War and politics crowd a London letter from 1759
A London letter discusses the war with France and Britain, noting public opinion on France's finances, the king's plate, and continuance of hostilities. It contrasts shopkeepers, brokers, and statesmen views, then shifts to naval movements, arrivals in port, and social notices, including marriages and crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Kingdom of France
Kingdom of
Great Britain
Austria
Probus
London
Rome
Greece
Constantinople
Italy
Portugal
Leipfic
Bohemia
Saxony
Dantzick
Hardie
Spithead
Royal George
Mars
Fragmented List of Names and Financial Securities
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals including John Osterlin, Captain William Deverson Monf, and many others alongside numerous financial instruments. It catalogues stocks, annuities, bank securities, and various bonds with scattered valuations such as India Stock, South Sea, and Bank entries. The item reads as a historical ledger excerpt rather than a narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jagr. India
South-Sea
Ditto
India
Bank AuspiniatiCss
Pank Royal Assurance Lendoen
Dan Tzick
Prem. Navy
Ois
Omnium Rari
Austrians Reprisals in Lusatia Hostages Taken
Foreign intelligence reports Austrians in Lower Lusatia retaliating for Prussian levies. Fourteen Cotbus inhabitants are held in Dresden as hostages for town payments. Prussian and Austrian troops occupy cantonments and tents, with alternating reliefs every 24 hours for encamped men and half-hourly sentinel changes. General Hadlick returns to the Austrian army after a several month absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leipfic
Fan
Lower
Lusatia
Cotbus
Dresden
Haddick
Also Mentioned on This Page
Royal Exchange
Phenix
William Beflant
Southampton
Adventure
John Bell
Poole
Stephen Farmer
Plymouth
Alexander
Alexandrews
Weymouth
Woods
John Holiday
Whitehaven
Wind
S. W
Boyd
New York
Neptune
Ford
Newcastle
Gibraltar
Gravesend
Defiances
Edmonds
Leghorn
Anson
Green
Stockholm
Phenes
Harrismond
Dublin
St. Andrew
Hammond
Malaga
Thrather
Slyde
Betsey
Scot
Virginai
Derry
Blakeney
Moore
Miller
Carolina
Revolution
Mackey
Jamaica
Isle of Man
Maria
Drury
Gottenburgh
Boyne
Johnson
P. S
Madeail
St. Christophers
Nun Court
Bank of England
Edith Hannum,pinster
Bradford
Wilts
Marybone Fields
St. Dunstan’s
Cornelius Jammeson
Polly Welch
Harplane
Moses Isaac Levy
Bury-street
St. Mary Axe
Maiss Lamego
Moses Lamego
Mary Birch
Mary Stevenson
Woodstreet Compter
Mary Chambers
Pollard
Druary-lane
Desart Island
Covent-garden
Jane Shore
Lombard-street
Edward
James Catton
Maracam
Windsor
Earl
Lisbon
Edward Hawke
Lord Viscount Howe
St. James’s
King’s Bench
St. Ann’s
Solpe
Westminster
Congregation de Propaganda Fide
Tondon
Song Pultney
Legisla
Civita
T Yarals Saunders
P . Holmes
Townsend
Vecchia
Rae
China
Japan
Leicestershire
West Indies
Efen Heh
S ii
Port News
Portsmuth
George Maflam
Hardy
Union
Britannia
Belly
Appelle
Namure
Bay
Piol
Thorne
Portsmouth
W. Bristow
St. Paul's Church
Becker
Tully's Head
Surry Street
Strand
Taylor
Opera House
Hay-Market
John Osterlin
William Deverson
Dufaur
Phill Bignon
John Bufs
Lovis Calvalio Aol
Diego Semagh
Jun
Har
Thomas Herade
Alex Macgrah Jouffrand Tofflet
Tratell Zanbone
Juan Buedia
Robert Hues
Manus David Lentbohenan
Robert Baldock
Thomas Crompton
James Pendlebury Heart
Hinton Batt
Alexander Stroud
David Edwards
Joseph Hazlitt
Samuel Jepson
Thomas Minveill
Dillon and Welch
William Henry Warrin
James Vaughan
Richard Baxter
James Hill
Frank Thomson
Thomas Leech
William Mackenzie
Samuel Hall
Capt
Chickezin
Apthorp
John Burrow
A. Dn
Torre
Texandyn the Diofms
A. L
Mefirs
Peade and Co
Sope Boillers
Meek and Lancaster Rofr
Manoell
Rooz
Lima
Foreign Intelligence
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