London life shown through a visitor letter and satire
The piece blends a letter from Rocker Carter in Bridgeway to Maister Jonas Carter, detailing a northern traveler in London, his comic misadventures, and a lively crowd at a Squire's house. It shifts to a reflective prose essay on Protestant versus Catholic powers, church wealth, and the costs of religious policy, concluding with PROBUS's sign-off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maister
Jonas Carter
Bridgeway
Father
London
Goodman Cafherd
Dowdle
Harry
Highgate
St. Barnaby Bright
Asrzs
Park
Mather
Killfox
Hall
Bridgeway Town
Suax
Cousin Hall
Susan
Sue
Plaguy
Suz
Queal
Caffleton Fair
Port News Wind W S W and fleet waters near Downs
Port News from Aug 12 reports Wind W S W driving vessels Olive Branch Bowman toward Lisbon, with several ships including Neptune Lander William Samuel Windsor Trytoast Wills Elizabeth Hiscroffe Sally Marshall and others remain near Gravesend. Ships from Boston Philadelphia and Cadiz report favorable winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port News
Deal
Olive Branch
Bowman
Lisbon
Downs
Neptune
Lander
William and Samuel
Windsor
Elizabeth
Hiscroffe
Fort Pool
Sally
Marshall
Gork
Gravesend
Allen
Bostén
Dorne
Cadiz
Sant
Privateers and maritime notices from Boston and Portmouth
A May 19 letter from Capt. Watts reports a 6 gun privateer out of Canfo capturing a large sloop from Newbury bound for Quebec, and a Bellona schooner belonging to Louisbourg attacked by others but escaped due to better sailing. Other items note Halifax-bound ships safe to Louisbourg, heavy ice on the river, and generous donation from Charles Ward Apthorp for fire relief. An August Pembroke letter describes a Tenby coal ship captured by a French privateer and ransomed, plus warnings of privateers intercepting British trade. Updates include Molly of Glasgow ashore at St Nicholas's Island but refloated, and arrivals at Stokes Bay including the Dispatch from Africa and the Repariton from Carthagena and Gibraltar with Admiral Hawke hoisting flag on the Royal George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Watts
Louisbourg
Halifax
Canfo
Kingshusy
Newbury
Philadelphia
Quebec
William Campbell
Alo
Bellona
Charles, Ward, Apthorp
New York
Pembroke
William Franklyn
Topsham
Tenby
Imiayor
Fool
Franklyn
Kingroad
Bristol
St. Ives
Milford
North Channel
Fitzguard
Molly
Glasgow
Guadaloupe
St. Nicholas’s Island
Portmouth
Stokes Bay
John Duncan
Africa
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Prina
Great Verona
Indies
Cowrey
Claudian
Carter
Lonon
Puarre Lepper
Lapland
Fapan
Jhe
Peranes
France
Austria
Russia
Sweden
Russian Empire
Rome
Spain
Spe
Italy
Ana
Church of Rome
House of Brandenburgh
Foundling-Hospitals
Lewis the
Nantz
England
Holland
Germany
Europe
Probus
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