Turbulent European Wars Report From May and June
Fragmentary dispatches describe naval and land actions across Europe. Troops surge toward Rhodes and Silésia while Austrians advance into Pomnania and Holliee. News cites Queen Carolina Matilda’s reconciliation with the Danish crown and preparations for a royal visit to Stade and Fredericksberg.
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Keimer
Tonia
Rhodes
Anhalt
Petrikan
Kolten
Silésia
Sandkalid-Sandeck
Distsié&T
Pomnania
Zaany
London
Cronesbourg
Denmark
Copenhagen
Hanover
Carolina Matilda
Leghorn
Weip
Stolberg
Corsica
Madrid
Cadiz
Fredericksberg
Cronenburgh
Louisa Augusta
Ata Beps
Lester
Stade
Jency Baron de Bodenhaufen
Dissolution of General Assembly over public debts
A letter from Charles Town South Carolina April 13 notes Governor dissolved the General Assembly after an Address of April 4 stating no chance of provisions to discharg e public debts. Boston April 16 reports Captain Bunbury of a Portsmouth NH brig perished at sea after a storm broke the vessel, killing the captain and tossing others overboard.
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Eric A. Extra
Charles
Town
South Carolina
General Assembly
Boston
New England
West Indies
Bunbury
Portsmouth
New ‘Hampshire
Welch
Aptain
Barns
Kitten
Deaths from a fall and a house fire tragedy in Somerset
Summary of two dated items: Mr Powell falls from a horse at Temple Gate and dies from a fractured skull and injuries after languishing until Tuesday. A separate sensational report from Brampton Ralph May 23 describes a house fire in King's Brampton, Somerset, killing a woman and six children after the husband left to fetch fish. details indicate a fishmongers’ family disaster.
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Country News
Powell
Three Queens Inn
Thomas-street
Temple-Gate
Brampton-Ralph
Brampton
Somersetthire
Topshams
Exeter
Accident story from the Gazette about a fire scene description
A fragment from the Griffel Gazette describes a fire incident with a wax burn and several children near the door. The text notes uncertainty about how the accident occurred and references ages of the victims, from six months to four children grouped together.
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Garner
Griffel ‘Gazette
Shipping arrivals and departures in the Downs May 28
A list of vessels arriving or sailing for the river and various ports. Ships named include Jetherill Johnson Mary Herbert Glorieux Perrie Theodore Mulder Nancy Woodburn Adventure Morden Constant Friends Iris Betsey Mary Caton Molly Carter Ingram Pearly Barbara Blundel Corsica Hero Sparling Mary Wilson Dove Hudson and others with destinations such as Oporto Lisbon St Valery Jamaica Surinam and Africa. Wind at 8 knots. Public note: India Pilot Capt Lanre remains in the Downs.
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Jetherill
Johnson
Mary
Herbert
Oporto
White
Lisbon
Providence
Cuthbertian
Zant
Downs
India
Lanre
Glorieux
Perrie
Arerived
Barcelona
le Prudent
Picard
St. Valery
Ditto
Theodore
Mulder
Nancy
Woodburn
Lancaster
Adventure
Morden
London
Shetland
Flynn
Philadelphia
Jersey
Iris
Binne
Surinam
Bolton
Betsey
Fletcher
Caton
Liverpool
Jamaica
Molly
Carter
Ingram
Pearly
Africa
Barbara
Blundel
St. Vincent's
Corsica Hero
Sparling
London Dispatches From Copenhagen To Warsaw Weathered By Royal Tours
London reports detail a thin St James levee and royal progress to Kew and Cranbourne Lodge with the Duke of Gloucester. Dispatches from Copenhagen note the Inquisitorial Commission verdicts and Brussels-Warsaw intrigue. Vienna army lists, Jubilee hints, and a Bucharest congress set a volatile European stage. The Lord Mayor marked Restoration Day at St Pauls amid Bath knights.
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London
St. James’s
Kew
Duke of Gloucester
Cranbourne Lodge
Foot Guards
Hyde Park
Robert Murray Keith
Copenhagen
Falkenschield and
Heffelbergh
Christianfee
Munchelen
Strucenfee
Warsaw
Europe
Poland
Order of Sanislaus
Vienna
Great
Prince Ferdinand
Nicholas
Esterhazy
Leopard Pally
Reylach
de Obel
Marischal
Koninsegg
Doerlach
Poniatoski
Haller
Guilai
Prince Charles of Lorraine
Teutonick Order
Botta
Neubergh
Lafcy
Antoine Colloredo
Hilburghausen
Lichenstein
Lowetein
Darmstadt
Wurtemburgh
Modena
Haddick
Emperor’s Own
Torrik
Bethlem
Nadaily
Huzzars
Count Haddick
Emmeric Esterhazy
Althan
Schroder
Greuen
Almazy
Fabris
Russia
Jane
Peter the Great
Petersburgh
Obrescon
Bucharest
Walachia
Gregory Orlov
Hague
St. Paul’s
Alsop
Pee's
Kennett
Kittleby
William Hamilton
Knights of the Bath
Naples
London News In Brief From Hyde Park To Greenwich
Reports from Hyde Park on the 2d regiment drill and a general review set for June 16. A wine merchant in Leipsig is punished for adulteration and fraud, while robberies rise in Hyde Park. Town notices cover executions, martingale auctions, ship movements, and a fatal accident at Greenwich.
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Henou - Nees Gtok Republic
Naples
William
Britain
Westminster
England
Yeserday
HyJe Park
2D. Regiment of Foot Guards
Lord Tyrawly
Hyde Park
Dublin
West Indies
Leipsi
Alccck
Litchfield
Hutchinson
Samuel Webbe
Mr. Hook
George Hill
University of St.Andrew’s
Morton
William Battine
Havant
Hampshire
Charles Morgan
Treage
John Morgan
Ruperra
Flint
Soho
de Maccaroni
Ceylon
Gottenburgh
Land’s End
Batt-Indiaman
Margate
Flora
Longreach
Baltic
Mr. Gunning
King’s Bench
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Jos
Caslisle
Greenwich
Mc River
Linendraper
Hen and Chicket Court
Sc. Dunstan’s
Universal Drops for the Scury Dr Mardon's Patent Cure
Sworn at the Guildhall London on May 6 1772 the drops claim to cure scorbutic complaints and impurities of the blood. Sold by the author’s appointment at 5s a bottle 2 10s a dozen and 5s per half dozen at Pearchs and Spilsbury with bills signed L Mardon to prevent counterfeits. The doctor’s Treatise on the Scurvy available at the same place for 6d.
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Dward Edwards
Wither
White-Cross- Street
London
J. Bird
Authoor
Pearch
Cheapi'de
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Shoreditch
Thomas Ree
Gray’s Inn Lane
George Simms
Milford Lane
Strand
Mr. Moor
Bristol Hot Wells
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Thompson
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Malton
Tilbury
William Manning
Edinburgh
Anne Hay
Marquis of Tweedale
Hugh Duke of Northumberland
Ireland
John Huddlestone Wynne
America
Annals of Ireland
Edward Cox
George Riley
Curzon
John Wheble
Great Britain and Ireland
Dr. Mardon
Universal
Edw. Edwards
City of London
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