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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 16, 1769
Page
2
A fragmentary ode recounts a speaker urging Britons to uphold liberty amid fear after a Brestford election murders. He vows to brave danger, pledges loyalty to freedom, and laments maternal sorrow as he and his wife face a perilous future, declaring death preferable to enslavement.
Fragmented text announces an essay on breeding large livestock without dairies and transporting dairy farms, plus a Royal Exchange printed new edition of a literary card for teaching children to read spell and count. It mentions Herefordshire farms, forage crops, and a 1740s publishing and sales context with W. Nicall and Swans Estate.
London dispatches report a writ ordered to elect a coroner for West RidingYork in place of the late Gervas Broughton. Other items note English officers abroad on furlough to rejoin regiments, Watkes’s Imprisonment due to end, and Batavia wine delivered to a King’s Bench resident. A northern county plans a petition to the throne over electors’ rights amid Tory shifts. Also mentioned are Dr Musgrave and M de Chevrot’s letters with travel observations.
A periodical news digest reports comet observations in late August and September, noting its changing appearance and future celestial path. It also covers militia assemblies, shipbuilding, timber preservation methods, and local incidents including shipwrecks, thefts, marriages, and civic notices.
A fragmentary report recalls the 12th inst at a general meeting in which Earl Temple and the Rockingham faction are praised for liberty and constitutional defense. It notes a remonstrance not yet printed and urges public access to the text. A reference to the Bill of Rights and the need to defend elections against emerging authorities follows, with mentions of Madaefex, parliament, and shifting power among local electors.
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