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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 16, 1772
Page
3
The fragmentary text mentions retreat to the Black Sea and fear of actions by Heer, with vague references to negotiations, clergy, and large sums described by a Receiver General. It reads like an uncertain wartime dispatch with scattered place names and figures.
Fragmentary report notes a ship incident near Port Royal with gun and board concerns, then records the death of Anthony Danvers Esq a prominent European merchant and retiree, and mentions a Jamaica wedding on April 9 between Thomas Harrison Rig Attorney General and Miss Croffe eldest daughter of Samuel Baldwin Croffe Elq.
Fragmentary notices report a poisoning death blamed on arsenic in wine amid a love affair dispute. Other items note clerical presentation in Bath and arrivals in a Wiltshire vicinity, listing several titled residents and family names amid scattered place references.
Disjointed OCR fragment lists ships arriving or sailing to ports, including Britannia from Philadelphia, Phoenix from Jamaica, Olive Branch from Amister, and St. Ann from Saloe. Mentions Bristol, Falmouth, Jamaica, North Carolina, and Tobago with scattered crew and origin notes. No clear narrative or dates.
A doomed vacancy in the Gartec order was to be filled after the late Dike of Saxe Gotha. Lord North received investiture. General Conway conferred with the King after the levee broke at St James's. Dispatches from the Hague and Madrid discuss Poland affairs and Jesuit policy. A Paris report notes a duel between Chevalier de Bearn and Marquis de la Chatre, with non fatal wounds.
The excerpt sketches a tangle of European powers, Danish talks with Algiers, and a looming fiscal proposal. It notes a plan promised by France to fund debt through a six year scheme, dispatches from Gibraltar, military shifts in Poland and Rafian armies, and a Danish squadron headed toward Copenhagen.
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