Foreign intelligence and coastal defenses near the Dardanelles
Extra reports from Constantinople claim a foreign agent offered to help fortify the Dardanelles with batteries and defense plans. Russians allegedly attacked a fort near Romelia after initial shelling. Gravesend letters recount a seafaring press conflict on an East Indiaman, a fatal clash between sailors and a man-of-war, and local market and weather oddities in Canterbury Manchester and Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Constantinople
Porte
Dardanelles
Zoco Requiris
Romelia
Gravesend
Duke of Richmond
Canterbury
Newgate
Lampert
Manchester
Salford
Newcastle
Russia a Maritime Power Under Peter the Great and Catherine II
A letter fragment discusses 18th century moves to make Russia a naval power. It cites Peter the Great's focus on a strong fleet and naval victories, Catherine the Great's alliance with Charles VI against the Turks, and the 1736 aim to gain a Black Sea port and free trade. It notes Turkish successes forcing a peace, and Catherine's war aims expanding naval reach into the Mediterranean and Greece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don
St. Kist
Peter the Great
Russia
Anne
Charles the Sixth
Germany
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Archipelago
Mediterranean
Catherine
Peter
Europe
Baltic
Parliament prorogued again amid war talk and court moves
Reports from Westminster describe both Houses prorogued to November 13 with Lord Rochford as Speaker in the Lords and the Commons Speaker absent. Conferences with the Spanish ambassador continue at Powis House as fleet and troops gathering. News notes Jamaica and Leeward Islands rumors, merchant concerns, port city pressure, and local notices on impressment and appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majesty
Lord Rochford
House of Peers
Lord Mansfield
House of Commons
Duke of Northumberland
Earl of Winchelsea
Charlotte, Finch
St. James’s
Burleigh
Rutlandshire
Earl of Hertford
Sudbury
Suffolk
Wragley Hall
Warwickshire
Boston
Preston
Lord Chatham
Falkland
Island
Earl of Chatham
Levant
Portugal
Great-Britain
Powis-house
Ormond-street
Jamaica
Leeward Islands
Forest
Buenos Ayres
Falkland’s Island
Admiralty
North America
Newfoundland
Thames
London
Ireland
Horsleydown
Rotherhithe
Surry Side
Spitalfields
Bristol and London Surrender Notices in Old Style
A fragmented notice lists David Hancock of Bristol surrendering dates in October and November at the Three Tuns Tavern with James Bridges, Christopher Bunning of Middlesex surrendering dates at Guildhall London with Crouch, and Thomas Dendy of Horsham surrendering a date at Guildhall London for a dividend to be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Hancock
City of
Bristol
O&ober
Tuns Tavern
Corn-street
City of Bristol
Ja. Bridges
Christopher Bunning
Guildhall
London
Crouch
Inner Temple
Thomas Dendy
Horsham
Sussex
Curious compound promises hair removal and color change
An advertisement for Mrs Gibson offering a curious compound that allegedly removes hair at roots on the forehead temples arms and face and another innocent liquid to turn red or grey hair to brown or black. Sold at No 7 Lower-Cross-Street near Hatton-Garden Holtbourne with gold-lettered name on the door. One ounce bottles priced at one guinea with full directions. Papers claim it can be sent to England Scotland Ireland Holland or France by post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars. Gibson
Lower-Cross-Street
Hatton-Garden
Holtbourn
England
Scotland
Ireland
Holland
France
Gibson
Gebson Haters
Hosiery Prices Cut by Manufacturer in Public Sale
Public notice reveals large hosiery export and sale at reduced prices. Manufacturer W. EB announces factory offers on silk holes, four thread worsted, and black silk pieces with wholesale, retail, and export options. Prices shown include 35 percent reductions and items like breeches and waitcoats, urging genuine value and preventing imposition by rivals.
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H. B
John Austin Finch
Kinig’s College
Cambridge
Peterborough
Afton
Trent
Ludgate-hill
Hyde-street
Bloomsbury
St. James’s Church
Robert Goodyere
Robert Goodyere, To. Mrs.Pitts
Bocking
Essex
Robert Bridge
Thomas. Green
Elfing
Norfolk
Esg
Barton
Stratfordshire
Marshal Rider
Highgate
Sympson
Matthew Sympson
I. Zo
D . Fivong Coniac
T James
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