From Frontiers of Poland to Madrid and Rome
Tue Nov 30 reports from Warsaw and Podolia show dissensions among Polish nobles after appointments by the republic. Letters deny resignations, urging only the diet may remove them. Plague spreads in Podolia and Volhynia. Jews ordered out of Russia and Courland. Madrid notes troops marching toward Andalusia and Galicia, while Portugal eyes reconciliation with the Pope. Contagion spreads among cattle around Brafelis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Warsaw
Petersburgh
Czartorski
Lubomirski
To. M. Borch
To. M. Przedziecks
Lithuania
Republick
Diet
Podolia
Volhinia
Rusia
Riga
Courland
Naples
Madrid
Andalusia
Galicia
Murcia
Rome
Holy See
Lisbon
Portugal
House of Bourbon
Duchy of
Benevento
Venaisfin
Paris
Brett
Rochefort
Toulon
Brittany
Normandy
Corsica
Brafelis
Malines
War news from York and Portsmouth letters
An Extra from York reports attempts to impress sailors for the king's service blocked by the Lord Mayor. A Portsmouth dispatch notes eight transports from the Downs ready to reinforce Gibraltar and Port Mahon, with a fleet to sail under convoy of six warships and four frigates. A Cadiz express mentions a merchant ship seized by Spaniards after sailing for London. Canterbury notes the Prince of Nassau arriving in the city and proceeding to London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Privy Council
Marquis of
Rockingham
Portmouth
BKB
Downs
Gibraltar
Port ‘Mahon
Mediterranean
London
Cadiz
Canterbury
Prince’ of
Letters from Spain Signal Preparations for War
The French mail from Friday reports Spain mobilizing for war against England. Every department shows zeal, sea ports are busy fitting ships, fish supply dwindles as fishermen are drafted for manning men of war. Marquis of Lorne seated in the House of Lords, Duke of Adair plans an address to the Queen next Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
England
Maller
Dais
Rumor-filled London Gazette style political and naval updates
A long compiled newsletter notes debates in the lower and upper houses, upcoming motions, and a Cambridge Nov letter describing public drunkenness subsiding. It also covers naval movements, French fleet activity, Jamaica defenses, prize drawings, and assorted deaths and local incidents.
Hattdnilied. Ships and Names From a Lost List
Fragmentary OCR lists a long array of ship names and owners across ports and colonies, mentioning vessels such as Canadian Abbot, India Pilot, Port of London ships, and several named crews and destinations, reflecting a maritime register or shipping notices from the era. The garbled text blends sailor names, ship titles, and places like Newfoundland, Nevis, and Honduras with partial dates such as Nov 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smiley
Jim Ten Addison
Timiore
Mitchell
Swan
Ban Ryland
Bédias
Frederick
Nicholson
Frome
Canadians Abbot
Rettai
London
William
Cooks
St. Kitty
Wood
St. Vincent’s Fin
Honduras
Rachel
Botton
Triton
Parker
Feph
Payne
Mugford
England
S Dal
Nevis
Hears
Prebble
Cleland
Peterburgh
Probi Hunter
Hewson
Fall
Baintoby
Mellan
Ba Cheeseman
Good Intent
Rough Milner
Danitzick
Elizabechp
R ‘Mel
Polly
Salbees
Therick
Dorothy
Fabella
Margate Hall's Remedy Adverts for Ailments and Tonic Claims
An 18th or 19th century advertisement touts Hall's remedy for catarrh headaches deafness gout pleurisy kidney stones and apoplexy. It promises relief from toothache griping pains in the spleen and liver and claims to restore injured nerves and improve skin and hair. It lists sale locations in Margate Mirehouse Berkeley Fields and Cadette Street with international ties and cautions against fire exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Roe ‘Hall
Margate
Kent
Mirehen
Pfiriner
David-street
Berkley
Haberdathér
Leicester-Fields
VEGETABLE SYRUP CURE ADVERTISED FOR SCURVY AND VENERAL DISEASES
An advertisement for VEGEFABL Syrup claims cure of scurvy and venereal and scorbutic diseases. It recounts a soldier healed after use, praises efficacy, and lists price and shops such as Dr Burrows’s Heal in Hay Market and Ludgate Street agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veuno
Edward Davis
la ‘d
Gonier
Guards
Uyala
Petty-France
Westminster
Ion
Tonel
Earth
Burrows
Dr. Burrows
Heal
Prince of Oran
Hay-Market
Ludgate- Street
Apé
Srax Biapelle
Raysl-Eyeeuange Fe Fletcher
Hodson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hexcars
France
Land Island
Palle
Down
Brand
Samson Gideon
James Grenville
Buckingham
Earl of
Great Britain
Admiralty
Dukes of Burgoyne
Conquerant
Defenseur
Glorieux
Diademe
Guerrier
Magnifique
Rabuste
Dauphine Royale
Palmier
Vierge du Rosaire
Solide
Vengeur
Aéctife
Protecteur
le Galliard
L’arathuse
la Cheval’ Marin
la Courvette
Gower
Jarvis
Bay of
Ferrol
Lord Howe
Falkland’s Island
Leghorn
Jamaica
Aldermen
H——d
Nova-Scotia
North-America
Savoy
Duke of Argyll
Soho- Square
Scotland
Lord Mansfield
King’s Bench
Woodfall
Almon
Piccadilly
Nuttall
the Treasury
Court of King’s Bench
Dr. Lucas
M‘cannon
Malaga
Stonehaven
Malay
Seddé
Spark
Fis Peril
Broughty Castle
Reid
Biron
Newfoundland
Newéallle
Isle of Wight
Margaret
Dublin
St.Lucar
Stratton-Ground
Christian
Godfrey Klein
Benjamin Kidney
Lawrence Poultney Hill
Guildhall
Tocol
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