Confederate troops plan bold river crossing and forces
An 1860s dispatch reports Confederate operations with 6000 infantry and associated corps. Vienna and Potocki referenced, with plans to command the corps and a note on election of a Chapter man. The letter from The Hague cites public opinion on peace terms between Rashids and Turks and expected royal approval.
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Vienna
Pototki
Peral Valgrefon
Itr
Francis
Charles ‘Couns
The
Hague
Peste
Yaeke
Fragmentary maritime notices from Plymouth harbor
Fragmentary OCR lists ships arriving at Plymouth with scant details. Mentions include Elizabeth and Mary from Din kik, Nancy from Virginia, Beify from Havre de Grace, and other names like Jamaica and Bilboa. Text is incomplete and uncertain about dates and destinations.
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Han Lews
Deal
Iva
Ann
Elizabeth
Magois
Jemaica
Downs
Mary
Dinkik
London Gossip and Royal Rumors Inaccurate Rumors Denied
A morning paper claims the Princess Dowager of Wales received the Sacrament last week but the report has no foundation. The Lord Mayor signals earlier council sessions to ensure members attend Parliament. pension details for officers and widows are to be announced. other notes discuss property rights and Lisbon’s perilous security amid Spanish forces.
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Wales
Brunswick
British Museum
Woerethan
House of Commons
Cip
Livery of London
Charles
Prince’Frederick
War Office
Augurt
Lord Baltimore
Poslefors
Renee Eden
Tewey
Lisbon
Ecco
Spain
Plunging Wheat Shortage Across Europe Cited in 1760s Dispatch
A late 18th century correspondent reports scant wheat from Poland and other European regions, noting high prices for red ore and limited shipments to Britain. The piece details parliamentary sessions, levies, touching on corn magazines, horse and playhouse taxes, plus various crime and port news, with sieges of smuggling and naval movement, and a royal procession of ships bound for Portsmouth.
Guildhall Notices of Tradesmen and Trades Guild Meetings
A sequence of historical notices lists individuals and firms from London and surrounding areas appearing before Guildhall on various February dates and March 7. Names include merchants, tobacconists, cabinet makers, calico printers, and others such as Benjamin Harrison, Charles Adair, Joseph Filce, Dolfitt, William Cooper, William Garbutt, and Joseph Hunt. Street origins include Friday Street, Hampton, Minories, Wapping, and Sunderland.
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Aree
Ghapimad
Farreider
Guildhall
Wade
In -Bortar
Grawford
Catentun-Breet
London
Bebo2z
Charles "Adair
Theatrical Intelligence Ends in Stage Chaos
Entertainment notes report a 4n Hour marriage farce based on Moliere ran into audience disturbances on Saturday. Cast members were repeatedly hissed as scenes progressed and a glass sconce was hurled from the boxes, driving Mr Woodward from the stage four times during the Prologue.
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Moliere
Woodward
S Peak
The Lady's Magazine No 19 January 1772 preview
An eighteenth century promotional notice for The Lady's Magazine Or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex. It announces a January 1772 issue with engravings frontispiece a lady’s rifle pattern and a new song. Includes morals poems memoirs and social reflections aimed at the unmarried and married women, with lists of marriages births and deaths and available from G Robinson at Paternoster Row.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson
England
Sc. &c
G. Robinson
Robinson
Roberts
A New Magazine and Monthly Review Adverts 1772
An itemized 1772 notice promotes a new periodical to be published February 1, featuring an allegorical frontispiece, a grand chronoscope, and plans for inland navigation. It details contents including literature reviews, essays, poems, and political notes, with pricing and sales at T Evans Pater-noster Row and other booksellers. Buyers may return money if dissatisfied after reading the first number.
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Wale
Griganion
Cox
Grand Museum
Spring Gardens
Wortley Montague
Lord Chesterfield
England
Pool
Wilkes
Stephen
T. Evans
Miere
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Canterbury
Hyrriacalbed
Thomas Whaites
Autely
Poland
Coningsburgh
Pomerania
Maapdeberg
Mant
Friegladd
Mar Ovy
Groninges
Oldampt
Brabant
Zeland
Poreland
Polyncrasia
Colberg
Stettin
Flanders
Mer
Great Britain
Inha
Jess
St. James’s
Essex
Sir William Maynard
Europe
Lord Townsend
Dublin
House of Commons of Ireland
King’s Bench
Sudbury
George Watkins
Fletcher
Maidstane
Myers
Great Synagogue
Dony
Poultry Compter
Lewisham
Chislehurst
Kent
Mark Lane
Kensington
Reading
Bloomsbury
St. John’s-shreet
Sffsir
Catedy
New
Beiftir
Fogenoog
Chappington
Selement
Churcheyard
Burot
Montague, Clayton
Seville
Nock- John
Barking
Chatham
Majesty
Pembroke
Dunkirk
Salisbury
Elis Majesty
Monarch
Magnificent
Portsmouth
Honourable Navy‘ Board
Yarmouth
St. Bartholomew
Copenhagen
Santa, Cruz
Winterton
Klaas Sippis
Mester
Gronengen
Halbro
Oporte
Thorpe
Albro
Phoenix
Brodrick
Benacre
Whitby
Easton
Southwould
Sunderland
Finte
Smidth
York
Mitcham
Sarry
Thomas Pike
Worthington
Battersea
Richard Unwin
Ann Spence
Copeland, Lionen-draper
Strand
Miss Hart
Bond-street
Teton
Maidstone
Sir Philip Boteler
Charles I
Denston Hall
Suffolk
John Robinton
Mount-street
Benjamin Booth
Boulton-Row
Mayfair
Saville Cockayne
Hampshire
Lee-in Hants
Walter Barrow
Newington
Bede
Uphurst
Litchfield
Cium
Richard Beilby
St. Botolph
Haberdasher
John Bowker
Holborn
Aphaberes
Jara Guildhall
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