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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 25, 1770
Page
3
A garbled early modern era text recounts Confederate and Russian intrigues, with mentions of Falkland Islands, Spanish letters, and Portuguese and Dutch figures. The passage notes naval actions, territorial claims, and royal proclamations, plus scattered dates, places, and leaders, all presented in a distressed OCR style.
Providence Rhode Island reports a violent storm with wind rain and hail. The back Cape Cod area sees extensive shipping damage and about thirty bodies recovered. Captains Sparks and Iron A Pog bring goods allowed by the agreement. Bondow brings others. Cash 40,0001, property of city residents, involved in the incident.
A fragmentary Edinburgh report describes a royal or legal notice from December 1 regarding a decree affecting Scotland's Peers and the late Duke of Argyll. It notes a violent gale and disrupted events on a Tuesday, with references to court actions and the authority repealing certain peerage provisions.
A garbled excerpt discusses Prague, Parliament, and a Scots poet with references to foreigners, nobles, and a debated law. The text is barely readable and mixes quotes, mis-spellings, and disjointed phrases about status and property thresholds in a kingdom.
An extra from Portsmouth notes several Royal Navy ships bound for Gibraltar and Ireland, including the Rainbow and Queen, with nine months provisions aboard the Portland, to convoy East Indiamen to St Helena. A warning convoy arrangement is ordered for Mediterranean-bound vessels and a train of artillery is set for the garrison. A gale and wrecks plus incidents on the coast are reported, with French vessel distress and captures described.
A fragmentary list notes outward bound vessels including Lydia Scott from Botton, Neptune Thornton from Cork Calais Peckee Gilby, Hambro Aims Bégher, Jaffron Elizabeth Jacobson Water- arée, Warburton Olive Newfoundland Harriot Burie from Falmouth Ancona, with winds and conditions delaying the voyage.
OCR text fragments reference a court setting with names like Justice of the Court and Lord Chief, along with several aides or officials. The garbled lines mention a Monday session and a figure named Weidderburn among others, suggesting a legal proceeding context without clear details or outcomes.
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