Poland and Prussia dispute of European borders
Fragmentary 18th century dispatches describe Poland's historical boundaries with Lithuania and Livonia, Prussia's revived claims on Great Poland, and military and diplomatic moves. The piece notes Polish governance shifts, Ottoman, Swedish, and Russian encroachments, and Prussia’s posturing and quarantine of trade routes along the Vistula. It also reports unrelated local notes on crime, weather, prizes, and public notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kngdom
Poland
Great Duchy of Lithuania
Muscovy
Pomerania
Baltic Sea
Carpathian Mountains
Ukraine
Bohemia
Silesia
Brandenbourg
Eaftth
Wallacia
Moldavia
Pate
Podolia
Livonia
Dwina
Nieper
Polocks
Wytepik
Minski
Micyslaw
Dawingrad
Prussia
Brandenburg
Great Poland
Europe
Daniziée
Tyoxa
Vistula
Boleslaus
Casimer
Inland flood at Montauban saves suburbs after high Tarn waters
Postscript from Paris notes heavy rains near Montauban sent the Tarn to 35 feet above normal, flooding Montauban suburbs and surrounding fields. Intendant Gourgues visited at night to aid residents, boats were sent at dawn to reach peasants on hills, and no lives are reported lost though several houses were carried away. The Medoc regimental relief aided the effort. Selafierdam reports on December 23 that Surinam advices align on the Saga.
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Sheerness
Cornwallis
Gibraltar
William Whitehead
Boyce
Greek-Street
Soho
Dunkirk
Fidler
Punchinella
Pirce
Punch
William Nath
Seldon
Wiltshire
Walbrook
St. Mary-le-Bone
Bedlam
Harris
Madrid
Queen’s Palace
Stockholm
Leghorn
Tunis
Mediterranean
East India Company
Leadenhall-market
Paris
Montauban
Tarn
Gether
Monsieur de Gourgues
Medoc
Montaullan
Selafierdam
Surinam
1772 Index Promises Shifts in Power and Credit
The document hints at changes across London politics and finance with nominals altered like Ch ommitted C d n, knaves shielded and Wilkes fate sealed. Townsend rises while bankers feel the sting and credit slumps, prompting wary observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nsf
Wilkes
Townsend
Theodosius and Pantomime at Drury Lane and Covent Garden
Theatrical entertainments include Theodosius or the Force of Love and Pigmy Revels at Drury Lane with Twelfth Night tonight and Harlequin Sorcerer. At Covent Garden yesterday King Richard the Third with Harlequin Sorcerer and Alls Well That Ends Well tonight with Harlequin Sorcerer.
Stock Market Notation From Historic Bond Listings
A fragment lists various securities and prices including Old S.S. Annuities, per cent notes, Ind Ind Lands, Navy and Victualling Bills, and long annuities. Mentions per cent closures and specific bond figures with shorthand descriptions, typical of a 19th century exchange column with navigational shorthand for trading activity.
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Colby
Holland
Pascal
Paoli
Cornwall
Valentia
Royal
Board of Trade
Spain
Luttrell
Gazette
Providence
Antigua
Common Council
St. Thomas’s
Wil'on
Iftington
Rea
Northampton
Bow-street
Tothill
Fields Bridewell
Lord Orfard
Edward Milon
Hall
Bessiére
Stéafid
Lothill
West
Thames-street
Mace
Poultry Compter
Coventry
Gosswell-street
Gwynn
Islington
Craig’s Court
Charing Cross
George Woolfall
Messrs. Byfield
Hawksworth
South Sea
S.S. An
Iindia
Thomas Smith
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Ari
Harrateen
Cheney
Linsey
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