown
Hampstead
George Bowles
Mark-lane
Hales
Savile-Row
Bishopsgate Street
Reeves
Academy
Bishopsgate
Hoo
Thomas Brand
Oakhampton
Caroline
Pierpont
Evelyn
Duke of Kingston
Bishopsgate-Street
Berryman
Newington
Coombs
Linnen-draper
Baronhill
County of
Anglesey
Emma
Viscountes
Bulkley
James
Bulkleysi
Ireland
Hugh
William,iBaronet
Beaumaris
London Intelligence on Royal Court and Foreign Affairs
A London letter reports the Empress of Russia complaining of States General support to the Turks after a secret treaty among three maritime powers. The piece recalls the Dauphine of France at Versailles, court movements, and talks of a possible descent in Ireland. It notes naval orders to Proby for Algiers, a grand Stone Bridge proposal at Richmond, and various social, legal, and crime items including highwaymen and accidents.
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London
Hague
Russia
Vicory
France
Versailles
Vienna
Barbadoes
Ands
St. James’s
Hertford
Halifax
Rochford
Queen’s Palace
Richmond
Treasury
Lord North
Dillington
Omeretthire
Henry Seymour Conway
Shooter’s Hill
Lord Camden
Camdcn-Place
Kent
Paris
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Proby
Algiers
Mediterranean
Hervey
Ireland
Earl Sandwich
Baron Smythe
Guildford
Smith
Westminster Bridge
Thames
Edward
Williams
New-York
Leicester-fields
Cheapside
Brighthelm- Itone
St. George’s Fields
Stafford
Justice Blackstone
Benjamin Molineux
Wolverhampton
James. Fieldhouse
Serjeant Naires
Ms.Bencroft
Serjeant
Jéphson
Skinner
Kenyon
Jeffon
Woolverhampton
Stevens
Defendents
Molineux
Prepare Shrub Punch For Sea and Country Gathers
Old London advert promotes shrub and punch for ready money. Delivers Belt Brandy shrub at 3 1/4 per gallon, shrub chosen to purchaser, neat brandy, rum, and pine-flavored drink offered, with prints boards and opportunity noted. Warehouse at Distaff Lane No 25 lists prices and terms.
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Distaff-Lane
London
Local Notice Surrenders Secretion Details at Southampton
Fragmentary OCR lists a price per bottle and location near Southampton Rue Peage. Readable items mention Coventsea Price six shillings per bottle and a sealed secretion claim.
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Soke
Southampton- Rueee
Coventsea
Fragmentary note hints at names and unions in distracted text
The readable fragments mention Namie and Chekna with unclear relations and a reference to Looking-Glass. The context is damaged and names are uncertain, offering little reliable detail on marriage or events.
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Azi
Langs
Namie
Viet
Fragmentary Note on Medicines and Vendors
A garbled fragment discusses genuine medicine versus vendors of adulterated goods. It mentions validation, assurance, and a desire to vindicate authenticity, but details are unclear.
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