Siege and retreat in Patna campaign narrative
A detailed, first person account of a military campaign toward Patna, describing attempts to attack the Prince, relief of Patna by Captain Knox, the Nabob of Purnea’s forces, and the death of the young Nabob. The text also includes reflections on governance and education in Calcutta.
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Tor
Teana
Heg
Patna
Knox
Nabob
Purnea
W Nabob
Wansirart
Calcutta
Education of Young Ladies in Language Not Music
A reader laments neglect of grammatical English for girls in a Middlesex journal essay. He recalls letters by Lady D and remarks that girls are taught tunes and dances rather than writing, criticizing early education for fostering indulgent vanity over prose skill.
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John
Betty
London Secrets and Scraps of Court Gossip
In London reports the Princess Amelia seeks permission for the Queen of Denmark to reside in the kingdom, while Haydamites ravage Volhynia and Ukraine. Warsaw spies relay intel to foreign courts. Denmark’s Chamberlain loses command amid suspicions of loyalty. Silk from Spitalfields to Richmond Palace intrigues, and presses debate England’s decay. Prisons planned near Hicks’s Hall. Joiners Company elections hinted. Shipping updates, bread prices, hops orders, and a sex scandal surface amid a chaotic, gossip-filled urban page.
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London
Amelia
Denmark
Volhynia
Ukraine
Warsaw
Firks
Prederic
Copenhagen
Scruensee
Spitalfields
Richmond Palace
Old England
Hicks’s Hall
County of Middlesex
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Wilson
Joiners Company
Friends of Liberty
Martin
Bermudas
Turtle
Jennings
Liverpool
Bourdeaux
Havre-de-Grace
Kent
Sussex
Hercules
St. Paul’s
Islington
London Miscellany of Street Scuffles and Thefts
A round of petty crimes and oddities fills the city. A tea vendor and a customs officer clash over two catties of tea, a forged coin tale ends with a counterfeit half guinea, a waiflike young woman reports robbery but locals doubt the tale, and two local residents, Mrs Whitehouse and Mr Hutchins, die suddenly at home. Police and magistrates are urged to watch the streets, with Amsterdam burgher-style vigilance noted as an ideal.
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London
Amsterdam
Dockhead
Eigth
Green Park
Park-Gate
Hyde-park-corner
Marybone
Stocks Report From The Market Floor
Stated figures show Bank shares trading around 144 and 5 8 with 3 percent red. Other entries list Ditto conference at 88 7 8 and 3 8ths. Government securities quoted at 1726, 34 1758, and 89 7 8 trading near 4 percent conference. New S.S. Ann. at 86 8 8.
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S.S. Ann
Lewes King’s Plate Races at Lewes Downs Sussex
Serious race meeting set for Lewes Downs with three heats for young horses and a Sussex bred plate. Entries open at Verrall’s Coffee House Lewes with fees and age certificates required. Duke of Richmond’s plate to follow with weights by age and breeding rules. Lord George Lennox, Tard Derwam, presiding.
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Lewes
Lewes Downs
Sussex
Verrall’s
Duke of Richmond
Hall
Cary
Jearry
Verrall
Bef
Calesss&c
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Audley-firéet
Middlesex ‘Journal
South Sea
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India
Gracechurch-street
Society of London
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Coleman- Street
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Tuten
Grimes
Punishments
Voltaire
F. Newbery
St. Paul's Church
Thomas Smith
Butcher-Row
Temple-Bar
Strand
Persia
Turkey
Wilton
Kidderminster
Cheney
Linsey
Geornes Lennoyx
Tard Derwam
White Hart
The
Star
Charles Hughes
Blacks
Cnd Friars
St. Pauls
Ludgate
Hughies
Milton
John Wheble
W. Charnley
Newcastle
Great Britain
Ireland
J. Wheble
Edward Wright
Wych Street
Jamaica
Coniac
Lisbon
Mountain
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