The Visitor in a Strange Town Notes Candy Signs and Sedans
A correspondent writes from a foreign town describing astonishment at walls lined with lighted candies in shop windows, signs on every house, and grand coaches. He recalls a frightening night scare, then jokes about barbers and a local hag, noting people ride in sedan chairs carried by two men while the king’s mood and cheerful disorder spread through the streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Saan
Coffin Harry
Bridgeway
Hal
Dug
Petfermol
Cofin
Webster
Lonon
Roger ‘Carter
Beth
Harry
Haddick
Duke of Wittemberg
Macguird
Dresdén
Magdeburgh
Hagetek
Colberg
Hamburgh
Burghera
Paris
Council of State
Lower Rhine
Duke Dei Broglio
Aix la Chapelle
Count de Str. Germain
Chevett
Spthers
Count de Maillebois
Britain
Prince Ferdinand
Rhing
Hanover
Hesse
Werner
Madrid
Algiers
Carthagena
Shipping Names and Routes Amid Calm Weather
The report lists ships remaining in the Downs including the Bacchysy Blast bound for Petermouth with the Lark Penn and the Britannia Jenkins for Dublin, the Abraham and Sarah Carter for Bristol, the Ann and Elizabeth Roifen for Leghorn, and the General Woolfe Doufe for Philadelphia amid steady conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
eDealy
Downs
Petermouth
Lark
Penn
Britannia
Jenkins
Dublin
Abraham
Sarah
Carter
Bristol
Ann
Elizabeth
Roifen
Leghorn
General Woolfe
Doufe
Philadelphia
Excerpts from Kerr journal recount ship movements and battles
The journal describes Capt Kerr's arrival, ships sighted and boarded, and encounters with vessels from Cadiz, Virginia, and Barbados. It notes a man overboard, several ship entries and clearances, and a gale with loss of a foremast man. It also reports military actions near Neiden and Dresden, with casualties and troop movements, plus broader European campaigns and sieges including Colberg and Hamburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sul
Cadiz
St. Sebastans
Long
Capti.Cole
Brito
Virginia
Regust
John Steward
Wilson
Whitehaven
Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philant
Ropy Canptod, Esq
Roger Carter
Mr. T. B
Maister Foras Carter
Roger
Plantation News
Kerr
Custom-house
New York
Resolution
John Haywood
New Providence
Wolfe
Jaac Lawrence
Cornelia
Lawrence
St. Augustine
John and
Robert
John Smith
Madeira
Buke
Norfolk
William Dougall
Dolphin
Henry Bogart
Stéope William and Mary
Samuel Guilford
Louisbourg
Sléope Endulte
Lawton
Stodp'Harrover
Jamiet Fox
Stéope Himbird
Samuel Fry
Glepp Dolphin
Joshua ‘de St. Croix
Rhode Ilaid
Lucy
Charles Stagg
Friendship
George Chaplin
Molly
M*alpine
Fromy Dublin
John
Benjamin Fooper
South Carolina
Endeavour
Jonathan
Deady
Lisbon
American
Ebenezer Mayo
Falmouth
New England
George Barons
Newfoundland
Good
Intent
John ‘French
Maryland
New Grace
Alexander Kerr
Liver
William’ Briggs
Ulyfus
John Parker
Jamaica
King of Praia
Robert M‘cleland
Liverpool
Belfast
Scholover Francis
John Waterpan
Lord Howe
Audley Clark
Barbadoes
Perry
Richard Hogan
Miss Booth
Robert Dark
Antigua
Quedge
John Stephenson
Ee Ahern
Jamies Prince
Sia Stoop Sally
John Giffard
Batcheb Joseph
Morrison
Mars
C. Livingston
Musquito
Ian ‘Divid
Hill
Delight
Am Seymours
Empire
Shehla
Beux
Prat
Neiden
Vogelland
Weillenigk
Mohr
Senftenberg
Groffenhayn
Dresden
Zettwyitz
Mubhlberg
Elbe
Eliferwerda
Berlin
Targa
Holien
Battalog
Wittemberg
Leip
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