Hungarian Jesuit writes on Lapland language link
The Hungarian Jesuit Father Sainowics, an astronomer who observed Venus crossing the Sun, claims in a Latin book that Lapland language mirrors Hungarian after fifteen months abroad. The note from Venice cites June 23 as the date of publication of this claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferafide
Father Sainowics
Venices
Tuscany
Pitiglianon
Naples
Fune
Macel
Chambrun
Javier
Jouffe
Councellors
Fusiliers
Rascal
Chavalier de Rohan
St. Domingo
Paris
Seiur Mesfier
Peter Nicholas
Bonamy
Center Royal, &c
Boston House debates moving General Court to Boston
The June 13 dispatch reports a House committee sent to the Lieutenant-Governor with the message demanding the General Assembly be moved back to Boston. Governor Hutchinson refuses, citing royal instructions and legality, while noting Boston’s loyalty and prior duties as town servant. Other items include ships’ losses and a Negroes dispute with Porto Rico and Georgia references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New-England
House of Representatives
Hancock
Darby
John Adams
Prebble
Warren
General Assembly
Oftan
Honour
Cambridge
Bofton
Fensible
Alfo
Happy
General’ Court
Gratton
Court House
General Court
Council Chamber
New York
Lowndes
St.Thomas’s
Porto Rico
Antigua
Charles Tow
South Carolina
S. E
Georgia
Hurcurson
Navarino Surrender and Turkish Relocation Reported
Letters from Constantinople detail Navarino’s surrender to Russian forces and the garrison’s transport by English ships to Candia, with 400 Turkish families seeking safety there. broader reports note Prussian passport controls in Dantzick, clergy-led conspiracies in Portugal, Sardinian monarch’s attentiveness to English affairs, Swedish anger toward France, and royal household movements as Parliament session nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Navarino
Candia
Prafian
Dantzick
Portugal
Turin
England
Brunswick
Princess Dowager of
Wales
London and Scotland Broadside: surveys, grants, betrayals
A chancy mix of notices and updates from the era includes postponement of a planned Admiralty survey of dockyards and forts until proper returns are provided, royal appointments in Durham and Wallingford, a court ruling over pirated editions of Thomson’s Seasons, and various maritime and crime news from Quebec, Scotland, and London. Also reported are beaver island settlers, an ancient inscription possibly linked to Julius Caesar, penny-fraud operations, drownings, and race results at Salisbury and Vantage races, along with ship movements and a comptroller of the navy’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Admiralty
Ofnaburgh
Thomas ‘Pelham ‘Clinton
Fir Regiment of Dragoon Guards
Mortyn
Justice Willes
Durham
Justice Yates
Thomas Wenmah
All
Souls College
Quebec
Beaver Island
Lake Ontario
Canada
Scotland
Nigg
Mearns
Julius Cefar
Cefar
Grampian
Fleetitrest
Long Milngate
Manchester
Clapham
Limehouse Church
Isto
Whitechapel
Whitechapel-road
Britannia East Indiaman
Rouse
East Indies
London
Mauritius
Port Egmont
Deptford
Peggy
Peacock
Porpus
Broderick
James
Mary Todd
Greenland
Whitby
Horney
Salisbury
Mr. Stroud
Myrmidon
Mr. Dilly
H. Trimmer
Vantage
Berks
the Sol
Mr. Watson
Swas
Mr. Bailey
Fair Eliza
Brighelmstore
George Cockburn
Scarborough
Advertisement for Drops Cure and Surgeon in Portsmouth
A historical fragment advertises a patent medicine claimed to cure scurvy eyes leprosy and various diseases. It cites a surgeon in Portsmouth March 6 1779 and lists sales locations near Piccadilly and Snow Hill with claims of genuine efficacy and customer testimonials.
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Portsmouth
Piccadilly
Bain
Niment
Kearfly
Also Mentioned on This Page
American New
Richmond
Windsor Ledge
Belfound
Engerfeld Green
Panther
Lest Hopewell
North
Oporto
Ceres
Shepherd Gue
Don Packe
Williams
Norway
Uni Carolina
Rélat
Martha
Forrest
Waterford
Emorth
Woodman
Beto
Rys SE
Witner
John Kingston
William Benson
Sarah
James M
David
Martin’s- Street
Rysseeg
Carnaby-Market
Rene
Mr. Norton
Golderi-square
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