Venison, Wits, and Virtue at a Grand Fest in Kew
An amused observer recalls a venison feast where wit and drink sparked brilliant repartee among guests led by a tall athletic champion. A tiny foil, a squire, rubber-stamped the triumph with sharp quips until Minerva intervened via a goblet, restoring good humor as laughter echoed into midnight. The tale closes with Virtue choosing KEW as its home and praising temperance, domestic joys, and family virtue.
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Alex
Bacchus
Minerva
Merlin’s
Thames
AuGuysTa‘s
Augusta
Vauxhall
Kew
Kew Green
Stomachic Lozenges by Royal Patent Sold in London
The Stomachic Lozenges claim rapid relief for stomach and bowel disorders including indigestion wind and heartburn. Counterfeits deterred by a Royal Patent seal. Sold by Newbery at the Bible and Sun and Bayley at the Civet Cat in London for sixpence per box.
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Bath
Tunbridge
Storms, naval actions and troop movements across Europe 1761
Reports from Dantzick to August 1761 detail damaged fleets, ships ashore, and mutiple units in the Downs. Prussian and Austrian forces clash near Lobedau and Gietmansdorff as Lauden and Ziethen push Russians and Austrians. Letters from London describe King Frederick’s maneuvers around Silesia, Munsterberg, and Patichkau amid broader war activity in Saxony and Brandenburg.
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Dantzick
Deal
Wind S.S.E
Syren
Deal Castle
Pomona
Downs
Peene
Pridefees
Goltz
Cuz
Mali
Dem
Ca‘ar
Williams
Min
Malchin
Oporto
Dophin
Dillon
Guernsey
Damgarten
Lively
Sheer
Hussars
Belling
Modore
Piercy Brett
Biddeford
Newark
Verden
Pono
Beaver
Happy
Wolfe
Treptow
Jane
Barlow
Gravesend
Ebenezer
Eemy
Garri- Zachrifon
Lawrence, Samuelson
Sin of Steitin
Fredericky B‘eker
Norway
Agth
Sohletiau
Flink
Fasdig
Gottenmoe
Berwick
Saxony
Rotterdam
Barnard
Lafcy
Gross de- Dieppe
Britz
Graffen Eflayn
Elbe
Strehmn
Torgau
Lowenstein
Empire
Serbelloni
Reichenbach
Kenneburgh
Allenbourg
Laudotn
Patsckau
Stockem
Lonnaken
Chevalier de Donceel
Frague
Ferdinand
Buren
Sth
Prince of
Soubize
Kerlohn
Menden
Rhine
Alt
Prince Frederick of Brunswick
Marshal Broglio
Dribourg
Warbourg
Luckner
Lipprinck
Volontaires de Broglio
Count Lulace
Blomberg
de Stainville
Vreken
Heddinghausen
Prince Ferdinand
Stadsbergen
Hexter
Silesia
Prussia
Breslau
Neustadel
Ziethen
Oppersdorff
Laudhon
Jonannisberg
Berlin
Eneral Laudoin
Wartha
Peterfwaldau
Munsterberg
Lobedau
Patichkau
Gietmansdorff
Neiffe
Gietmantdorff
Beflian
Namflau
Knoblauch
Ohlau
Mucheln
Romanzow
Coerlin
Admiralty dispatch on Aix operations 1761
An extract from Sir Thomas Stanhope and Commodore Keppel reports on the Aix fortifications siege in 1761. Describes enemy attempts, Captain Chaplin’s demolition plan, and Captain Parker’s Buckingham actions including gunfire, warps, and a grounding incident near Basque Road with the Queen Fly and Blast Stoop aiding.
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Commodore Keppel
Clevland
Bellzisle Road
Thomas Stanhope
Basque Road
Aix
Chaplen
Thomas Stanbese
Paife Des Filsles
Parker
Buckingham
Hi Mayesy
Tho. Stanhope
Pasit
Basque
Assas
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