Fragmented critique of learned men chasing minutiae in science
A letter from Lien Chi Ahangi to Fam Hoam mocks European scholars for their narrow focus on tiny objects and speculative antiquity. It contrasts obsessive dissecters of caterpillars and butterflies with, among others, debates about China’s origins and Noahic genealogies. The text laments vain pursuits and notes military movements in Saxony and Silesia during 1757, ending with a cordial sign-off.
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Jeff
Iran
China
Egypt
Sefoftris
Ganges
Manter
Atoes
Zoes
Menes
Noah Jut
Fohi
Noah
Fahi
iFobi
Sefostris
Public Letter Critiques Prussia France War Alliances
A writer hosts a polemic against a European power alliance, arguing Britain should not support Prussia as the king fought the French as his own enemy, not Britain's. The piece accuses an ally of prevarication and defends the French campaign as misread, contending Prussia’s actions did not merit British backing or entanglement.
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Electorate of Saxony
Silesia
Hanover
Hessia
Prussia
Kweidnitz
Rosbach
Dresden
Schweidnitz
Saxony
Gilesia
Lower
Elb
Stade
Haftenbeck
Magdeburgh
Ibeen
Germany
C. Apd
Great Britain
Maudert
Exzlip Co
Britain
Closter-Seven
Richelieu
Verses on Marriage and Moral Refinement in Verse
A fragmented late eighteenth or early nineteenth century poem extols marriage as a means to temper appetite and refine taste. It contrasts heedless pleasure with noble virtue, urging to resist extravagance and cherish mutual aid, virtue, and enduring joy. It envisions future blessings and immortalizing influence of worth and grace.
Bath Notices Mention Prayers and Gaming Rooms
A short fragment notes that at Bath the subscription books were open for prayers at the abbey and gaming at the rooms, referencing SLR and others in a local public notice context. The text is incomplete but indicates period civic activities.
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Bath
Philadelphia and Nantucket Privateers Departures in 1780s
The Philadelphia port reports ships listed as entered and outward, with captains and destinations. Privateers from St Kitts, Jamaica, Halifax, Rhode Island, and Barbadoes prepare to sail, while men of war block Martinico making entry/exit difficult.
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Philadelphia
Cobourn
St. Kitts
Martinico
Custom-house
Bunker
Nantucket
Providence
Bucklin
Rhode Island
Rachel
Grant
Liverpool
Lydia
Callender
Jamaica
Whitehill
Greenway
Ditto
Sally
Eaton
North Carolina
Hannah
Elanover
Miller
Otter
Howell
Tenerife
Ann
Kennedy
Piscataqua
Susannah
Adams
Halifax
Rebecca
Wooldridge
Robert
Hall -for-Cape
Fear Industry
Burrows
Bermuda
Quebec
Trondon
Watson
Barbadoes
Prince of Orange
Cheesman
Carolina
Britannia
Tillet
New-York
Robart
Hall
Newman
Maryland
Molly
Sparks
Nancy
Dyer
South Carolina
Little Betty
Frost
Gordon
Bowd
Bristol
Forster
Toogoodge
Lang
Antigua
Betsey
Warner
Shipping arrivals and arrivals at Gravesend and merchants
Nov 19 ships sailed for the river and Liverpool and Leghorn. Indiaman Wind Sailed from the Jamaica run arrived yesterday. Vessels named include Winchitlea Est Indiaman Miriam Hopton Prince Henry and more from Petersburgh Stockholm Hamburg and Stettin. crews and destinations noted.
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Deal
S. W
Nichold
Edle
Peterson
Leghorn
Prince Henry
Wilkinson
Liverpool
Miriam
Swainton
Hopton
Wood
Jamaica
Gravesend
Loyal
Johnson
Wallington
Stpon
Providence
Bonas
Nelly
Peter
Covert
Speedwell
Heyler
Thomas
Jane
Skinner
Ferdinand
Sanders
Prosper
Beezer
Hodgkin
Fothergill
Sollitt
Petersburgh
Four Brothers
Weblon
Forsgate
Stockholm
Hipeter
Gibbon
Henrietta
Opman
Hamburgh
John and
Elizabeth
Cork
Stettin
Loyal Address and Naval Appointments Reported
The Lords presented a humble address to the king at St James's in praise of his reign and alliances. Letters from Quebec note General Amherst arriving October 2 and departing Montreal after a brief stay. Captain Adams takes command of the Diana and Captain Bateman of the Euros. Commodore Lord Colville to winter at Halifax. Hull advices report many prisoners dying from a flux, a distemper spreading for two months.
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London
St. James’s
Quebec
Gen. Amherst
Otober
Montreal
Adams
Diana
North America
Bateman
Euros
Northumberland
Lord Colville
Halifax
Hull
Yorkshire
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Lien Chi Ahangi
Fam Hoam
Pekin
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