Public Mind Alarmed Over Paris Reporton War or Peace
Letter from Connecticut March 10 notes anxious public mood as Paris report awaited to decide peace or war for America. Describes Vermont Senator Lion and Connecticut’s Grizwold dispute and expulsion attempt, with altercation over a wooden sword and a cane in the House.
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Connecticut
Paris
Sons of America
Lion
Vermont
Grizwold
Europe
Saratoga
Green
Congress
Irish Trials Report Acquittals and Violent Murder Evidence
Cork April reports a murder case against Col King and Mr Heatney ending in acquittals after insufficient proof. In Maidstone a separate High Treason arraignment collapsed as jurors found Not Guilty. In Cork County Court the trial of two men for the murder of Lieut Col Manzer St George and Jasper Uniake includes Mrs Uniake's harrowing testimony of a brutal attack on her husband and herself during the assault.
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Cork
Col. King
J.heatney
Col. Fitzgerald
Roger O’ Conner
Tredfon
Finucane
O!connor
Maidstone
Col
Manzer St. George
Jasper Uniake
Col. St. George
Uniake
Col.St. George
Dublin murder trials and unrest across Ireland April reports
Reports describe executions for murder after a servant testified against two prisoners and a boy and servant corroborated. Alibis failed and both prisoners were to be executed at the murder site. Other items note Lieut Sandys acquitted of murder and assault, Kilkenny proclaimed, Cork forming a military association, and a Dublin to Tiperrary distress arc with widespread arson and a 700 person poverty aftermath from chimney fires.
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Dublin
Sandys
B. Mason
Kilkenny
Cork
Mountrath
Fitzpatrick
Buggy
Maryborough
Tipperary
Lords Debate Habeas Corpus Suspension Bill in April Sessions
Lord Grenville introduced a bill to suspend Habeas Corpus for suspected disloyalists, delaying detention until February next. A royal message proposed enabling Ireland to remit up to two million pounds, with mass support and swift motions across April sessions.
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Lord Grenville
Commons
Duke of Portland
Ireland
House of Commons April 18 1780 Tax Bill debates and invasion dispatch
The Commons debated the Consolidated Tax Bill and amendments on landlords security for tax payment when tenants are distrained. Sir William Pulteney opposed the clause. the measure passed by seven. Further business included Land Tax Commissioners for Coventry, motions to amend the Tax Bill, and a government message about invasion preparations and militia measures. Sheridan urged unity and warned against French designs, stressing readiness over harsh rhetoric.
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William Pulteney
Dundas
Pitt
Sheridan
Francé
Mr. Sheridan
Great Britain
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House OF Lords
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Wilberforce Bird
Covent
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