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Newspaper

Public Ledger

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 19, 1761

Page

2

War News and Oddities From Across Europe and Seas

Letters from Silesia report a suspended winter armistice talks amid Prussian and Laudohn forces with delays. Hamburg dispatches note Mutzelwitz and Colberg stalemates, Breydes defense of a fortress, and Tsarist death rumors. Paris reports state finances and a Tartry desert oddity in Granada. Messengers sail to England. privateers capture ships near Orkneys. Bristol and Plymouth fleets prepare vessels for Atlantic routes.

Silesia Roch Prussia Laudohn Mutzelwitz Romanzel Bergh Colberg Baron Breyde Hamburgh Petersburgh Count de Tottleben Ferdinand of Brunswick Paris Granada Spain Tartary Marquis of Granby Earl of Pembroke George Lenox Waldegrave Utrecht England Hooper South Carolina Orkneys Amsterdam Bergen Norway His Liverpool Plymouth Belleisle Fair Lady Harrison Belfast Rankin Maidstone Hind Martin Downs Jagersberge Schmidt St. Croix Patato Sweden Peter Blank Pillau Baltic Hannah Darvile Carolina Coombe Union King Proffin Gardner Richard and James Corke Molly Grove Welton Stent Newfoundlord Waterford Wyitberg Netherd Stockholm Brito William and Mary Southcot Prince Ferdinand Carbery F ‘Ewfourdland Malaga Bolcaweds Broome Newfoundland Poole William and Edward Foster Virginia Livegy

Shipwrecks and arrivals dot English coast and ports

The passage reports multiple ship movements and misfortunes across Plymouth Portsmouth and the Goodwin Sands. The Molineux from Quebec arrives at Plymouth. the Adventure from Boston runs aground near Goodwin Sands with crew saved. 250 invalids land at the Tower from Bremen and proceed to Chelsea for pensioner care. various marriages, deaths, and civic notices appear, alongside parliamentary adjournments and local inquiries.

Amhert Bodkin Virgii Portmouth Fhe Jane Ewart Mantserrat Portsmouth Matty Cameron South Carolina Orkneys Plymouth Quebec Molineux Wildman Adventure Allen Boston London Goodwin Sands Lof Deal Bats Ramsgate S.S. E Tower Bremen Chelsea

Lottery Schemes Proposed to Fund 1763 Supplies

A long letter from JACOB HENRIQUES urges Parliament to open a Subscription with a 16 percent deposit and 5 percent interest plus a 5 percent premium, funding 1763 year supplies via two Lottery Schemes. He claims national credit and war support, cites past losses, and pledges a 99 year European peace. Notices follow on port maintenance proposals, hospital steward election, and local ward elections for William Miller and Robert Howlett.

Gozpital Europe Jacob Henriques Navy Office His Majesty's Navy Portmouth Gid T. Colling Wood England Markham Farringdon William Miller St. Dunstan’s Robert Howlett Howl Ini Tobit Earle Chuchyaru Courc Foccer Lane

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