Greeks Made Slaves and French Demand War Threats
The Bey ordered the arrest and seizure of all Greeks in D City including clergy and merchants with about 300,000 piafires value in goods and 25,000 Venetian sequins in cash carried to the palace. Rumors of punishment range from beheading to ruin after loss of liberty. A French squadron under Chevalier d Aupeche and Atalanta anchored nearby, with demands to release Corsican slaves and compensate damages, while French merchants face great unease amid potential conflict.
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Atalanta
d’Aupeche
d’Aupede
Poland
Leszinski
Grand Poland
Carlowitz
Constantinople
Ancona
Fune
Morea
Navarino
Tripolizza
Grenoble
Lyons
Declaration Prohibits Dutch Dace Importation in Imperial Dominions
The Empress Queen issues a declaration banning the importation of Dutch dace into her hereditary dominions in Germany. A messenger from Hanover brought dispatches to his Majesty at St James's, dated Sunday, on behalf of the regency of the Electorate.
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Miles
Guildhall
London
A&t
Richard Glyn
Meilrs
Crosby
Shakespear
Kirkman
St. Luke’s
Old-ieet
Dillon
Hertford-street
Grub-street
Hannah Colfel
John Purfel
Purfel
John Partel
Winchester
Windham
Duke ‘of Bolton
Wallop
Thomas Champneys
James
Mr. Fettiplace
Salphor
Germany
Hanover
St James’s
Unscrupulous Patent Medicine Ad Offers Free Advice
An aged gentleman afflicted with various disorders seeks remedies from Ryffeeg in New Street near Broad Street and other outlets. The notice touts cures for scurvy, fistulas, piles, eye inflammation, and blood foulness, promising gratis advice and advertising multiple addresses including Craven Buildings Drury Lane and New Street through Newbery and Blyth figures.
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Craven Buildings
Drury Lan
Perton
New Street
Broad Street
Naby Market
Newbery
St. Yard
Surprising Patent Medicine Claim from 18th Century Letter
A letter to Mr. Morton promotes a patent medicine named Dropps from London sellers. It boasts cures for scurvy and leprosy like skin blemishes, eye weakness, foul blood, and digestion problems, with testimonials and a price of 63 per bottle.
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Amn
Mankiz
Ake
William Portfiniouth
Ton
Piccadilly
London
Ine
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James Dake
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James II
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Court of
King’s Bench
John Gardner
Etq
County Palatine of Lancaster
Berkley-square
Trinity House
Blackwall
Limehouse Reach
Runkhorn
Oxford
Bewdley
Trené
Hear
Wilden Ferry
Coventry
Droitwitch
Duke of Bridgewater
Marichester,&c
Sankey Ganaaly
Testlé Cathal
Leeds
Kendall
Lancaster
Marichester
Chorley
Wigan
Preston
Urgh
Safani
Sind
Spithead
Cleiland
Deal
Malifax
America
Shell
Lisbo Birch
Holland
Anna
Louisa
Vitter
U.e
Matthew Steve
Mr. Morton
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