13 Mar 1760
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Newspaper
Public Ledger
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 13, 1760
Page
1
In this letter the writer compares European treaty practices with a long history of conflict. He notes how formal pacts are easily broken, leading to costly wars. He discusses Canada and furs as British and French motives, and argues colonies must remain proportional to the mother country to avoid overreach.
A ship broker aids a distressed boy named T. W. from Staffordshire, who was abused and abandoned by a carrier in London. The boy’s story, corroborated by witnesses, leads to the carrier’s arrest and the boy’s apprenticeship, highlighting urban cruelty and charity.
Falmouth reports the Mazarine under convoy from Penzance with tin for London arrival. Weymouth sees Recovery and Willing Mind from Sunderland coal arrival. Pool lists Triton from Denia and ships sailing to Led. Southampton notes Two Sisters from Pool and Three Brothers to Pool with winds E2. Speedwell sails with Mercury East India Packet. other ships depart for Lisbon Liverpool and Hamburg remains in Downs. arrivals include Molly from Guadalupe Neptune from Boston Grandpick from North Carolina and ark of Chenery Viner from London.
A garbled London fragment notes a public byway of supplement and a claim of peace conthicted within Graton. The text hints at a delivery to the Baltic and mentions a sent-from action, but the source remains unclear and incomplete.
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