Russians poised as Greeks flock to Archipelago sails
Ancona dispatch describes a large Greek movement aboard the Russian fleet off Port Mahon heading toward the Archipelago. It claims Turks may be challenged in Morea Candia and Albania as Count Orlov ships military stores. Alarm grows over Greek readiness to strike and whether the Ottoman positions in Europe will hold.
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Port Mahon
Comdu
Russia
Morea
Peloponesas
Grecians
Candia
Crete
Orlov
Albania
Ghemira
Janina
Thessalia
Livadia
Porte
Europe
Asia
Faneuil Hall Meet Votes Boycott Tea Duty
At Faneuil Hall on a Tuesday meeting of non importing merchants and tradesmen, a motion urged strict abstinence from tea by all families until the tea duty is repealed. It also urged citizens to urge their customers and friends not to sell or use tea until the duty is removed.
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Boston
New England
Faneuil Hall
London Remonstrance Turmoil At Court After City Meeting
A London remonstrance scene unfolds with Lord Mansfield consulting the king at St James's and Sir Gilbert Elliot named Treasurer of the Navy. The Lord Mayor signals a common hall, plans for thanks in both houses, and possible countermeasures to the Remonstrance. Reports note mass crowds near St James's Palace and anticipated prayers in St Stephen's Chapel as political tension rises.
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St. James’s
Lord Mansfield
Esterday
Gilbert’ Elliot, Bart
Lord Flowe
St. Stephen’s Chapel
St. James's Palace
Tamale
Westminster
Middlesex
Surrey
Ldbg
Ndjetty
Queen’s Palace
James Stuart Mackenzie
Earl of
Bute
Gilbert Elliot
Bart
Charles Jenkinson
Jeremiah Dyson
Lord North
Alderman
Furner
Barbadoes
Granby
Ordnance
Paoli
Philadelphia
New York
Subscriptions to Wilkes Supporters at Standard Tavern
Letters from the Standard Tavern Leicester Fields reveal a raised sum for the Bill of Rights supporters to aid John Wilkes. Sir Robert Morris acknowledges funds and defers further payments, while the audience at St James's hears remarks on political conduct and cabinet power as Great Britain faces tremors from Paris to Constantinople.
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Welf
Justice Carrington
St. James’s
Nuttal
Treasury
Francis
Standard Tavern
Leicester-fields
Robert Morris
Society of the Friends of Freedom
Standard
Wilkes
Mosti
Gha
Martyn
Lincoln's Inn
Sol
John Wilkes
Friends of Freedom
Robert
Morris
Gamsden
House of Lords
Endowment for Devonshire Square Alms Houses
Executors and four trustees prepare an endowment to support alms houses for six Quakers from the Meeting House in Devonshire Square. Residents must be over fifty years old and will be chosen by the executors with trustee approval. The estate’s remaining assets are to fund the sustenance and upkeep of the houses.
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Whitehall
Michaelmas
Lincoln’s Inn-Hall
Mechanicks
Italy
France
Constantinople
Feraglio
Nice
Earl of
Bute
Holland
Geneva
Tower of Crefar
Berne
Zaurich
Salerne
Genoa
Senate
Berlin
Paris
Hertford
Gordon
Brett
Halifax
Nova
Scotia
North America
Hendon
Middlesex
Wilkes
King’s Bench
Liberty
Ws Garden
11Th Regiment of Dragoons
Marquis’of
Lothian
Clerkenwell
London Hospital
St.Luke’s Hospital
Foundling Hospital
Devonshire Square
Tottenham
Shotgate
Rettenham
Devonshire-square
The Modern Art of Cooke and Confectionary Second Edition
An 18th century kitchen manual translated from Les Soupers de la Cour and adapted for London markets. Authored by the editor long a kitchen clerk in prominent London households. Published by R. Davis in Piccadilly with Casson near Stationers Hall.
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Ory
Les Soupers de la Cour
London
Epr
TOR
R.davis
Piccadilly
Caslon
Stationers Hall
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Ancona
Junto
Carlton-house
Taylors
A. T UT OP
Boil’s-Head-Court
Southampton Street
Strand
Taylor
Ditto
Shalloon
Buckram
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