Drowned Captain Hoskins and Fire at Fort Pownall
Fragments report the drowning of Capt. Christopher Hoskins of the schooner Fortress and Jane with three others after a December gale. Fort Pownall on Penobscot River saw a fire destroy several buildings including a public house, aided by the garrison. Also noted are a man frozen to death on Isle Bethune, settlers abandoning stores, and a warning against drinking spirits in cold. Charles Town March 16 states Bryan dismissed from Georgia council and Belfast passengers arriving to settle in the province.
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Efequebo
Christopher Hoskins
Chooner Fortescue
Jane
Pasenger
Fort Pownall
Penobscot River
Blomer
Isle Bethune
Buck-Mill
Charles Town
South Carolina
Bryan
His Majesty’s Council
Georgia
Belfast
Rassians Plot Main Attack and Multilingual Prodigy Death
London dispatches report Russian forces preparing a major assault on the Peloponnesus and Constantinople from several directions. A French private letter claims a 15 year old Irish‑born prodigy in a seminar y mastered many languages but refused arithmetic. News notes mass French cod fishery sailings, Dutch East India Company strength, and multiple judicial changes in Westminster. The political scene hints at ministry plans for a prorogation and caution over Lord North’s inclusion in a future administration.
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London
Peloponesus
Constantinople
France
Stone
Ieland
St. Malo’s
Havre de Grace
Hague
Haft India Company
Piefint
Common-pleas
Westminter, Hall
Lord North
Westminster Voters Resist Tax on Election Chocolate
Westminster voters determined that Sir Robert Bernard should not pay a shilling for his election. The lottery funds faltered with only six hundred thousand pounds written of two and a half million, while chatter of troop movements to New England and Boston dominates. News covers General Gage, Monson, militia reviews, court actions, and a cascade of scandal and misfortune from Kilbrandonrach to London theatres.
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Westminster
Robert Bernard
Covent
Garden
New England
Gage
New York
Boston
Halifax
Betty
Cape Breton
North America
Werhear
General Monson
East Indies
India
Court of Directors of the India Company
Hyde Park
London
Christ-church
Newgate-street
Robert Ladbroke
Christ-hospital
London Tavern
Alderman Wilkes
Watkin Williams Wynne
Noel Hill
Eig
Salop
Clive
Lord Clive
Middlesex
Uxbridge
Bourke
Alcide
Union
Cooper
Preston
Shrewsbury
Court of King’s Bench
Charing Cross
France
Plutarch and Montaigne in Dryden era critique
Fragmentary notice on translations of Plutarch and Montaigne with Dryden’s praise. It notes sixpence to fourteen shillings bound, publisher details in St Paul’s Churchyard, and remarks on Plutarch’s digressions, learning, and comparisons to Alexander and Adrian.
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T.garnan
F. Newbery
Ys Junior
St. Paul's Church- Yard
Plutarch
Serfe
Dryden
Montaign
Philarch
Alexander
Adrian
Sparta
Phebes
Athens
Rome
Dr James's Powders Adulteration Warning and Rewards
The notice warns against counterfeit Dr James's Powders sold with forged seals since March 1767. It urges buyers to verify genuine papers from Francis Newbery Jr at the Neitl Side of St Churchyard and offers twenty guineas rewards for convictions of offenders.
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C&r
James
Newbery
Francis
John Newbery
Sts Church-Yard
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May 4
American News
Kilbrondrach Castle
West Lothian
Scotland
Shamphhots
Eries
Admiralty
Old Bailey
Patrick Kennedy
Matthew Kennedy
Gravesend
Akerman
Kennedy
John Jones
Longalley
Moorfields
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Justice Newsom
Sarah Ruffell
St.Bartholomew’s Hospital
Thomas Hobkirk
Ile
London Hospital
Paddington
St. John’street
Northamptonshire
Elliot
West Indies
Southampton-street
Strand
Thomas Caryl
Boivstreet
Covent-garden
Hallett
Long-Acre
Stockton-upon
Tees
James Collinson
East-India Company
Lime-freet
Mr. Stone
Old Round Court
Chandos- Urietty Coven- Garden
Port Per
Lisbon
Jamaica
Cerieva
Geneva
N. B
Dr. James
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