Evangelical Mission Fostered In Negros and Slavery Debate
A reader letter praises evangelical work among Africans on a Caribbean estate and urges missionary effort to improve conditions, noting a new public church in Kington and proposals for missionaries to baptize, oversee marriages, and provide basic medical care. The author argues such efforts could undermine the slave trade and secure British interests, while criticizing the gap between talk and action.
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Kington
Europe
Great Britain
Sam
Aspasio
Compassion and a petition for mercy for Almafali
A reader signs as Amicus and sympathizer urging mercy for Almafali, an Indian prince executed for political reasons. The letter, dated Market Drayton 1799, argues pity for the afflicted, cites royal petition to King George, and pleads to restore Almafali and spare his family wealth and life.
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H—~s
Almafali
India
Amicus
Market Drayton
Petition and execution amid royal mercy plea
A distressed wife pleads for her husband by invoking mercy from the English throne and Christian humanity. The governor, after reading the petition, orders the prisoner to be hanged immediately, and the sentence is carried out as described.
Ipswich letter warns of impostor woman in 1799
Sam Atkinson reports a north country woman who claimed to be the wife of a Scotch fencible seeking aid and passage to Yarmouth. He says she travels asserting falsehoods and urges delivering her to civil magistrates if she persists, citing a petition signed by R Stevenson Fitch Tom and others. The writer asks the paper to warn the public.
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Stgnes
Almafali
Yarmouth
Hurry
Mies
R. Stevenson
Fitch
Toms
Sam
C. Cha, Atkinson
Levy of 200000 men ordered by the Directory
The London Gazette copies detail the levy of 200,000 men to reinforce armies. The Directory aims to complete the levy quickly, divide it between departments, and draft conscripts first class with optional enrollments for second and third classes. Requisitions for clothing and equipment are authorized, with communes bearing in kind contributions.
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London Gazette
Italy
Chabert
Gth
Council of Elders
Paris
Citizen Scherer
Naples
Scherer
Tyly
Citizen Moreau
L’ettennante
la Lac
la Mignone
la Chegne
le Vaurour
Brett
Message from the Directory on conscription levy failure
In the Council of Five Hundred on 17 April a message from the Discory states the Executive Directory must compel conscription to complete the 700,000 man levy. It urges rapid action to empower seizing from the 2d and 3d classes to fill the ranks and press toward a permanent peace amid urgent circumstances.
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Council of Five Hundred
Executive Directory
German News on Russian Movements Around Verona
Vienna reports the Rathau auxiliary cops arriving at Baffano on March 31. It notes 100,000 Russians soon assembled in Maly and roads in Hungary and Galleria filled with troops. Corfu is a rendezvous for Russian and Turkish forces. Suwarroff congratulates the Emperor on Italian victories. Imperial deputies advocate paternal imperial care for security and welfare of the German Empire.
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Vienna
Rathau
Baffano
Verona
Maly
Hungary
Galleria
Corfu
Suwarroff
Italy
Legnano
Hohenzollern
Ginlay
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Georg
England
Innel
Piory
Hindostan
Heaven
Ipswich
France
Germany
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