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Public Ledger in London, Middlesex

29 May 1761

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Public Ledger

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 29, 1761

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Lost letter hints at satire on clergy and actors in Covent Garden

A chance drop in Covent Garden's Piazza yields a letter from a town gentleman to a country friend. It discusses the Refina’s Yate apology, Dryden and Swift satire, and clergy views on plays, with commentary on virtue, reason, and religious articles. It also includes an extracted naval narrative about the Litchfield shipwreck off Goree on November 1758, detailing survival, Moors on the coast, and rescue efforts.

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Covent Garden Bedford Coffee-House Fortunatus Dr. Young and Swift Characer Dryden Madnes Soip Litchfield Barton Africa James Sutherland Ireland Keppel Goree Providence
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Portent of Peace Talks Amid War in Europe

A seventeenth century dispatch describes Franco Swedish diplomatic moves toward a general peace. King of France and allies push for indemnifications and coordinated pacification while Sweden weighs concessions. Stockholm memorial urges Allied unity to end hostilities and protect empirewide treaties.

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Intell London Sweden West Purser Gurnier Carpenter France Russia Germany Europe Stockholm Marquis de Havrincourt Count d’Eckelbachh Royal Chancery Great Britain Great-Britain Westphalia Prussia Poland
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