26 Sep 1769
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Newspaper
Middlesex Middlesex Journal
Location
Middlesex, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 26, 1769
Page
1
A 1769 letter to the London liverymen questions Paoli Corsica strategy, praises Corsican leaders, and demands an accounting of funds sent to Corsica. It denounces British policy, urges immediate remedy, and warns of perverted laws and civil liberty erosion amid political turmoil.
A garbled excerpt discusses tenacity in fights for liberty, a grand undertaking to be recorded for the nation’s animals and people. It references a petition, grievances presented to the king, and calls for action to avoid tyranny, with scattered mentions of London, repelling threats, and seeking freedom.
On September 7 a crowd of journeymen linen weavers gathered at Ball’s Bridge with colors to protest wage issues. Sheriff Dean and troops arrived, seized the colors, and arrested the carriers. The mob attacked the bleach yard, a grenadier was knocked down, gunfire followed, and twelve to fourteen were wounded.
In Gloucestershire a public house keeper died after a violent incident with his wife in a stable. Newcastle reports ship arrivals from Dantzick and a Russian fleet sighting near Copenhagen. Northumberland notes the death of Robert Vaughan, Esq. at Shafto Cragg. Winchester records John Difon elected mayor and Rev Hele's death at Chardstock, linked to cathedral prebendary gifts.
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