Corsican prisoners moved as Isles of Rhé grows
Report from Paris notes captives from a Provence regiment led by Colonel Benedetto after a raid near Vico. Prisoners are confined at the great Tower before shipment to Île de Rhé and then America, raising concern Corsica may be repopulated by strangers in twenty years. Clergy are neglected while religious orders are sent to France. Paris and Bordeaux dispatches mention Count Vaza arriving in France and the Duke of Richlieu leading grenadiers toward Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Provence
Ofta
Vico
Avére
Yiamed
Benedetto
Isle of Rhé
America
Corsica
France
Paris
Sweden
Vaza
Will
Gome
Fontainbleat
Bourdeaux
Duke of Richlien
Grenadiers
Ite
Lancaster
Baron Perrot
Hardman
Ruffel
Pilkington
Dunning
Hotham
Chambres
Lockhart
Eden
Wedderburn
Wallace
Serjeant “Aspinal
Jo ‘Lee
Davenport
M—o
Ireland
Holland
Tts
Normand Fothtingham
Baliol College
Oxford
Charlewadd
Surry
Matthew
Humphry
Wandsworth
Kemlyng
Seal ‘Annexed
Kent
Bray
Buffel-Breet
Bloomsbury
Wellard
Séhoquare
Wood-street
Cheapside
Newgate
Guildhall
Chick-lane
Old Bailey
Mary- Ann, Ryan
James Simpson
Joseph "Josephs
William Wright
Saffron-hill
St. George’s Fields
Johannes
Meyer
Stockholm
Lisbon
Sfrack
Aland
Yarmouth
Amaiéa
London
Lee Reef
Pat
Statue of Earl of Chatham fixed on Broad Street pedestal
From Charles-Town July 11 report on the statue of the Right Honorable the Earl of Chatham set on its Broad Street pedestal amid cheers. The marble figure bears a parchment roll inscribed Articuli Magna Carte Libertatum, while a portrait of Pitt honors his 1765 Stamp Act repeal efforts. An August letter from New York warns merchants face attacks, calls colonial rulers tyrannical, and predicts troops may be sought to subdue uprisings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles-Tow
South-Carolina
Earl
Chatham
Broad-street
Thas Street
America
Commons
Assembly of
William Pitt
England
Troy
Gage
Shakespeare Jubilee Celebrations Reach Stratford-upon-Avon
Avon's anniversary of Shakespeare’s Jubilee marked by festive events. Visitors at Wilton House include Spanish ambassador the Princess Mafsferano and nobles such as the Marquis de Creveccur and the Marquis de Fagnani. Notables also present include the Earl of Match, Earl of Ancram, Sir W Young, Col Mawhood, Capt Floyd, and John Parker Esq, MP for Devonshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford-upon
Avon
Salisoury
Wilton-house
Earl of Pembroke
Mafferano
Earl Don and Temple Attend Arrivals At Stowe and Nearby
On Tuesday the Earl of Northington arrived in town from the Grange and attended Court after visiting St. James's for a Coantil. Earl Temple and his Countess reached their seat at Stowe, Bucks, from the Hon. Henry Grenville's seat in Dorfershire. The Earlit rower from Treenthamshall in Stifford shire arrived on Tuesday, and the Coantil did not break up until five o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
den Don
Tréenthamshall
Stiffordshire
St. James’s
Earl of Northington
Grange
Earl Temple
Stowe
Bucks
Henry Grenville
Dorfershire
Fragmentary letter on press licentiousness and family estate
A dated 18th century fragment discusses complaints about press licentiousness and a family estate settlement. It notes a father’s death on March 28 and multiple executors dividing the estate. The author mentions a contract expiring this month and a transfer to Robert Jones, MP.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
Huntingdon
Austin Friars
European couriers and coal patents amid early war tensions
The article narrates cross–channel express traffic between Spain France and Britain with dispatches, Portuguese ambassador denials, Morand and Frontigny coal patents in Paris, and naval actions including Elphinstone’s raid and the Richmond frigate engagement. It notes merchant concerns over exaggerated war rumors and broader international maneuvers shaping imminent conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mafferino
Spain
France
Paris
Madrid
Lisbon
Portugal
Duc de Vailliere
Sieur Morand
Royal Academy of Sciences
Sieur Segny de
Spiridoff
Elphinstone
Russia
Great Britain
Holland
Richmond
L’gravefande
Prince Stadtholder
Count d’Affry
States-Géneral
Lord Anson
George Pocock
Havannah
Straits
Bahama
Cayo Saland
Dover
Mediterranean
Kaas
Algiers
Fontenoy
Lafelt
Nieuport
Bergers+op- Zoom
Algerines
Amsterdam
Sweden
Ships Entered and Cleared at Port of London in September
The fragment lists ships entering and clearing at the Port of London in September including Amity Albany Lady Maria Thuront Elizabeth Fréderickson Hamburg and others. It mentions the Downs and the Greenlake Bedford Fisher Virginia Santander San Francisco and New York routes with various vessels named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abert
Susannah
Canaries
Uther
Antigua
Deal
Whitewood
Woddley
Jane
Morin
Amity
Ene Dufeild
Downs
London
Bedford
Fisher
Virginia
Rouen
Betsey
Donn
Ourwa
New-York
Riian Millina
Fragmentary legal notice from Evans and Shatwell in Debtors case
Fragmented OCR text references fully proving bodies of debtors under law and charta. Mentions Magia Charta, statute law, police, oppressive seruel and Veritas. Names Evans and Shatwell appear with row and opposite D in the Stuand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magia Charta
Evans
P. Shatwell
Stuand
Curious ancient remedy promises hair color change
An old newspaper fragment describes a hair dye claimed to turn red or grey hair to black, marketed to women and children with printed directions. It touts harmlessness and notes samples from England Scotland Ireland France. address in Lower-Cross-Street near Hatton, Ga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Itvis
Valfo
Hatton
Holbourn
England
Scotland
Ireland
France
Pott
Gibson
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