Unhappy Trade Crisis Reflected in Norwich Letter
The Middlesex Journal from Norwich on Oct 16 1769 laments Norwich and other English cities facing decline in trade. The author condemns local governors for harmful actions damaging manufactories, calls for justice, and praises British worthies and honest statesmen while urging renewed representation and liberty for the colonies. A letter signed by A young Cantab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwich
Bernard
Birmingham, &c
England
Letter Praising Junius Across Liberty and Moderation
The Middlesex Journal prints a reader letter lauding Junius for exposing vice among the nobility, praising his satire and rhetorical skill. The author compares him to Demosthenes and Cicero, pledges continued support, and urges universal admiration for his “glorious name of Funixs.”
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Junia
Junius
Demosthenes
Cicero
Addison
True Anecdote on 1642 Petition to Charles I at York
A quoted tale recounts 1642 when Charles I rejected a York county petition that represented major public sentiment. Sir Thomas Fairfax faced insult as the king ignored his status and character. The piece cites political prudence, court deception, and Maximilian II on truth in rulers.
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Charles I
York
County of
Thomas Fairfax
Charles
Thomas
Commons
Himelf
Maximilian II
S PH
DE Comines
York clergyman installed Prebend of Warthill
York on October 17 saw Rev. Mr. Conybeare, Sen. M. A. student of Christ Church Oxford, installed Prebendary of the prebendary of Warthill in York Cathedral. The appointment follows the death of Hon. and Rev. William Harley of the see by the Archbishop of this province.
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York
Yaturday Laft
Conybeare
Christ Church
Oxford
Warthill
William Harley
Court and Theatre Outing Amid Royal Rumors
Yesterday at noon the Richmond party moved to St James s where a great drawing room hosted nobility and ladies. The Majesties dined at the Queen s palace then attended the Theatre to see Man and Wife. Reports claim a death rumor in Pall Mall is baseless. Lord Mansfield is indisposed. Lord Chancellor to resign. Sir John Eardley Wilmot eyed for a high court appointment. Sir Fletcher Norton named Chief Justice potentially. officer’s resignation linked to opinions on Luttrell and Wilkes.
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L.o
Richmond
Pall-mall
Matsfield
Cane Wood
John Eardley ‘Wilmot
Fletcher-Norton
Court of Common Pleas
Luttrell
Wilkes
Parliaments, Proposals, and Public Notices of 1709
A broad miscellany notes expected December parliamentary meet and possible dissolution, health issues of Lord Bute, appointments in New York governance, dispatches from The Hague, and a Pittlike push for reforms. It records foreign mediation efforts, export controls on English cattle to France, and local disturbances in Spitalfields. Also cited are shipments, arrivals, and colonial commerce details from Jersey to Pennsylvania, with weathered admin notes and letters from Voltaire.
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Earl of Bute
Bareges
Gage
New York
H. Moor
Jeffery Amherst
Hill-street
Berkley-square
Hacue
Viscount Town-head
Ireland
Leixflip
Roy
Treasury Office
Whitehall
Duke of Grafton
Treasury
Dutchess of Marlborough
Pall Mall
Warwick- Jane
Swithin Adee
Townsend
Sawbridge
London
Middlesex
Spitalfields
Three Tuns
Yorkshire
France
Gibraltar
Levant
Barbary
Europe
Vitory
Constantinople
Humber
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Middlesex Journal
Maximus
Sir
Ocober
Country News
A.doble
de Gofte
e-Choiseuil
Ferney
Gex
Fialiguante
Edacern
Sieur de Corte
Pnc
Paris
de Voltaire
de Cofte
Duke Des Choiseuil
Philadelphia
Britain
American
Pennylvania
Southampton
Jersey Packet
Gudslet
Jersey
Mottigue
Priauly
Richard
Josephy
Wildhearts
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