Patriot Townsend Linked Folded Loyalist Scribe
A late 18th century note describes Lord Townsend as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and Knight of the Shire for Norfolk. It claims he opposed the royal Duke of Cumberland, supported British liberty, and insulted the Duke publicly with caricatures on tavern windows and road signs. The piece appears in the London coffee house letters from 1770.
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House of Commons
Townsend
Ireland
London
St. James's
Constitutional Queries for True Britons on Military Power
A historical letter questions army control, civilian law, and royal succession in Britain. It warns that posturing officers, cabinet influence, and absolute command could threaten liberties, with reflections on kings, ministers, and the Crown in a tense constitutional moment. It appeals to Irish readers as well.
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Werner
Waére
Foon of Lancaster
Crook
To LORD HOLLAND A CARD 4 HE Writer’s compliments to his Lordship
The writer, noting public reports that Lord Holland’s affairs are finished, seeks clarification on how his accounts were so easily and suddenly settled and why they were not settled earlier for his own satisfaction and that of millions.
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Lord Holland
Court questions lordship's conduct and pardons in 1770
In a Cambridge notice from October 23 1770 the writer questions why a lordship did not proceed on suspicions of integrity. It asks if, faced with alleged threats and fears, he should forgive offenders via pardon or pursue prosecution to punish a mistaken action.
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Court of Exchequer
Crown
Equity
Fractured French Mediation Hinted in Madrid Bengal Threats
In a lively debate of European strategy, claims of France mediating between Spain and Britain surface while Paris is accused of gathering forces for a broader war in Europe. Dispatches note Tory ministers, court factions, and a Carlton House intrigue amid naval moves and potential lazaretto plans on the British coast.
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France
Mauritas
Bourbox
Hexter
Marrattas
Madra T
Bengal
Europe
Chatham
Camden
Carlton-house Junto
Bloombury-gang
Admiralty
Spain
Princess Dowager of Wales
Carlton-house
Earl of Bute
England
Lord North
St. James’s
Flores
Gibraltar
Minorca
Portsmouth
Beep
Pensacola
la Vera Cruz
Jamaica
Hispaniola
Iland
Alderney
Isle of ‘Lundy
Isle of Man
Edinburgh
Isle of May
Forth
Prohibition Gripe on Portuguese Wines and Dover Burglary
The article notes a push for a parliamentary act to ban all wines from Portugal to protect revenue as eight to ten year old wines lose value. It also reports Channel cruiser actions seizing ships, a Dover port vessel brought in, and the death of Joseph Perceval, a former wholesale linen dealer, after a home burglary at Camberwell.
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Saat
Ann
Tris
Portugal
Épling -Cutters
Dunkirk
Dover
Arthur
de: Long
CamberWell
Acton
Middlesex
Joseph Perceval
Cheapside
Foreign Intelligence Report from The Day’s Mail News
This excerpt covers dispatches from Holland and Constantinople with details on naval fortifications at the Dardanelles, Turkish defenses, and strategic moves by French and Turkish leaders. It notes forts, batteries, numbers of troops, and a potential shift toward peace after political maneuvers in the Divan and Grand Vizir’s mediation. It also reports a surrender at Bender to the Ruffians and unrest among Dissidents in Poland with massacres and plunder continuing.
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Holland
Flanders
F ‘Riday
Constantinople
France
Porte
Chavalier
Dardanelles
Ansfad
Aisia
Europe
Consir
Garrisoris
Streights
Danube
Jannissaries
Mahomer
Bajazet
Warsaw
Leopol
Bender
Rusia
Poland
Great
Little
Essence Drops Sold at Notable London Shops
The Essence or Benzorn restorative drops, famed for efficacy in disorders of the lungs, remain sold at Mr. Davis's Sackville Street Piccadilly corner, Mr. Marsh Bookseller near Charing Cross, Mr. Wilkie St Paul’s Church Yard No 73, and Mr. Cook 85 Cornhill, in bottles sixpence each with printed directions.
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le Clare-Hall
Cambridge
George. Macartney
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