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Threats and Jacobite Letters Warn London Observator
A Jacobite club in Blackfriars surfaces in a threatening letter to the Observator. The writer mocks the newspaper and Printer, vows head breaking, and warns of conspiratorial gathering with foreigners and Papists. The piece discusses fears of espionage and calls for action as authorities weigh how to curb such clubs and avoid dangerous confrontations.
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Jacobite Club
Black Fryars
England
France
London
Ho’ S Nest
Obserwater
Wade
Admiral Bembow
Grace-church-Street
Kirby
Staley
Charles I
Alexander the Great
Guild- Hall
Bridewell