Oath by William George Edmunds over manuscript secrecy
Edmunds swears he will not reveal names of anyone who sent papers for Murpiesex Journal or any periodical he works on without author consent and will publish essays faithfully. He notes manuscripts are usually destroyed after press, offers to return originals if requested in large letters.
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William George. Edmunds
Suez-Lans
St. Andrew’s
HoLzorn
Murpiesex
Chroniere
Liberty
W.G. Epmunds
Jack Nokes
Tom Styles
L’ilbe
Antiochus
Persia
Lysias
Juda
Jerusalem
Israel
Liberty and tyranny in the Middlesex Journal 1770
A Letter to the Publisher laments creeping abuse of power and wartime finance in England. The author recalls past liberties under Queen Anne, warns that standing armies and patronage erode freedom, and cites biblical and political reflections from February 19, 1770.
Court and drawing-room at St James's
Friday February 23 reports a grand court and drawing-room at St James's with the king and queen, foreign ministers, and nobility. A cabinet council followed. after four, their Majesties returned to the Queen's palace for dinner. The Earl of Bristol resgned the privy seal the same day, delivered to the Earl of Halifax. The Lady of Col Piggot, now married and sister to the Duchess of Grafton, was presented to the Royals.
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Queen’s Palace
Court and Courtly News From St James's to Boston
Reports from St James's and Windsor detail audiences for foreign ministers and a gout afflicted nobleman, with Elphinston departing for Portsmouth to take command of the fleet bound for the Mediterranean. Letters describe Bucharest’s destruction in late actions between Russia and the Turks, Polish confederates retreating before Russians near Raciez, and a Sweden plan to inoculate the kingdom with Dr Roseille’s method. A New York letter notes equestrian and colossal statues ready for shipment, while American merchants await Parliament’s actions amid heavy trade expectations and rising imports.
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Baron Wallmoden
Monsieur Dé Mello
Hayes
Kent
Elphinston
Portsmouth
Mediterranean
Warsaw
Wallachia
Bucharest
Pomnania
Malczewski
Confederacy of Great Poland
Raciez
Silesia
Sweden
Roseille
Marblehead
New England
London
Great-Britain
America
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Jamaica
General Assembly of
New York
Charles
Pitt
Earl of Chatham
Wilton
Thomas Millar
Boston
North America
Oea
Great Britain
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Sp—k—r
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St. James's
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Duke of Marlborough
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Guildhall
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House
Commons
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Speaker
Prendergraft Smith
O‘shabhernefly
Egrs
Sern Ireland
Shabhernefty
Sime
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