Repentant May news from Holland to Poland and wars
Reports from Holland and Warsaw recount Alpine conflict, Ottoman and Russian clashes, and Jesuit suppression. Empress’s ministers plan protective measures for Moldavia Walachia provinces. Warsaw notes sieze of Bierzynski, Piedmont and Selisian skirmishes, and Turko-Russian actions after Danube crossings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersourg
Thadé
Moldavia
Walachia
Warsaw
Sieur ‘Bierzynski
Imarshal
Confederacy of Siadia
Belitz
Silesia
Col. Drewitz
Cracow
Duchy of
Zator
Pulawski
Sendonier
Rome
Bourbon
Pescara
Leghorn
Corfou
Patraffo
Morea
Macedonia
Hamburgh
Poland
Danube
Fragments of Ancient Furnaces and Medals Found in Grozette
At Grozette in Italy eight feet deep a furnace yielded antiquities including damaged medals bearing Florio and Orbis inscriptions. The ruin shows a late imperial era with funerary objects such as lachrymatory vases and upright-sealing urns. Officials discussed Middlesex election and noted royal and parliamentary movements, with multiple court actions and society events referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grozette
Italy
Florio
Orbis
Muratori
Vallemont
Silk Hosiery Sale at Star Opposite Beaufort Buildings Strand
An 18th century notice announces a large Hosiery stock sale at reduced prices to deter import competition from France. It lists white china silk hose at 6s a pair, four thread grey and black worsted hose, Indian cotton hose, silk pieces for breeches and waistcoats, with price guarantees and claims of fair, fixed pricing for ready money. The piece argues reduction of monopoly prices benefits the public and attacks impostors spreading falsehoods.
Fire destroys several Thameside shops and boats
A large blaze at a chandler's hop near Limehouse Bridge consumed multiple businesses including a tanner, bricklayers arms, a public house, an anchor-smith, a butcher, and another chandler. Two large works were pulled down to prevent damage to a ship in the dock. Marriages and notable burials or notices follow in the parish listings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priaerty
Mansfeld
mirtter-Hall
Fom
Anglesey
House of Peers
Massachuset’s Bay
Caimden
Princess Dowager of Wales
Carton-house
Count Herptowitz
Our
Morocco
Newcastle
Francis Blake Delaval
Wales
Pembrokeshire
King’s Bench
Major Brereton
John Gardener
Alderman Wilkes
Prince’s Court
Great George-street
Westminster
Gamon
Sainsbury
Farringdon
Wilkes
Mitre
Fleet-street
Royal Regiment of Artillery
Conway
Blackheath
Gwyn
Cottingham
Northamptonshire
Brazen-Nose College
Oxford
Tower Hamlets
Heathcote
Clare
Bridge
Upton
Bricklayers-Arms
Taylor’s
Anchor
Burne
Limehouse
Macarthur
Emingat Shoemaker
Leadgate-street
Miss. Paxton
Cheapside
May
Knightsbridge
William Poole
Gardner
Minories
Walworth
Janes Tennant
Fish- Street Hill
Trinity-lane
Outward and inward sailing records at Deal port May 10 11 13
Maritime log from Deal noting outward bound ships including Friendship Butcher for Dublin and others to Marseilles Amsterdam and Oporto. Inward arrivals list ships such as the Indian Prince and Jamaica dispatch, with sailings and destinations like Cadiz Barcelona and Portsmouth. Winds varied from east to southeast, with ships listed by name and destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ak Falquith
Butcher
Levant
Portsmouth
Beify
Lee
Barbadoes
Olive Branch
Corbin
Barcelona
N.S. Dellarmen
Sylva
Oporto
Deal
S.E
Hawke
Harman
Villa Franca
Jenny
Hystop
Philadelphia
Hird
Duwine
London
Dominica
Griffiths
Georgia
Judith
Ann
Lawrence
Lisbon
Friendship
Kay
Carolina
Candy
Rotterdam
Prince of Wales
Pike
Antigus
Britannia
Smith
Petersburgh
Symmetry
Halliday
Dagtziel
Mercury
Harding
Princess Royal
Adee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holland
Lon. Don
Middlesex
Deri
Freeman
Fhecothitk
Judd
Stevenson
Saindbury
Crosby
Sharp
Wai. Wilson
Geo, Bellas
Plomer
Beardmore
Shore
Gt Commoners
Lord Chatham
Idermen
G. Bellas
Trecothick
Townshend
Cocksedge
Anderson
Goldsmiths Company
St. James’s
Richmond
Queen’s Palace
Game
House of Commons
North
Momnent
Lord North
Jenkinson
Carlton House
Rake
Prand
Latta
Nan
Lewis
Beth Wells
H-Osie-R-Y
Star
Beaufort Buildings
Strand
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