French Warship Controversy Reported in Rotterdam
From Rotterdam comes a report of maritime tensions with France involving a French man of war and alleged band trading. The courier carried foreign instructions after a French commander refused terms. A Rotterdam receiver of public revenues and a notable merchant reportedly sailed for 250,000 guilders, with rumors he retired to France.
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Gretgnt
Renee Ptory
Hague
Spain
Ais Cers
Wealtid
Foreler
feFpett
OMS - Veois
Rotterdam
Hassatt
Theis
France
Inventions on silk work lace and carpets praised
A report from Leith on a new invention for working silk lace and white bread-lace, promising cheaper production from inches to three feet and enabling imitation of drawn or painted figures on paper. It notes nobility, including the Countess of Errol, viewing the works and expressing satisfaction with the inventor's ingenuity.
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Biioberg
Leith
Yan Awidiey
Rave
Errol
Troubles in Ireland Steady Rise in Food Prices and Riots
Reports from Dublin and Dundalk describe raids on Scotch ships with oatmeal, threats to corn and meal dealers, and rising hunger as mobs form Hearts of Oak and Hearts of Steel. Clashes near Gilford and Belfast leave several dead, including a Presbyterian minister, while regiments move to quell the unrest.
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Dublin
Dundalk
Saeenton
Drogheda
Frederik
Boyne
Smyth
Phoards Smyth
Lurgan
Worth
Ireland
Lower
Ind
Fohiton
Gilford
Johnon
Johnson
Band River
Mariel
Foot
Prisoners Convicted of Horse Stealing at Goventry
Birmingham March 24. At the offices at Goventry which began on Thursday last the four following prisoners were capitally convicted viz John Oliver and George Oakden for horse stealing Rebecca Baceridge for...
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Birmingham
Goventry
John Oliver
George Qakden
Rebecca Baceridge
Fragmentary Crime Note Incomplete Names From 19th Century Script
Fragmentary OCR lists several individuals including Warwick, Jones, William, and Joseph Robisson in a brief note about a highway theft and money recovery. The readable text is garbled but hints at a case involving apparel and a group of men. No clear dates or locations are identifiable.
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John
Wales
Pannat Warwick
Johns Jones
William
Unt
Joseph Robisson
Ropert
Spencer
Garry
Ships and arrivals list from colonial port notices
A colonial era shipping update lists vessels ready for Jamaica, St. Kitts, Philadelphia, Gibraltar, Carolina, Maryland, Oporto, and Georgia along with arrivals into Marblehead, Newry, and Lisbon. Ships named include Scorpion Manning Commerce Payne and others, with wind at five.
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Mitch
His
Scorpion
Bewer
Commerce
Payne
Jamsaica
Coehoun
Olives
St. Kit
Coward
Maryland
Bradshaw
Oporta
Betty
Polly
Hatt
Georgia
Elizabeth
Kent
Bilboa
Marblehead
Vulture
Skilling
Ditto
Christian
Danbergh
Gottenburgh
Newry
Nancy
Cox
Philadelphia
Lisbon
Mermaid
Atkinson
Newcastle
Figtree
Chester
Venus
Britannia
Rappal
Newfoundland
Berry
Benger
Debates and notices from the House of Commons and public affairs
Reports from the London House of Commons on March 25 177? include the committee on the bill for Free and Accepted Masons, road carriage regulations, and Lord North's royal marriage bill. Other items cover outrages in Ireland, naval dispatches, weather and natural events, and debates on parliaments reform and annual versus triennial elections.
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Committee On
Manchester
Beaufort
Lord North
Commons
Duke of
Saxe- Gotha
Garter
John Falstaft
Fieufe
Irsham
Col
Patel
Fox
Che Earl of Bute
South Audley Street
Dover
France
Dysart
St. James’s Street
Ireland
Hoanofe of Lords
John Dunbar
William Lem
Court of Exchequer
Lem
Dunbar
House of Commons
Portsmouth
Carysfort
Admiral Rodney
Jamaica
Spithead
Venus
Mediterranean
Jaff
Plymouth
Lifton
Hanover
Todd
Lifbon
St. Kitts
Whitehall
Stairhope
Earl of Harrington
Burgoyne
Dragoons
Lord Greville
St. James’s Square
Vinehers Company
Londen
S.arais
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Seys
Fragmentary Notice From an Ancient Exeter Page
A garbled squib from Exeter mentions Mr John Canton and a factory belonging to the Ecclesiastical Cones. It references Jacob Rotherby and a Commander of the American Purposes, with a note about James and Sir Jasper Guladah Bare in Soho.
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Vasa Oe
John Canton
Exeter
Mey Ughat
Terday
Jac
Rotherbith
Amfricda
Soho
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Hursday
Society of Free and Accepted Masons
Godfrey
Kaqthry
Sampson
Hammersmith
Comfort
Tasde
Shere
Romaine
Lecure
St. Dynstan's
Whiteheld
Tottenham, Cort-Road
Goodson
Craven-buildings
St. Fohn's
Southwark
Joodge
Black Heath
Brayslead
Richard Marth
Kilburn
Brooksmarket
Foundling Hospital
Red Lion
Silver-street
Soho- Square
Topping
Juttice Wright
Hint
Scotland
Robert_ Douglas
The
Royal Welch Fuzileers
Tyndall
Élde
Tate
Savage Gardens
Towerhill
Charles Wahton
Ecauné
Sr Wooness Maweet
Phe-tecter
Efinius
Morris
Joseph .Mawbey
Middlesext Journal
Junius
Judas
Bing
Great Britain
F. Newpery
St. Paul’s.Church-Yard
London
Fletcher
Hodson
Cambridge
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