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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1770
Page
4
A letter to Junius from a hopeful admirer warns of beheading orders and political danger, offers sanctuary and support, and vows to keep Junius safe if he withdraws from public life. The writer pleads for mercy, suggests disguises or flight, and links current taxes to looming hardship in a struggling country.
A periodical summary reports talk of imminent impeachments in a great assembly and Lord North possibly resigning before holidays. Notes include a proposed Middlesex Election motion, a Cabinet-Council at St James's with Temple and Chatham, and changes for Hertford. Additional items cover naval orders, fortifications in Ireland, and private letters from the Indies. Reports of robberies, duels, floods, accidents, and social notices accompany the political briefing.
This evening at Drury Lane Theatre presents Tis Well Its No Worse With Daphne and Amintor. Covent Garden Theatre hosts Jane Shore With the Portrait.
A ship list from Portsmouth on November 28 reports the Rainbow with Davis, Neptune, Harney, and others from London bound for Cork. Scarvel from Gottenburgh to Cork. Peggy Kennedy for North Carolinas. Nautilus Stewart for Plymouth. Ford Ditchburne for Sunderland. The Rippon is not arrived and is described as a Dutch outward-bound East Indiaman in distress. The Rainbow and Weazle, bound for the Guinea coast, have orders not to proceed until further directions.
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