Lands, settlement, and marriage law in colonial gossip
A long extract discusses Newfoundland and St John Island settlement plans, Lord Hillsborough and Lord Egmont views, and a letter about Mr Morris and Mrs Morris. It covers beliefs about Canadian fisheries, land distribution, governance, and a controversy over marriage validity and legal penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Lakes
Canada
Ifand
Providence
Quebec
Halifax
England
London
Lord Egmont
Island of St. John
Ahd
Lord Hillsborough
Board of Trade
Iland
Acre
Morris
Bill of Rights Society
Mr. Morris
Robert Morris & Ale
Frances Mary Harford
Anglo-American Notices and Dispatches from the Court
A broad digest of royal proclamations, diplomatic postings, and imperial news from St James's to Constantinople, with appointments of Simon, Earl of Arcourt as Lieutenant General in Ireland, Lord Stormont as ambassador to Versailles, and Townsend adopting Loveden arms. Maritime reports include fires in Smyrna, Danish troop movements, and British naval movements. Also included are anecdotes on Indian war reports, Cromwellian-era style letters from Trichinopoly, and assorted local notices such as port seizures and mayoral elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James's
Otober
Simon, Earl of Arcourt
Kingdom of Ireland
St. James’s
Viscount Stormont
Vienna
Versailles
Edward Townsend
Butcot
Berks
Loveden
Lima
Austrian Netherlands
Hambro
East-Indies
Trichinopoly
Tanjuary
Petra
Petta
Gabions
Vaughan
Killidare
Madar Dawn
Raji
The
Downs
Clive
Allen
Bombay
Rochford
Hunt
Coast and Bay
St. Helena
England
Plymouth
Cerberus
Medina
Portsmouth
Moore
Hampshire
Taylor
Falmouth
Bengal
Lieut
Leffe
Shoreham Harbour
Liberte Polonoise
Pieters
Dantzick
Dundalk
Henry
Butter and cheese prices and civic appointments in 18th century notices
A crowded items page records city officials sworn in at Hereford and Gloucester, plus market prices from recent fairs. Butter moves from 32s to 36s per firkin, cheese 3d to 3 3d per pound, with Chelmsford and Brain tree fairs showing varying shifts. Also lists ship movements, wind directions, and assorted legal and commercial notices including surrender dates and Guildhall sittings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Lair Haac Skyrme, Esq
Benjamin Baylis
Henry Wintle
Guy Ellis
Gloucester
Bury
Chelmsford
Braintree Fair
Canterbury
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morning Chronicle
London Gazette
Constantinople
Nicomedia
Smyrna
Stockholn
Col
Hellichius
Gustaveichiold
Sweden
Gazette
Warsaw
Wieticzka
Bochnia
Wisnicz
Poland
House of Austria
Vistula
Thorn
Brandzbourg
Ferdinand of
Brunswick
Prusia
Berlin
Prussia
Potsdam
Sitterheim
Prufsia
Libe
Holstein
Eintradt
Gibraltar
Madrid
Chili
South America
Baldivia
Norway
Howe
Charlotte
Toth
Africa
America
Alcide
Antigua
Prince Poniatowski
Judge Askhurst
Qld Bailey
Kew
Tabernacles
Children of Israel
Deptford-road
Cuttom-house
Alderman Butler
Nottingham
George Hatch
Borough of
Windsor
Middlesex
William de Grey
His Majesty’s Court of Common Pleas
Westminster
Country News
Deal
Thetis
Muncur
Lisbon
Kirkley Hall
George
Oporto
E.S. E. _Deal
Burrows
Seville
the Downs
E. Deal
S&s
Abraham Jones
Lynn
Norfolk
Guildhall
Fiher
St. Ann ’S-Lane
Aldersgate
John Lewin
St. Mary's
Lambeth
Susry
Jennings
Great Shire-lane
Robert Crowther
Heaton Norris
Lancashire
Blue Anchor
Stockport
Cheshire
Samuel Cooper
Qualitycourt
Chancery Lane
Thomas Venables
Chancery-lane
John ‘Corderoy
Fish-street-hill
Ohn Baker
Andrew Pearson
St. Clement Danes
Hehtermen, and Partners
Corsley Rogers
Bristol
William Stafford
Raymond Snow
Great St. Helen's
Talbot
East= India Company
Marina
Benjamin Smith
Colchester
Samuel Wintle
Upton Upon Severn
Worcestershire
John Johnson
Winchslea
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