Edge and the danger to republican government warned
A fragment from an 1787 Philadelphia letter signed An OLD WHIG warns that if state powers are absorbed by a central authority it would annihilate individual fates. The writer foresees the next conference dissolving republican forms of government, signaling urgent concern.
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Philadelphia
Earthquakes and Etna Fire Shock Europe and Sicily
A Ferrara earthquake reports a morning tremor causing collapsed buildings but no casualties. Naples dispatches describe Mount Etna erupting with a vast fire column, flying lava, sulphurous gas, and ash showers affecting Metina Calabria and surrounding coasts, with Vesuvius also lighting and lava flowing in its valley.
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Naples
Sicily
Mount
Etna
Ionic Sea
Morea
Africa
Metsina
Calabria
Malta
Lybia
Vesuvius
Sommia
War rumors rise as Porte reportedly declares war on Russia
Dispatches from London Constantinople and Vienna report strong claims that the Ottoman Porte has declared war on Russia. Details describe Bulgakov summoned, a potential restitution deal rejected, and rapid moves by the Grand Vizir with troops toward Cuban and Georgia amid tensions.
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Constantinople
M. de Bulgakov
Rusia
Sublime Porte
Crimea
Kainardoik
Seven Towers
Viena
Cuban
Georgia
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