Calcutta Governor recounts Bengal war and Dutch clash
A detailed account describes negotiations with local powers, French and Dutch threats, and military actions to defend Bengal. The narrative covers rotating governance, sieges of Madras, the relief of Fort St. David, and the decisive actions led by colonial leaders against Dutch forces, ending with resignation in 1760.
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Thad
Bahar
Meer Faffier
Naeboth
Calcutta
Carnatick
England
Lod. Clive
Lord Clive
Coromancel
Lelly
East India Company
Madrafs
Fort St. David
Lord Pigot
Lawrence
Draper
Gailland
Brereton
Ford
Patna
Batavia
Bengal
Company
English East India Company
Dutch East India Company
Chinfura
Colo Ny
Holwell
Late Wiltshire Member's Secret Scandal and Estate Plot
In Middlesex Journal note, a late Wiltshire county member faced a brutal scandal. He allegedly engaged with his maid, who bore him a child. To avoid marriage, he is accused of disposing the infant and using legal manipulation with a judge to secure his acquittal. The judge, grandfather to a former Wiltshire MP, allegedly arranged the acquittal in exchange for future estate transfer to his family.
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Middlesex Journal
Ecdot & A
Wilts
Love and Parting Poem From Jamaica Friend
A 1762 Middlesex Journal verse in which a writer, preparing to leave Jamaica for Britain, expresses joyful yearning, devotion to friendship, and hopes of reunion with a beloved, detailing emotional conflict between duty and affection.
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Middlesex Journal
Jamaica
Albion
Aramont
Strand
The
Britain
Happy Land
Queen of Denmark's return eyed as economy drive grows
Postscript from London notes the Queen of Denmark may soon return to England to save continental express costs and fall under ministry influence. It recalls the King's pardon plea for Capt Jones, gossip on Fordyce, auctions, fires, weather, crime, pregnancies, elopements, and busy markets with sheep, meat prices, and public notices across towns and fairs.
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London
Denmark
England
Wales
Capt. Jones
Duke of Gloucester
Lombard Street
France
Fordyce
Paris
The Wonderful Event Pastry Specimen Critiqued
A fragment from The Wise Men poem is criticized for publication errors. The Hart piece is shown as an example, noting misread lines about Herod, a found child, and glad hearts. It mentions Mr Featley’s paragraphs being ignored for injudicious content and verbatim transmission to two other evening papers.
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Herod
Stocks Summary From Then Current Market Rates
Stocks listed include Bank at 149 7 8 with a 350 percent rise red. 88 7 8 for Ditto conferred 88 1 half. South Sea and New S. S. Ann. traded around 86 g 8 3 4. Day at One o'clock Old S. S. Ann. 3 percent. India at 113 1 4, Ind. Ann. Bonds 395. 2 403, pre Nas y and Virtualling Bills 2 18th djl. Long Ann. Tickets 12 16s.
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South Sea
New S. S.ann
S. S. Ann
India
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