Allegory of the Rat in the Statue in Koan Tchong Fable
Forbe Pinlgber presents an English-printed allegory from China about a minister Koan Tchong and a sage tale on a rat in a wooden statue. The piece argues nothing is more to be dreaded than virtueless favorites gaining the prince’s favor while endangering the realm, using the rat statue as a cautionary example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father da Halde
China
Europe
Hoer Kong
Koan Tchong
Koar Tchong
Koan Thong
K—g
Wice- Wersa
Bagen
Widgut
Brice
London Museum
Piteee
D Pirhune
Mageeine
Scatchioan
London
Fragmentary Note Cites Common Sense in Practice
A garbled excerpt references common sense and pathways for implementing it. The fragment mentions a director and drafts, hinting at organizational or editorial processes without clear detail or dates. No clear actions or outcomes are stated.
Foreign affairs and disasters reported abroad in Gibraltar dispatches
Postscript from Gibraltar notes French plans to acquire land on the Moroccan coast for Guinea trade, plus epidemics in Haynault and a condemned man’s paper read at trial. News of earthquakes in Rouen and Versailles, a duel near New York, privateering shipments, ship losses, and colonial blockades in Jamaica are also cited with various European and Atlantic links.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Morocco
Africa
Guinea
Paris
Mgth
Haynault
Veterinary Academy
Gordon
Charles
Ruchfort
Ceres
Parham
St. John Baptist
Martinique
Guadaloupe
St. Domingo
France
Cours
Rouen
Versailles
New York
Elfineur
Elphinston
Bender
Petersburgh
Mediterranean
Danish East India Company
China
Friedensburg
Jamaica
Havanna
Florence
Crispin Fon
Constantine the Great
Crifes
Ft Anstant
Céfling
Prufita
Tipite Gabe
J. Bell
Exeter
Damaged dispatches and naval concerns in Ireland and abroad
The text reports on diplomatic notes from the Secretary of State in Dublin and officials in London, detailing tensions with ambassadors, naval congestion, and trade concerns in the Mediterranean. It notes the Duke of Rochfort and Count de Velderen's discussions, dockyard orders, and Danish trade insurance, alongside a wave of local crime reports and social relief actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartlett
Vigo
Expres
Secretary of State
Ireland
Algiers
de Velderen
Earl of Rochfort
Northern Department
Hague
Admiralty
Charing Cross
Portsmouth
Plymouth
de Paftow
Mediterranean
Earl of Chatham
Ford
Royal Navy
Denmark
Milford -Haven
Pembrokeshire
Mary
Dundee
Dantrick
Faro
Fonthill
Wiltshire
Bedford
Wosburn
Mutchinson
Unclear lines from old stock notes and bonds
Fragmentary OCR listing seems to show various stock entries and bonds including 3 per cent Annuities and other securities with mixed figures and abbreviations. Content is garbled with multiple unreadable tokens and place names, offering little coherent information beyond references to rates and securities.
Unclear OCR fragment on financial terms and rates
Fragmentary text discusses money value and stock prices with references to annuities and percentages, but the exact entities and context are unreadable. No clear event or person is identifiable from the readable segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
Also Mentioned on This Page
Forbe
Pinlgber
Middlesex Journal
Papin Priesta
O. Palltall
Mer
Mitea
Percy
Bulkley
Raye
Yooung Meadows
Baxit
Fiat
Batavia
ATIAS
Bud Ae
Batavia Arrack
Anil
Gilllon
Beer Isa Et Giftillers
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